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Teh Poci is brewed tea in the typical tea pot (poci) which is made of clay and sweeten by adding rock sugar. Teh poci is well-liked by people specificly from central java and its originally from Slawi *Tegal and its become very famous drinking tea traditions  The devoted tea for the poci is using Teh Poci brand and its avalable in almost Supermarket even though in traditional market. The jasmine aroma from the poci is smell magic and it would probably makes you spelled :))  If you have the tea set of teh poci at home, the key secreat you should do is by soaking the sets in the bucket-full of brewed tea and leave it over night in order to get rid of the muddy smells The Tegal people would do after brewed the tea and served, they have never washed the tea pot (poci), they have just discarded the rest of the tea alone because they believe that the clay tea pot would absorbed the aroma and flavor, by over time it remains a very classic fragr...

Rica-rica is one of well-known manadonese dish and its originally from Manado ( North Sulawesi ). The word Rica mean “Spicy” or “chilli”. There are view diversity of the rica recipe, such ayam rica-rica (spicy chicken) and Ikan rica-rica (spicy fish), yet rica-rica is extremely famous throughout Indonesia I was so pleased when one of my close friends invited me for lunch with manadonese cuisine over her house and she always tells me that my favourite rica-rica ikan tongkol is in the list, as she knows as its my favourite manadonese dish. Since its been my favourite recipe, consequently thinking of putting here and tagged as my taste of Indonesian As I posted “Rica-rica ikan tongkol”, here I revealing the recipe using pindang ikan tongkol Before you scroll down to the recipe, first, you got to know what is Pindang Pindang Ikan is evaporated processing and preservation which is very popular in Indonesia , due to evaporation process, its generally accep...

This is perhaps typical simple salad but its very tasty and appetizing. Adding just enough chilli and garlic, its definitely create a quite heats but who cares, I love spicy salad I used the basic Thai dressing for mango salad in intend of make it characteristic, yummy and trouble free When I mentioned the used of the vinaigrette is Thai dressing, I bet that fish sauce is come to your assume and yes it was dead right J My preferable fish sauce still fall to Tiparos brand which is trustworth throughout Thailand , besides flavorful and also inexpensive If you don’t have fish sauce or it might not available in your place, you may substitute with this recipe 1 part soy sauce 4 part anchovies place in the small saucepan and shimmer for 10 mins strain the mixture through a fine sieve, pressing solids to extract flavour Recipe Green mango Tomato Chili Garlic fish sauce Sugar Lime juice Julianne the green mango and diced the tomato Mix...

I have herd about Teh Obeng before, as Batamese calls for es teh (sweeten ice tea) and I have never thought of that teh obeng is the same ice tea I usually make at home. Well, i finally had visiting batam last few months back even though only for a night staying in purpose of continuing the trip to Singapore by the sea. It was lighten up from my curiosity of the famous teh obeng, what it is all about and how actually taste like and its definitely highlight of the day. No more wondering…I had my Teh Obeng in the giant glass! to be honest its always remain to be my personal describable “ Batam is teh obeng “ If you define the sentence of Teh Obeng in Indonesian language, it is quite amusing, Teh means Tea and obeng means screwdriver . When I came across to browse about teh obeng, it has unique history behind. A source says that teh obeng nickname comes from Chinese people ( hokkien ) in   xin jia po *read Singapore , if you are well aware, Batam is close to Si...

Nasi goreng dok dok is typical street vendor food I always fancy, its tasty, easy and comfortable You might wondering what is nasi goreng dok dok, Its Indonesian street vendor fried rice which the seller move around by carrying the push cart Why dok dok…? Its actually a sounds comes from traditionally made of bamboo instrument and the vendor must beat it against a different wooden stick, to me, its unique sign as they are passing through the neighbourhood Generally the vendor starts their drooling dish after sunset up to midnight by the fact it could be after midnight too This time I do my own versions of nasi goreng dok dok, instead of using slice fried chicken, I used slice fish ball, somehow it’s keeps me desire  NASI GORENG DOK DOK Serves 2 Ingredients 3 cups cooked rice Your desire vegetables, slice (I used Chinese cabbage, cabbage, coy sum and bean sprouts) Fish balls thinly slice (you can used fried chicken, slices) 1 teaspoon dar...

Kopi tubruk literally means “collision coffee”. It is a beverage brewed coffee from Indonesia that is made by boiling the beans along with sugar. This coffee have in common with coffee from Turkey and Greece in terms of concentration. Coffee brewed quite popular on the island of Java and Bali . Recipes from Kopi tubruk was brought by traders from the Middle East to Indonesia . In the Middle East , black coffee is known as "mud coffee. Coffee is brewed in the easiest way to serve coffee. Another variation of black coffee is coffee milk made by adding sweetened condensed milk.  The main thing to considered in making kopi Tubruk is the water used, must be really hot because if it isn't then there will be coffee grounds remain floating on the surface . Source : Wikipedia    My preferable is Making my own kopi tubruk at home and its just perfect company. There’s something magical about the aroma of the kopi tubruk, it’s pretty addictive while d...

  This pumpkin cappuccino isn’t like cappuccino you normally have to complete your day, it’s more than that, more than you ever imagine The name was come into my head when the weather these days actually scrambled, rain, sun, gloomy and all I really want is just relax, pampering myself with shots of extraordinary one, easy and the same time delicious Yes, it’s Pumpkin Cappuccino…what a name! Isn’t it sounds amused?   What I love about this dish its simplicity of preparation is the fabulous versatility and the idea of serving it in the shots glasses or even cutie cup was tremendously unique, perhaps its seems nuts but when you take a look at it, its pretty cool... I must say that the pumpkin cappuccino flavour just blown me away… Recipe 500 gr pumpkin, diced, remove the seeds (peeled or not its really no matter) 2 carrots 1 whole onion, chopped  4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 spring celery leaf, finely chopped 1 spring ros...

I just recently had a trip back to Singapore for my son 1 st birthday party, we have wonderful celebrations among family and close friends It was memorable and marvellous. well, Back in my tradition of eating interest, Yes, i just realized that I have never once taking a chance of snapping away my favourite Singapore food when I am in Singapore, this is a bit sinful to me ;(  I was thinking that I don’t know what happened with me? just maybe too enjoying the delight until I find my self too gluttonous in front of all food that always to be my most wanted. But hey, this time isn't like other happened, I was so sure what to expect and I can tell you these are the witness…I am concerned to what I should share At this point of time my camera ready and steady for hunger like me, showing off my feast, and finally these are some of my Singapore most favourite food and my taste buds are on high alert if I in Singapore , yearning all the time… And here they go… ...