Hi everyone….
Thanks to you all who’ve been following my amateur food blog =)
I just want to let all of you know that I officially move to a new blog site. I will keep this blog but I will only write on the new blog in the future.
Feel free to drop by anytime. I’ll see you all there =)
xoxo,
lin
my new blog is not done, just yet, but i’ve been cooking & experimenting quite a lot of recipes…so, i will post the pictures for now and once my food blog is up and running I will post the recipes…enjoy =D
whole wheat dinner rolls
whole wheat bread filled with spam (roti maling)
panada (fried bread filled with spicy tuna)
brownies
banana nuts muffin
chocolate chips muffin
pisang /ketela goreng (fried banana & fried yum)
vegetarian lumpia ala mama henny (eggrolls)
eclairs
macaroni and homemade cheese sauce
kekian (fried pork and shrimp)
kolobak (sweet and sour pork)
tamie cap cay (fried noodle with vegetables and seafood)
empal goreng (fried meat marinated with tamarind)
nasi tim ayam (chicken and mushroom with rice)
nasi goreng ikan asin pedas ala mama lita (salted fish fried rice)
perkedel (beef and potatoes balls)
soto daging (indonesian beef soup with tumeric)
kare tahu telor (vegetarian curry indonesian style)
ayam kecap saus inggris (chicken with worcestershire sauce)
semur bola2 daging ala lin (meatballs with potato soup)
pangsit mie ayam ala siufang (noodle with chicken, mushroom and pork wonton)
My mom and my bro’s gf stayed with me last week and we cooked almost everyday…I have Siu Fang helped me as my "photographer assistant" and she also taught me to make kue sus, which is very yummy (you can see the pics below), her kue sus is very famous in Surabaya and she receives orders frequently. So if you live in Surabaya, feel free to order the sus from her…=) You can contact her at: siufang_84@hotmail.com
My mom loves to cook spicy food and we sort of had sore throat and diarrhea every single day last week…hahaha… =P
You can check out some of the pics below, my storage is full again, so I have to post other pics next time….enjoy…. =)
Sup Merah Sup merah and Hendrik =P
Pangsit Goreng
Tahu Isi
Telur Dadar with Jaipo
Oseng2 Kacang Panjang
Gambas w/ Noodle
Mingking - my mom’s version of salted imitation meat
Siufang’s infamous Kue Sus
On our 6th anniversary (which was few weeks ago) my lovely bobo gave me a very nice surprise… he bought a domain for me to store my recipes…yay.. =)
for the last few weeks I’ve been trying to create food blog linked to my website, but….I didn’t know anything about html,and I still don’t =P…so, I decided to ask someone to help me design my food blog…she’s a professional blogger as well as website designer, and although she’s busy with some projects at the moment she will be able to help me sometimes next month….I’m so excited =)
you can check out my website at www.carolineveronica.com. While you can’t see the recipes yet, you can browse and look at some pictures that I posted =) I also plan to use this website as a way to give an update about what’s going on in our life for our family and friends…=D
oh, somehow my storage here is not full anymore, fs probably added the allotment this month…it’s very strange, but I’m not complaining since it’s good for me =P.. so here are some food pics that I made in the last few weeks…I will post the complete recipes once I have my blog running =)
Bakso Malang — Meatballs and Tofu Soup
Lalampa - Sticky rice filled with spicy tuna
Pastel Ayam - Chicken & veggies in a pastry pocket
Mie goreng udang — Seafood Noodle
(It’s my mom’s signature dish)
Babi Kecap - Pork & Egg in sweet soy sauce
Sayur Lodeh — Young Jackfruit Curry
Rawon - Beef Soup
(Rico’s fave)
Our BBQ on 4th of July
I was trying, many times, to upload my pictures & failed…then I found out that my storage is full:
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It sucks because I have to pay FS to get more storage,…I don’t mind paying, but if I ever decide to cancel the "membership" in the future, all my entries will be deleted…
So, I’m trying to figure out whether I should move to different blog hosting or not…until then, I can’t post any pictures anymore =(
I just wanted to wish everyone a Happy & Safe July 4th!
We’ll have barbeque this afternoon and then watch the firework tonight. I will post the pictures soon… =)
When we got home last night we were both hungry and tired. Not wanting to go out for dinner, I opted to cook something easy and FAST =)
I checked the fridge, and found some chicken…looked at the pantry and found out some dry noodle and dry shitake mushroom…hmm…what to cook?
well, Chicken noodle or Mie Ayam is very easy and fast too cook…it’s healthy too, as it consists of a complete protein and carb….
–So, I proceed to chopped some garlic…and sautee with oil…
–and cut the chicken in a tiny square…and boil it..then added it to the sautéed garlic…added some oyster sauce, sweet soy sauce, salt and sugar…
–used the boil water from chicken to softened the dry shitake…then added the shitake to the sautéed chicken…then set aside….
then I used the boiled water from the shitake and chicken for our soup..just added a bit of soy sauce and salt on it…
– boil some water and add the dry noodle (as needed).
I used this type of dry noodle because of its similar texture to mie ayam in
Indonesia
…found out from my friend who use this noodle to cook her specialty in cold noodle..(I have the recipe from her, but that will be another story and another time =)
– When the noodle was cooked, I sprinkle it with sesame oil….
– Put some noodle in a bowl and add the chicken mushroom on top of it and we’re ready to eat…. I was suppose to add green onion but since I ran out of it I didn’t put any…but it still delicious anyway =P
also, you can add some steamed vegetable like bok choy if you like…
It took me less than 30 minutes to cook our dinner. Hopefully you will find it easy as well as tasty too =)
Today I had a lunch date with my friend Y. We were suppose to meet at 11 am, but somehow she was late and we finally met around 12 pm. The interesting part was the reason why she was late…here’s how the story goes…
Y was supposed to have interview at 8 am in San Francisco. Since she lives in Fremont, it will take her about 1 – 1.5 hour depending on the traffic…she calculated it and went from her home before 6.30 am….
Then she got lost…..BIG TIME….she was in 880 North…took the wrong exit and suddenly, she was in Berkeley, [ University Ave. to be exact ]….then she drove back and passed by downtown San Francisco….stopped until she arrived in Golden Gate….so she called her husband, and found a way back to the city….kept driving….until she realized she was almost close to Napa Valley….
Can you believe that?
If you’re not familiar with the Bay Area Map, imagine you live in the South and got lost in the North East, then the South West, then way way up North…..I didn’t ask the exact mileages, but I’m guessing she would probably drove from Surabaya to Bali if we were to measure in kilometer….I would already be crying if I was her… =P
Finally, she called the company and the Partner already left for another appointment and they wanted to reschedule another interview for her…phew…
Was that it?
Nope, as if it was not enough… she had another interview at 10 am, but this one was a phone interview…the Senior Manager asked her so many technical questions…she even got 3 Journal Entry Questions…no, not the easy ones…if you’re Accounting Major, you might remember Acct 3211 (intermediate acct) ??? Yuck….
Depreciation and adjustments entries anyone??? oh the horror…it’s not as if you would remember those journal entries out of the blue right?
Yup, so today was not exactly her LUCKY day…hehehe…but she was pretty happy to see me and we had a good time this afternoon… =)
"Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. " Best Friends Forever. You know who you are =P
We just bought a new grill few weeks ago and I decided to make this BBQ Pork Satay. We used to have a tiny grill so I was really happy with the new one =)
Oh, here’s a pic of Bobo1 who was glued to the TV watching the A’s Game..took it when I was taking pic of my food..haha..see how he holds a ball in his palm? Whenever he watches his favorite team Rico always gets into the game…he would wear the team’s hat, hold the ball, etc…to bring luck for the team he said…so cute when he does that, like a little boy..hehe.. =D
Let’s go back to my intended subject,…so, yesterday was a perfect day to have a BBQ…the weather was nice and sunny, a little bit hot but still tolerable… =P
Actually, these satays are not only our family’s favorite, but also a crowd pleaser. Every time we have a party these satays always the first to go…hehe…and quite a few people ask for the recipe…This food is a Traditional Indonesian Food, called Sate Manado. I’ve got this recipe from my Auntie who got it from her best friend who is a Manado native..hehe.…, here we go…
-Grind the following using food processor:
Garlic (bawang putih), Shallots (bawang merah), Ginger (jahe), Galangal (Lengkuas), Big Red Chilies (cabai)
-Fry the following without oil to make it easier to crush them: Coriander Seeds (ketumbar), Cumin (jintan), Candlenut (kemiri)
(As shown, I used a traditional mortar together with pestle. My mom actually brought this tool for me from Indonesia, it’s probably hard to find it here in the U.S.but you can find other ways to crush these seeds)
- Heat oil, add the above ingredients, add Kafir Lime (Daun Jeruk Purut), Sweet Soy Sauce, Sugar and Salt. Set aside and let it cool.
- Cut Pork Meat into small cubes and add them to the already cool sauce.
- Marinate the meat overnight to let the meat absorb the sauce flavor. It’s very important to make the sauce taste very strong because when they are mixed with the meat the strength flavor will reduced considerably.
- Put about 6 cubes of meats on each skewer. Heat the skewer over a charcoal fire. These satays are usually eaten with warm rice…
I hope you would enjoy it as much as we do =)
