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Daikon and Pork Soup
One of the soup that my Mom often cooked for us, this daikon and pork soup is simple and tasty, and the addition of salted dried cuttlefish turns this into a …
Sup Sayur Asin, Tahu, dan Bakso - Pickled Mustard Green Soup with Tofu and Fish Ball
This soup is pretty much a staple in Chinese restaurants across Indonesia, especially the ones that have been in operation for decades. Newer Chinese …
Tofu and Ground Pork in Black Bean Sauce
Tofu and ground pork is perhaps one of the most common pairing in Chinese cuisine. Here, I pair the two with a super versatile black bean sauce, meaning if you …
Fu Yung Hai - Egg Foo Young
Fu Yung Hai is basically Chinese omelette cooked with meats and vegetables. Typical meats include ground pork, ground chicken, roughly chopped shrimp, and crab …
Steamed Eggplant and Garlic Sesame Sauce
This is one of my fall back recipe when I am feeling a bit lazy to turn on the stove yet need something decent to eat :) The eggplants just need a bit of …
Mochi Kacang - Steamed Mochi with Honey Roasted Peanut
Plenty of mochi can be found in Jakarta, from Taiwanese to Japanese. But they are all what I would consider as fancy mochi, filled with various kind of lovely …
Udang Saos Padang - Shrimp with Sweet and Sour Chili Sauce
There is a hole-in-a-wall kind of Chinese restaurant near where my parents live that is famous for its crab dish. I believe it is called kepiting saos Padang, …
Red Bean and Glutinous Rice Sweet Soup
When the weather cools, I start craving for sweet soup like this red bean and glutinous rice. The long simmer makes this soup silky and luscious, if I can even …
Braised Pork Belly and Pickled Mustard Green
This is one of many Chinese dishes that seems to disappear fast, especially from fancy Chinese restaurants. The only places that I think still serve this is the …
Silken Tofu, Spinach, and Shimeji in Oyster Sauce
Don’t you think this dish can actually be served in a nice restaurant? I just love looking at how the blanched spinach make a nest for the quick braised silken …
Ya Li Pear and Snow Fungus Sweet Soup
Ever tried cooking Chinese Ya Li pears in a slow simmer along with snow fungus, red dates, and rock sugar? I know it sounds weird, but this dessert soup is one …
Bakmi Keriting - Pork and Tianjin Preserved Vegetables Noodles
Ground pork and Tianjin preserved vegetables with fresh egg noodles, a.k.a. bakmi keriting in Indonesian, is one of the more ubiquitous noodle dish, especially …