Sambal Goreng Udang - Indonesian Spicy Shrimp Recipe

Sambal Goreng Udang - Indonesian Spicy Shrimp It's Ramadhan!Such a wonderful and blessed month for us moslems and I would like to take this opportunity to share one of our favorite, easy-to-make Indonesian food recipes. As you know, during Ramadhan, we are fasting from before the sunrise until sunset.So after restraining ourselves from eating and drinking for quite some times (almost 17 hours here in NYC), I try to cook something nice and special for my family. But since we don't really have much energy left after fasting, I always try to...

Serunya Lebaran di New York City

Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin Maafkan lahir dan batin Eid Mubarak! Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1438 H Happy Eid -al Fitr to those who are celebrating it! Belum terlambat kaaaan untuk mengucapkan selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1438 H. Yang pasti teman-teman sudah kembali masuk kantor dan menjalankan aktivitas seperti biasa kan. Samaaa dong...kami malah sejak hari ketiga lebaran, karena UN Headquarters hanya libur di hari Senin, hari kedua Lebaran #kokjadicurcol. The celebration is here, after one full month of revitalizing our hearts and soul...

Tempe Goreng Tepung - Indonesian Fried Tempe

Tempe goreng tepung memang ngg ada matinya! At least in my house. Time to share another favorite menu of the house: tempe goreng tepung or fried tempe fritters, as I freely translate it. Have you tried one? Beberapa kali saya share di blog kalau tempe adalah salah satu makanan favorit sekaligus harta karun buat kami yang tinggal jauh dari tanah air.  Tempe bukan hanya sekedar lauk khas Indonesia yang enak dan bikin ketagihan. Ada setangkup rindu dan rasa haru setiap melihat tempe. Mengolahnya menjadi makanan kesukaan keluarga melayangkan...

WW - glorious Indonesian food at NY Indonesian Street Festival 2016

They speak for themselves :). Glorious Indonesian food at the recent New York Indonesian Street Festival 2016. Starting from rendang jengkol (I don't even know what's the translation of Jengkol in English :)), to bakwan, martabak daging and combro, from sate padang to lemper and arem-arem. So many choices, all makes me drool. Most of them are precooked and packed, some are freshly prepared on the spot. One thing for sure, they are super delicious! Here's the complete story of New York Indonesian Street Festival 2016  #nyindonesianstreetfest2016 rendang...

New York Indonesian Street Festival 2016

"Have you been to Indonesia before?" I politely asked one of the locals who was lining up for sate padang,- or padangnese satay made of beef and tongue with distinct turmeric sauce - right in front of me. "No, I haven't. But I just can't wait to see your beautiful country myself", she said eagerly. Then we both enjoyed our small talks about Indonesian delicacies and culinary. Apparently she is quite adventurous when it comes to food. That makes the two of us :). On a different corner, I was again lining up for es teler, a perfect fruit...

Sop Buntut - Indonesian Oxtail Soup

More Indonesian culinary experience from my kitchen table :). Let me introduce you all to Sop Buntut - Indonesian oxtail soup. I recently went to our local supermarket here in Astoria and found halal oxtail. Yup, oxtail. Although oxtail is obviously not a common ingredients here, but I found various menus from different countries using the same ingredients, like oxtail osso bucco and oxtail stew, for example. Back home in Indonesia, sop buntut or oxtail soup has been widely known as a famous plate. Not only in authentic...

Wonderful Wednesday with Oh My Heartsy Girl

January is super cold here in NYC but no snow coming until last Sunday. As temperature dropped to minus double digit C, the solemn snow shower started. not much but enough to get the kids excited.. We had slightly snowy Sunday and surely kids got so excited. Even Bo et Obi started to drag us out of the house and said that they wanted to play snowball. So sorry kiddos, apparently we didn't have enough snow this time >_<. Add caption It's a bit different from last year as we had heavy snow and some storms even...