Welcome to Indonesia Eats
Indonesia Eats is written and photographed by Pepy Nasution; an Indonesian-born Winnipeg (Canada)-based food photographer.
A collection of Indonesian and Asian recipes with style, eye-catching photographs and personal stories about cooking Indonesian and being Indonesian away from home. Indonesia Eats is a memoir of her homeland.Featured Stories
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Sushi Hut, Brandon
16 May 2013 9:26 AM | 2 Comments -
Ikan Ceng Cuan (Braised Ginger Fish – Peranakan Style)
09 May 2013 7:00 AM | 7 Comments -
Korean Stir-Fried Squid Recipe (Ojinguh Bokkeum)
07 May 2013 6:30 PM | 6 Comments -
Choice Sushi
05 May 2013 6:30 PM | 6 Comments -
Raw Kale, Carrot, Cucumber, Celery Salad
10 April 2013 7:54 PM | 3 Comments
Chinese Archive
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Batagor Recipe (Indonesian Fried Dumplings)
Posted on December 31, 2010 | 17 CommentsBatagor is an abbreviation from baso tahu goreng. Here is a little tutorial of bahasa Indonesia. Baso or bakso means meatballs; tahu means tofu and goreng means fry. I prefer translate those words into Fried Dumpling as it contains fried fishballs, shu mai, and filled... -
Shrimp Chive Dumplings Recipe (Gow Choi Gaau)
Posted on December 10, 2010 | 33 CommentsWhat can I say about these Shrimp and Chive Dumplings? Once you bite it, the sweetness of shrimp is splashing into your mouth with a hint of garlicky aroma. Who doesn’t love dumplings? Almost everybody I know love dumplings. I like all kind of dumplings,... -
Crab and Asparagus Soup Recipe
Posted on November 26, 2010 | 20 CommentsWho doesn’t love this typical egg drop soup? This Chinese style gooey soup is a memoir of my childhood. Whenever we went to the Chinese restaurant, we chose this soup for appetizer. Often, mom recreated it at home. While mom added fresh crab especially the... -
Siomay Bandung Recipe (Bandung Steamed Dumplings with Peanut Sambal)
Posted on November 17, 2010 | 24 CommentsFrom the name siomay, you can tell this food had an influence from the Chinese who immigrated to Indonesia long time ago. A word of siomay itself is derived from shaomai (also spelled shui mai, shu mai, sui mai, sui maai, shui mei, siu mai,... -
Bakso Campur Recipe (Indonesian Mixed Meatballs Soup)
Posted on June 14, 2010 | 15 CommentsBakso is such a staple meatballs soup in Indonesia and enjoyed by people at any ages. It’s important to eat it with sambal bakso. I’ll post the sambal bakso soon. I grew up with bakso Malang style. When I was a kid, I recalled I... -
Fried Wonton Recipe (Pangsit Goreng)
Posted on May 5, 2010 | 20 CommentsWontons are one of my comfort food, either in deep fry, steam or soup base. I sometimes bake them as well. In Indonesia, wontons (deep fried or steamed) are used for a companion to eat bakso (Indonesian meatballs soup). You can be creative with the... -
Phoenix Talons a.k.a Fenghuang Claws – For the Love of Dim Sum
Posted on November 13, 2008 | 36 CommentsMy beloved mom used to tell story on how I grew up, “when you were a baby and your teeth would grow, just like other babies, you loved to bite everything as you had an itchy gum. Instead of seeing you biting the toys, I... -
Happy Hour at Dim Sum Garden
Posted on April 4, 2008 | 14 CommentsLast Saturday (March 29, 2008) was only 2C, but it had sleeted as you can see in the first picture, the road was so nasty. I was quite upset with the pictures here. It was my mistake too, I was in rush to take the... -
Chinese Greens and Shrimp with Oyster and Hoisin Sauce
Posted on March 25, 2008 | 19 CommentsMost people who grew up in South-East and East Asian know this kind of Chinese greens. In Indonesia we add this into our bakso (meatballs soup), bakmi (fried or soup noodle), nasi goreng (fried rice) or just make them for stir fry. We, Indonesians, call... -
Chicken Feet with Black Bean Sauce
Posted on December 4, 2007 | 8 CommentsIf you go to Dimsum restaurants, you will see chicken feet on the menu. They usually add angkak (also known as Beni-koji, Hong Qu, Hung-chu, Monascus; Red Koji, Red Leaven, Red Rice, Red Yeast Rice, Xue Zhi Kang, Zhitai) to get red effect in the...
