cooking class

my last post on this blog was on January, wheeew!! not so fancy. I actually had millions of stories on my head, but i just couldn't find the appropriate time to write it down here. But here i come..

so, today i attend a short cooking class at NCC. This NCC probably the biggest cooking community in Indonesia and they periodically hold some cooking class in certain places in Jakarta. This morning i attend a halal dimsum (Chinese dumpling) class. I actually not so interested in dumpling, but my husband loves them soooo much and he's actually the one who encourage me to attend this class. The result, not bad at all.

I got siomay, hakao, angsio chicken feet, and shrimp roll mayo. The steps are easy, i'll show you my next experiment at home, but first of all i got to add more stuffs on my next grocery shopping.

Weekend Cooking!!

Since i'm pregnant, food has been an issue. I no longer can eat any sashimi or raw sushi, i have to avoid grilled steak and completely skip the half-rare one, and i'm dying for good food.

So, this is the result of my suffer. I made my own hand-rolled sushi with non-raw filling. It's fried salmon sushi with sauce and wasabi mayo and cheese (don't ask cheese inside sushi?)
I have to be proud, look at the picture, it looked promising ahahaha!



So, another favor, today, i made this 'Burger steak with veggie and fries' for my husband (which actually just a sweet reason to cover that i was dying for it too..)





My husband loved everything on the plate and ate everything in minutes. He kept saying that the steak and the sauce were excellent!

food theme: Chinese!

My father in law was taking me to a Chinese restaurant called Ming in Setiabudi One Building. The food was SUPERB! I remember we ordered Peking Duck, Dumio Garlic, Steamed Fish, Kungpaw Chicken, Fried Rice, and i forgot what else.. (we eat a lot like there's no tomorrow ahahaha..)

Later days, returing from his fishing hobby on the weekend, my father came to my house and gave me one big Patin fish (Sorry i don't know what is Patin fish in English...). The fish has a thick-white-meat texture, and i was wondering what kind of dishes i could make from this.. My mind was turned back to the steamed fish i had on the dinner at Ming. So i tried to recall what would be the ingredients the Chef added to make that one.

I was added soy sauce, salted-soy sauce, oyster sauce, onion leaves, minced garlic, and ginger. First of all, you have to make few cuts/slices on the fish body, and then fill the slices with ginger and garlic. Put the fish in the Pyrex plate and then puth them inside the steamer. I forgot how long, maybe it takes less than 10 minute to steam the fish. Voila! Here it is - the picture of my steamed fish




Yeah i know, where is the fish-head? I cut it off (Ouch!!).
My husband hates fish-head, he says it makes him lost his appetite. (Fish head sometime scary..)

I also make this Chinese fried rice a la Andina hehehe..

Foodie with me!

One more thing that is pretty interseting after you're becoming a housewife.
You cook!



This is my home-made black pepper-melted cheese burger! I cook this one every Sunday. My husband loves it very much!

The funniest part. When me and my husband go to some restaurants, for example: Korean. He would asks at least one of the recipe that i might be able to cook at home. Usually he asks me this:

Mah, bisa bikin Sundubu Zige gak?
Mommy, can you make Sundubu Zige?

or

Nih, ini nih enak. Bisa gak ya kalo bikin di rumah?
This is delicious. Can we make it at home?

sometime..

Bumbunya pas banget. Ini apa aja coba, Mah? Bisa dicobain ya di rumah?
The spice is just perfect. Can you telll me what it contains? Can we try it at home?

The craziest part. Everytime my husband asks me about food i got challenged and motivated to try it at home!!! I will suddenly go to the market and make some grocery shopping, pick up some minced meat, chicken, shrimp, veggies, and some spices, hillarious!

Next time i will put my Blackpepper Ribs, Fried Oxtail Soup, and Tom Yum Gung Soup pictures here. You may try my recipe at home (my husband always says they're bloody delicious!)

family gathering @ TOBAK

i promised to upload some pics from last month family gathering at TOBAK. Well, here they are..





My family and my brother's girlfriend family. The most catchy fellas are these two cute man-to-be, they are my nephew and my bro's GF's brother. Since thye are in the same age, almost the same grade at school, same style, and same interests, no wonder if they caught in a serious conversation on the table!





The topic - i bet - was fun, but he still helped me to take some pictures of the food we ordered (except that he completely forgot to take the Kalbi part...).

Korean food always comes first in my mind (Japanese, Italian, and chinese follows), they are fresh, delicious, spicy, unique, and fun!! You know what i mean: with the charcoal on the table, some leaves, spicy kimchi, IT IS SOOO GOOD!!!

Jap Jae -- clear noodle, the texture just like konyaku-noodle (i'm not sure how they made this kind of noodle), with some veggies, soya sauce i guess, sesame seeda, and black mushroom, served warm and it welcome as appetizer.



What is this?? I don't really recommend this one. But the kids loved it so much. I think it's because of it's simple taste. They made from eggs, seafood, and vegies. Kids loved it because it has a light taste and not too spicy.



Here are Kimchi and veggies...



If you love Korean food too, sometime when you visit Jakarta you should try TOBAK, or if you don't get any seat (or forgot to reserve, i suggest you Han Gang Bon Ga.