Longing for holidays that was exactly what I felt and would like to send this greeting to everyone and whatever your religion is. This year, I finally had a chance to go for boxing day sale on December 26. In the past, I always took time and a half...

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One day, I stumbled upon Serge the Concierge. Serge Lescouarnec, the owner of the blog offered a Cooking and Manga on Menu for Everyday Harumi book contest part 3. I submitted my answer of a Manga on Food and Cooking. Manga was a part of my childhood....

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Terribly forgetful to post this recipe!!! I had photos' project about a year ago for Natural Kiwifruit Del Mi�o based in Portugal. To create five dishes with kiwi as one of the main ingredients as well as the picture.s The photos should represent...

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Don't get bored if I'm posting another soup today. A week ago, it still felt like fall, but as of three days ago, snow has made everywhere white. I guess Manitoba will have a white Christmas this year.A short cut to make this soto babat was a yellow...

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I don't mean to give this recipe a long name, but that is what the main ingredients are.Being so picky with the store-bought' choices, I always love making my own broth from scratch. Yes! It means, boil the water with vegetables, shittake mushroom and...

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Bubur Ayam or Chicken Rice Porridge is a breakfast style of people who live in western part of Java island in Indonesia. I used to consume this once I moved to Bogor. To get the sense of street food hawkers in Indonesia, I purposely looked for the specific...

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While people in the US celebrated Thanksgiving on November 26, in Indonesia and all Muslims around the world celebrate the holy sacrifice day, Eid ul Adha or Hajj Eid on November 27. No special dishes that I made or am going to make as I'm staying in...

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Padang seems familiar to you, doesn't it? About a month ago, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the city of Padang, killing at least 75 people and trapping thousands under rubble. Padang is the capital city of West Sumatra province, it is a home...

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It was the day when we had to look for goat feta cheese. We went to one of cheese specialty store on Corydon avenue. That store doesn't have it. I told to my husband, we should check Greek Market which is located on Corydon ave too. I used to this...

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(These pictures are also old stocks, so you will find 2008 as the year)This recipe is not the Indonesian's classic sate variants. I myself like to use a word sate rather than satay. However, we can make sate with whatever you feel like, including tofu...

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I know tteokochi or ddeok-kkochi when I volunteered for the Korean pavilion-Folklorama in 2006. It reminds me of cilok (West Java) or pentol (in East Java) in Indonesia. The differences, cilok or petol is made from sago or tapioca flour and enhanced...

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I finally posted a recipe of Lontong Sayur Pepaya Muda Udang or Green Pepaya and Shrimp in Spiced Coconut Milk with Rice Cakes as the last series of Eid ul Fitr dishes 2009.Traditionally, lontong is made by partly cooking or soaking raw rice, draining...

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Tauco are salted fermented soybeans and pronounced tow chow. They were brought to Indonesia by Chinese immigrants. It has cooperated with Indonesian culinary for centuries. Each regions of Indonesia have different type of tauco.It can be combined...

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Today, On September 20th 2009, all muslims around the world celebrate Eid ul Fitr. Eid ul Fitr is a religious festival of Muslims. It is celebrated on the 1st of Islamic month Shawwal.or Syawal Muslims keep fast during the holy month Ramadan and when...

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Don't be overwhelmed by the title! True, I used two kinds of berries, strawberry and Saskatoon berry.I never feel regret that I had to move out from the city due to my work's location. I live close to the farmers where the food begins. My neighbour...

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The picture is my submission for Click-Agust 2009 with a theme Allium.Idea of the picture? Why the heck did I put red onion on top of the jar with water in it? Here is the clue, by utilizing the green parts for cooking and leave the red bulb in a jar...

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It was like my ambition to have a cute picture of blueberry since two years ago. Hence, I never got the best shot until last week. I wish I had time to go for blueberry's picking at the Manitoba's local farm. Anyhow, I got a pack of British Columbia's...

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According to wikipedia, Canada Day (French: F�te du Canada), formerly Dominion Day (French: Le Jour de la Conf�d�ration), is Canada's national day, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the 1 July 1867 enactment of the British North...

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As of June 15th, I moved to a small cattle producer town in Manitoba, Boissevain due to my current job. I still go back to Winnipeg once every two weeks.The little small town has caught my intention with flowers around the area. I was so happy I finally...

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Have you ever had berries cheese snack before? The product was pretty innovative by combining mozzarella cheese and Saskatoon berries. To create a packaging for the product, my friend asked me a favour to take few shots of the product as his team...

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Matcha or green tea powder in Japanese has become popular ingredient all over the world. You can name a number of different bakery or coffee shops which are selling their goodies/beverages with matcha included. Not only the good taste but the healthy...

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The smoothie plus picture is my contribution for CLICK!, a photo event is hosted by Jugalbandi. With "Spring/Autumn" as the theme I decided to participate at this event with Smoothie Plus. Spring has sprung, in which bring all the fresh ingredients...

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