[Christmas Edition] Ginger All the Way!

It's hard to explain how the Mumbai Attack could really affect my life. The first couple of days after the terror, everything was going normal. Until four days later, when my kids had to go back to school, my heart was loaded with tonnes of worries. I was really scared something bad would happen to them (at school or on the way to school/home). Sometimes it was hard for me to fall asleep at night

[India 911] Thank You!

It's not easy to start blogging & writing in this kind of situation. Different feelings come and mix together in my heart, in my mind. The Christmas songs have been played already in our house everyday from morning until night. My heart has liquified into December season and has flown following the rhythm of the everlast songs. But suddenly the 'Mumbai Terrorist Attacks' happened. Lots of

Snickerdoodles

Saya paling doyan ngeliat jejeran cookies dalam toples2 kaca dengan model polos klasik. Mata saya selalu kebuka gede2 tiap kali melewati warung2 di pinggir jalan yang di bagian depannya berjejer rapi si toples2 cookies tsb. Ternyata di India sini, cukup banyak warung2 yg jualan cookies. Jauh lebih banyak dibanding dengan warung2 yg jualan permen seperti yang saya doyanin waktu kecil. Sejak pindah

(A Tribute to Ruri) Ayam Goreng & Brokoli Udang Mayo

Seminggu lagi!Masih ada waktu tersisa 1 minggu lagi untuk berpartisipasi dalam event 'A Tribute to Ruri'.Untuk detailnya silahkan liat di http://www.atributetoruri.blogspot.com/ atau di Warung Makan atau di milist NCC.Ditunggu partisipasinya. Sudah hampir 2 bulan Ruri pergi...sebuah kehilangan besar bagi dunia foodie blogger Indonesia.Saya adalah sebagian rekan yg tidak mengenal almarhumah

[Click-Crust] Vegetable Potli Samosas

You will be dissapointed if you're expecting to find samosa recipe here. I'm not posting it at least for now. I never post any recipes in my blog if I haven't tried yet that recipe & I'm convinced that it works. I didn't make the samosas on the picture below. I got them as simple as one, two, three: go outside, buy, bring them home!Samosas are the most popular savoury snack in India. In Mumbai,

Kroket Kentang

Kroket atau Croquette adalah satu satu snack populer di Indonesia yg diperkenalkan pada zaman penjajahan Belanda dulu. Bahkan banyak orang yg menganggap ini adalah salah satu penganan khas Indonesia. Boleh-boleh aja lah...Gak susah nemuin resep kroket di internet, search kata kunci 'kroket' dijamin dalam sekejap ada puluhan resep yang bakal muncul. Variasi kroket saat ini pun makin beragam, mulai

Soto Banjar

Ini adalah kali pertama saya masak Soto Banjar, sekaligus kali pertama ikutan event 'Masak Bareng Yuk' yg dipromotori Ayin, Deetha dan Shinta. Seru banget ibu2 ini, mereka tinggal di negara yg berbeda, Ayin di Norway, Deetha di Indonesia tepatnya di Semarang, sedang Shinta di Jepang. Yang mo ikutan,...yoook masak bareng! Tema bulan ini Soto Banjar.Sebenarnya saya pernah nyicipin soto ini, kira2