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It's getting closer to Valentine's Day, in case you want to make DIY (do it yourself) thing for your love ones, how about Cake Pops ? It's very easy yet they look adorable. You'll need very few ingredients, cake, chocolate, and your favorite ingredients to be combined with.  First, cake as the base, store bought is just fine or you can use cake mix, or make your own from scratch. It's also possible to use banana bread, please check out my Banana Bread recipe. The amount of the wet ingredients may vary, depends on how moist is your cake. The easiest way is to combine little by little until it holds together. Some ingredients may contain too much sugar, alternatively, you can use milk. crumble the cake add in your desired ingredients (fruit jam / cream cheese / chocolate spread) for extra texture and flavor, go for toasted nuts, chocolate chips, or even cereals form into balls, pin with chocolate sticks store in the freezer for an hour dip in melted chocolate (you c

I've fallen for Korean food since years ago, when K-Pop not as popular as nowadays, well started with learning how to make kimchi at home. At that time, there were not many Korean restaurant, it was hard to find Korean ingredients at local supermarket, now it's easier. Check out my previous post about Korean Grocery Stores . Few weeks ago I went to my most visited Korean grocery store, Mu Gung Hwa at Jalan Senayan Blok S. Bought a kilo of gochujang (I know, that's quite a lot, I always have it in my (mom's) kitchen, along with sesame oil, and soy sauce). Someday, I'll have my own kitchen, and I will make a kitchen tour, sounds great! Anyway, finally I decided to buy a stone bowl because I couldn't make it last summer when I was in Seoul , it's too heavy. It costed me about IDR 125.000, slightly more expensive to be compared with the one I found in Lotte Mart Seoul Station, fair enough. First thing came out, I want to make bibimbap !! It was quite a while

A new place in Senopati area called The Hook , bring up the grouper fish as their main ingredients for their signature dishes. At first, I thought they're coming with British food, something like fish and chips, well I was wrong! Focusing on Indonesian dishes, also with Asian twist and fusion western food such as burger and pasta. A good thing that they really take it seriously not only the cooking process but the source, "organically & naturally grown grouper & pearl meat" they said.  Let's start with  Sate Lilit and Spicy Grilled Prawn  as appetizers, the later was really suit my palate, spicy seasoning, smoky, naturally sweet prawn, finger licking good one. Continued with Coconut Prawn (IDR 108.00), also  Hot and Sour Soup (IDR 65.000) which is Grouper's fins and tails soup in hot and sour soup, though it was too sweet for my liking and for Indonesian tongue, it's actually not really spicy. The usage of typical Indonesian spices also kaffir lime

I'm not really into pudding but yes for jelly and of course matcha . If you're following me on Instagram then you'll probably notice from captions, pictures, and videos that I've shared, anything matcha will be great BUT not that jasmine-like fragrant, I called it fake, well I hate it because it's absolutely different though it is only occur in Indonesia. So, let me share basic matcha powder that can be found in most of supermarket in Indonesia. The Korean brand is the easiest one to get as based on my experience it's available at larger supermarket. Usually I bought matcha powder when I travel abroad as there are more options. It's possible to replace milk with non-dairy milk if you're vegan or lactose intolerant. I like it with soy milk or almond milk better than using regular milk. The most important thing is the agar and jelly powder measurement, do not put too much because it will make it firmer. Anyway, here are things you'll need for mak

Personally when it comes to side dishes, mashed potato is surely my absolute favorite. It's perfect for steak or any BBQ. I'm a big fan of potatoes, from fries to baked potatoes. It is possible to serve without baking it but I prefer the baked version. I'd like to add salt and some garlic while boiling the potatoes as it will give extra flavor. Here are some tips for making the better mashed potato: to prevent potatoes from browning, soak potatoes in cold water while peeling and cutting the rest start cold, place the potatoes and seasoning into the water then turn on the heat cook the potatoes until soft and tender (use a fork or knife) but do not overcooked as it will absorb too much water warm up the milk, butter, and cheese (or at least at room temperature), do not pour cold milk Ingredients : 3 large potatoes, peeled, cut into cubes 1-2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup grated cheese (I used cheddar, better with parmesan, or both) or as much as you like 1/2 cup milk 1 tbsp

Welcoming the year of Monkey with early Chinese New Year lunch at Shang Palace , Shangri-la Hotel Jakarta . How does it relate, celebrating Chinese New Year, it's a special occasion for Chinese, the certain time when the whole family come together, sit and savor good foods. Saying it's too early but I'd like to share with you these particular dishes to celebrate Chinese New Year. Started my lunch with something fresh, thirst quencher, Lychee Tea . It was exactly my fifth iced Lychee Tea for the whole week. Unlike the usual, as frequently stick to water or unsweetened tea.  Shall we start with Deep Fried Prawn ? Coated with mayonaise, and accompanied fried prawn ball with foie gras . Prawn mayo was nice, juicy yet not mushy, but mayo was too sweet for my liking. One bite of prawn with a piece of strawberry was outrageously delectable, yes the mouthwatering one. For the choice of poultry, Crispy Chicken with Mango in Spicy Sauce . Salty savoury chicken combined with tangy and

It's just fried mozzarella cheese but in squares. I know that you must be familiar with mozzarella sticks or maybe balls? But here, it's hard to get fresh mozzarella particularly bite size mozzarella balls. Classic rules for making "breading foods", flour first, egg wash, then crumbs. Double coating is very important, also do not fry the breaded cheese right away but put in freezer for couple hours. Ingredients : 100 gr mozzarella cheese, cut in squares about 1.5 cm oil for frying Flour mixture: 1 cup all purpose flour 1 tsp paprika powder or less salt to taste Egg wash: 1 egg 2 tbsp milk or water salt to taste Crumbs: panko bread crumbs dried oregano (optional) Directions : Combine each part of the ingredients. First, coat the mozzarella with flour mixture, remove the excess flour then into the egg wash. It is important to do double coating (because it's mozzarella cheese, it will melt very quick) so put the mozzarella back into the flour, egg wash again, finall