[Recipe] Pandan Cheese Muffin

Hi readers,
It's been a long time I haven't posted anything. I have been learning about baking recently which is a new thing to me. From now on, I will post my blog with two languages, Bahasa and English. Yeah, I'm Indonesian living abroad. As I have told on my first blog, I spend my time online and real time while waiting for my husband coming back home from the office. Okay, skip that part. Now let's get back to the topic. This time, I will share the recipe that I've tried. 

Culinary Hunting in Banda Aceh

Coming back home (Banda Aceh) on Chinese New Year holidays was so fun. Meeting families and friends were amazing too. But the other reason we missed before we started the holiday was the FOOD. I even made a list about the food we should try. So, this time I'm gonna tell some culinary in Banda Aceh for you to try.

Snacking at Whoaffle and LicknLoops

Whoaffle Banner

Banda Aceh has so much improvements in culinary world. Let alone the cafe! I remember that a few years ago, Banda Aceh had so many warung kopi (kopitiam). But the good thing is, there are now many good places to see especially places to eat. One of the examples is this place, Whoaffle Street Snack and LicknLoops.

Short Trip to Jakarta and Bandung (part 3)

It was 6.30 am when I woke up. The body was a bit sore because of trip we had yesterday (check out our journey to Bandung here). But remembering that day was our last day, I was so excited yet sad because the togetherness will be missed. After I finished getting ready, I woke my husband and my friends up. After all of us were ready, our friend bought a pack of Nasi Ulam for us. Nasi ulam is a steamed rice dish mixed with various herbs, accompanied with various side dishes such as kemangi herb, chili, sliced cucumber and sprinkled with peanuts granule, serundeng (grated and sauteed coconut) or other optional such as dendeng (beef jerky), telur dadar (omelette), perkedel (mashed potato fritter), fried tofu or tempeh, and krupuk. And there was also a plastic bag of cold soup so you got to pour on top of Nasi Ulam. It's a bit soupy. I had tried before and I love it. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture. Blame the delicious food and my hungry belly.

Short Trip to Jakarta and Bandung (part 2)

Pandan Wangi Restaurant's Food

After I realized that we're going to Bandung, I was so thrilled. I smiled during the journey. And the stomach alarm had rung, even though we had a lot of food for breakfast (check out my breakfast story here). We were very lucky that day because it's not so jammed in Bandung, because it's always jammed on weekend.

Short Trip to Jakarta and Bandung (Part 1)

On 14 January, my husband suddenly texted me whether I wanted to go to Jakarta for three days. I was like "Why not?". I got so many reasons why I said YES. I missed Indonesia so much. I missed my friends and of course, the FOOD! I don't know I should be thankful or not, but after we had decided to buy the plane tickets, we got the news that Jakarta had been terrorized. We were quite doubtful whether to keep going or cancel the trip. Thanks to the Indonesia policemen, everything was under control. Our flight was delayed that night (we took the night flight), so we arrived in Jakarta at 10.30 pm. We were picked up by our beloved friends who also loved to eat. 

Happy Chinese New Year 2567

Happy Chinese New Year 2567

Artsy Saturday - da:ns Festival

That Saturday was an artsy weekend for both of us. Actually we didn't plan to do anything related to art, however we both were so bored of our weekend while in the town. So my husband browsed about Singapore's events on Sistic, and we got the news that there was Dans festival which performed Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in Esplanade. The Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is one of the world's leading contemporary dance companies. NDT performs on a yearly basis for an international audience worldwide in Europe, the USA, Australia and Asia. The show was held at 8 pm. Everything was unplanned and we both were excited to attend the event because we had never seen such kind of show before.

Short trip to Nusa Lembongan, Bali

The view of Nusa Lembongan from Panorama Restaurant

I'm so blessed to have a chance to go back to Bali. To me, as Indonesian, going to Bali is one of luxurious vacation. I'm not talking about the five-star hotels, the bars or famous beach clubs. It's about the feeling of happiness that finally you can have some time to spend time there. I'm also lucky to spend my time in Bali with my dear husband and my dearest friends. We went there to attend our beloved friend's wedding. It's like a rare occasion for us to gather like this due to our busy activities.

Foodie in Bali

Have you ever heard or read the word of BALI?? Bali is sometimes mistakenly known as a country itself. This is wrong. Bali is one of the provinces in the country of Indonesia. Bali is famously known as a piece of paradise on earth, and I do agree with the statement. And I feel blessed for having another opportunity of coming back there last December. 

First time, in 2007, I went to Bali with the helps of travel agent. We only travelled to tourists' spots which are famous and full of crowds. I enjoyed it but there was no enough satisfaction.

Arriving in Bali that morning was so exciting because we have made a list of food to try which I post here and I hope I could give some recommendations if you plan to visit Bali, Indonesia.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year 2016

GOOD THINGS and WISHES for each and everyone of you..

GOD BLESS YOU