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Matcha Pancakes

Oh how I love pancakes! Especially when I discover to make pancakes with banana, I never gone back to make pancakes without. The texture of the pancakes are so much softer and fluffier. Also that is the only reason I eat bananas! Then I also started to add some matcha powder to my pancakes batter. […]

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Miso Glazed Salmon

Apparently miso paste didn’t come in small batches. I also don’t really like miso soup, but I love miso dressing for salad, see my recipe here. So I tried to use all this miso paste in everything else. This time I marinate salmon with miso and it’s just amazing. I love it. And the rest […]

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Instant Mapo Tofu

I grew up seeing my sister eating and enjoying mun tofu, it is Chinese-Indonesian dish, my mom regularly cooked. I am a picky eater, hence the cooking that I’ve done, cause I can’t make someone or a chef to cook for me with hundreds of notes to customize my food. But, I was even pickier […]

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Bao Buns (Gua Baos)

I have not had pork in ages. Ever since I moved to Indonesia, predominantly muslims, buying, cooking and eating pork are not as easy. We have been in lockdown for about 8 weeks now and I ordered all my food and groceries online. The site that is my regular, they don’t sell pork, so every […]

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Cacio e Pepe

I can’t think of any other pasta recipe easier than this. And no, adding olive oil straight to just boiled pasta isn’t a recipe. This is the best, the saltiness and creaminess from the parmesan and just the right kick from black pepper. I’m surprised by how good a pasta dish without any sort of […]

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Miso Salad Dressing

I used to eat salad with peanut sauce when I grew up. Look up “gado-gado” that is my favorite salad, because I love peanut. Then I discover oil and vinegar for healthier or let’s just say less calorie salad. I have a recipe for easy basic vinaigrette here. And then I discover miso paste. I […]

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Sauté Mushrooms with Garlic

I used champignon mushrooms for this recipe, seems like that is the only type of mushrooms I could find in Indonesia, that is perfect to sauté with garlic. There are lots of Asian mushrooms of course, ranging from dried to fresh. Actually if money is no object you can get anything you want here so […]

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Oatmeal & Banana Muffins

This recipe yield 6 muffins. My dad came to visit and ended up staying with me now for just over 2 months. He won’t be going anywhere soon. Now, that I have a guinea pig for all my recipes, I am excited. I love baking, although it can be pretty difficult to stick to a […]