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Hawaiian Oxtail Soup Recipe

Posted on April 4, 2011 | No Comments
I’m a sucker for oxtail. I love all kind of oxtail dishes; Sup/Sop Buntut (Indonesian oxtail soup), Caribbean oxtail stew, rawon buntut (oxtail black soup), grilled or fried oxtail. When I saw a recipe of Hawaiian Oxtail Soup on Simply Recipe, I couldn’t wait until...
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Gule Kambing Kacang Hijau (Goat Mung Bean Curry) Recipe

Posted on March 21, 2011 | 21 Comments
March 23, 2010 Update: This post was featured on March 23 FoodBuzz Top 9Gule is sometimes pronounced differently as gulai. In Indonesia, curry based foods can be named gule/gulai or kare/kari, depend on the area. This time, I chose making the Surabaya style, Gule Kambing...
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Smoked Fish Mangut Recipe (Javanese Smoked Fish Cooked in Spiced Coconut Milk)

Posted on March 16, 2011 | 13 Comments
It’s the renew picture of my mangut before. At that time, I used ikan kembung (Indian mackarel or known as short body mackerel). However, it still tastes different when you make it with smoked fish. This dish is a popular dish among the Javanese. Mangut...
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Sup Kerang Darah (Blood Cockle Clear Soup) Recipe

Posted on March 10, 2011 | 10 Comments
Another childhood soup that I love so much and didn’t have it for years. The idea of this soup is the same as sayur bening bayam merah (red amaranth clear soup). The different is just added in garlic to my Sup Kerang Darah (Blood Cockle...
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French Onion Soup Recipe

Posted on February 6, 2011 | 32 Comments
Many recipes of French Onion Soup are using beef stock. Hence, this reason makes my husband can’t enjoy it. Soup is something that I can eat everyday, especially in the winter season. Last week, when I had a kalamata bread leftover, I made a French...
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Chinese Fish Soup Recipe

Posted on February 4, 2011 | 13 Comments
Last May, Tigerfish posted a very simple fish soup. I drooled over her post as she explained thoroughly how umami the soup is. She also mentioned that the best fish to use for this soup is a whole oily fish which is rich in omega...
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Cwi Mie Malang Recipe (Malang-Style Chicken Noodle)

Posted on December 7, 2010 | 25 Comments
Did you notice that I often write “region” then “style” for a name of recipe? Since each region has different specialty for a dish, I often do it to make sure where this dish came from. Malang is a city in East Java and isn’t that far...
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Crab and Asparagus Soup Recipe

Posted on November 26, 2010 | 20 Comments
Who 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...
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Kakul Mekuah Recipe (Bali Freshwater Snail Soup)

Posted on October 30, 2010 | 21 Comments
Kakul is the Balinese term for freshwater snail. In Indonesian term, it’s known as keong sawah. As you may notice that Indonesia is a country with many dialects, I have known two other names; kreco in Surabayan (East Javanese) and tutut in Sundanese (West Javanese)....
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Mie Sop Ayam Medan Recipe (Medan Chicken Noodle Soup)

Posted on October 8, 2010 | 31 Comments
With many different style of chicken noodle soup in the country (depend on the region off course), this one was not the soup that I grew up thou my late dad came from this area. Yet, I felt in love right away! Being raised...
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