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Pandan Extract

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Pandan leaves are long and slender green leaves of a member of the pandanus palm or screwpine family. For you who are new to pandan, they impart a sweet floral fragrance to most popular Southeast Asian cooking especially dessert. Their intense green color and it is also used as a natural food coloring. Pandan leaves aren’t fussy plant to cultivated, it easily grows rapidly without requiring much care. Fresh leaves are typically torn into strips, tied in a knot to facilitate removal, placed in the cooking liquid, then removed at the end of cooking. The unique botanical fragrance which is enhances the flavor of foods, especially rice dishes and cakes. Pound using mortar and pestle or process a bunch of pandan leaves in a blender with add up a little amount of water, then strain through a fine sieve to obtain Pandan Extract. Somehow, bottled pandan extract is also available in shops but often contains artificial green food coloring, this is the reason that ...

Rose Tomato (Tomat Mawar-Ranti)

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Tomat Mawar-Ranti (Rose Tomato) These gorgeous are here again, the morning Jimbaran local market even prettier filled with the seasonal of rose tomato , its colour and shape has its own natural seductions. It definitely makes my sambal even fresher and alluring, also they are absolutely great for the tomato salad as it a good source of natural vitamin A and C.

Natural beauty of Bali

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Describing the beautiful  Bali island is always makes me runs out words, the overwhelming natural beauty such a painting from God that makes Balinese are most proud of. It is known as an island of a thousand temples as more than 90% of Bali 's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism. I always feel great to be in this island which I could compare as heaven on earth, magnificent... Thousand from around the world have chosen Bali as people best destinations,experience the relaxations and beauty of the island. The cool thing about Bali that its preference place by couple to exchange wedding vows, incredibly romantic!                                                                  * Jimbaran Beach Sunset * The paradise island has blessed with lovely beaches, breathtaking sunrise and sunset, swayin...

Pia Legong ~ Homemade traditional Balinese pie

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PiaLegong is a special delicacy form Bali I once ignore, until I finally got it a bite by fortune, i was so darn curious since then and never pay attentions to what my husband pointed at the place every passing by the shop. According to what I herd, they have exclusive somewhat almost unbelievable regulations state as its death impossible could get it by directly pop up to the shop, only if you are lucky like me on that day, get hold of the two boxes Pia Legong comes from the rest of the productions *I'm the early bird by the way, lol To have delicious Pia Legong (homemade traditional Balinese pie) in hand, you must reserved by phone 3 weeks ahead because they don’t make any excessive pie, so not all orders can be fulfilled. They have an authenticity assured by particular and it sounded unique to me, that Pia Legong have no any other branches at anywhere else which mean it markets and manufactured only at one place. A rented shop house (I believe, they might legally own the pl...

Tamarillo Juice

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Tried and true meal, this is a brilliant simple healthy drink, the flavour blend perfectly and the wholesome very satisfying, therefore if you find something surprisingly full-flavour, this is definitely your pit stop. " Tamarillo " also known as Terong belanda in Indonesia language as the Betawi ( orang Betawi or people of Batavia ) called for Terong Blande . Betawi is actually comes from the word  of " Batavia " which is the ancient name given by Dutch Jakarta . Jus Blande ( Tamarillo Juice ) is actually mainstay menu of Cafe Betawi and its their masterpiece beverage, I was so in love and spelled by the deeply flavour What I found hidden behind the fruits is special indulge ! CafĂ© Betawi Mall Bali Galeria Jl. by pass Ngurah Rai-kuta, Bali Indonesia      Jus Blande    Tamarillo juice   7-8 Tamarillos, scoop out the flesh   Sugar syrup as your desire   2 cups crush ice ...

Bumbu Bali Restaurant -- Authentic Balinese Food *

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Since I have been living in Bali for exactly a year, it never crossed in mind to just discover and exploring an authentic Balinese food and typical Balinese restaurant. Yes I know, all of that are because of my little man still stealing the show of our life and he needed our full attentions--we are putting our full concern on him. We are almost skipping everything in our primary needs to be secondary needs, although we have remain grateful. And guess what, definitely we are so lucky that finally its time to come, perfect! our son starts walking exactly when he turns one--he is toddler now. Frankly its no needed to be worried when we have plan of having fun eating out just to get pleasure enjoyable as a family. A great place we were discover that night, called “ Bumbu Bali ” this restaurant offer you very full of drooling balinese food dishes on their menu, from the famous ayam betutu, sate lilit , bebek betutu, babi guling, lawar bali and many more. I bet y...