season.gr(eat)ing

wishing everyone

a very wonderful holiday season!

*christmas is a time when you get homesick, even when you're home* 

-carol nelson-

sea.myanmar.1

the moon

being vegetarian, or even vegan?

honestly, that would be extremely difficult for me

nonetheless, i do looove vegetarian food

so when we arrived in old bagan, myanmar

one thing which i was looking forward to was a visit to the moon

as you can see from its slogan, be kind to animals

it is a vegetarian restaurant

apparently very famous one

 whichever travel guide book you have in hand

for sure this place will be on it

wondered what was myanmar looked like when we were there?

check it out here and meet the people here

 

  fried peanuts as a starter while choosing the food

between all those listed in the menu, not easy really

but all the time we were in myanmar,

tomato salad was our favourite, so that's the first

 

 

then this buttery baby potato dish

turned out to be an excellent choice

myanmar food set and tomato tofu curry

 today's special, vegetable pancake

extra bonus on the house

homemade tamarind candy

yumm!

 hmm.. 

when i think again, you know what

if all my food was this good

i think i can be a vegetarian ;)

*animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends*

-george bernard shaw-

sea.indonesia.1

tinutuan manado

although i still have a loooot of posting debt,

i have to jump forward to my latest culinary exploration

finally came to here..

the famous bubur manado (manado porridge) a.k.a tinutuan!

thanks to critters@lembeh girls 

who took me on my first night in lembeh, bitung, north sulawesi

been craving for this one since few months ago

the taste... ?

 much much better than what i was hoping for :)

sea.thailand.4

sweet ayuthaya

two thais

two indonesians

one australian

and one greek

together we explored the old cities of ayuthaya

but of course, it's still thailand and we all looove thai food

green curry, red curry, pad thai, som tam

you name it, we had it all

but we also found this little sweet local delicacy

it is called roti san mai (โรตีสายไหม)
and it is originally brought by muslim community in ayuthaya

this is how they made the skin

just using bare hand and stick the dough to a hot flat pan

then you add some candy floss

and whoala!

love it

sea.thailand.3

day 8 
krabi

back from Aonang Beach after exploring 4 islands there
the only thing in our minds was to visit the night market again
and eat the food we have been craving the night before

but, a little nice surprise came along
today is happen to be the first day of 3 days festival in krabi town
which meaannnnsss... FOOD!

these are just SOME of the food we tried
and yes, we did eat all these :D

sea.thailand.2

day 7
 krabi

back to night market
continuing our local food hunting

sea.thailand.1

day 6
krabi

on the road heading to Wat Tham Sua or Tiger Cave Temple
we stopped by at one local hawker stall
and pampered ourselves with all these
(not knowing what was waiting for us on the temple by then,
we should really grateful for this big lunch,
see the story about Wat Tham Sua here)

this was what made us decided to stop
and took our lunch here
who can resist?

sea.malaysia.3

day 3
kuala lumpur

Nasi Dagang with Daging Goreng Lembu

@Restoran Baloh, Damansara Perdana - PJ

famous dish from northen part of malaysia or southern thailand,
consisting rice steamed in coconut milk and spices,
giving it a very rich creamy flavour@ Baloh, it is only available on saturday morning though ;)

Whole Leg Chicken with Herbs Sauce
@Ikea, Damansara Perdana - PJ


Delicato Ball
@Ikea, Damansara Perdana - PJ

tastes like a very thick creamy chocolate mousse
with coconut shavings on the outside, they dont have it it ikea singapore
and im lovin it a looooottttt ;d

sea.malaysia.2

day 2
kuala lumpur

plain chapati with fish curry and daal--o--

after leaving malaysia for one year and a half
i missed so many things from this country
my friends and the food

sea.malaysia.1

day 1
kuala lumpur

late nite supper

at Murni - SS2, Petaling Jaya

Lily Special

Claypot Lao Siu Fan

Roti Hawaii
stuffed choices of minced chicken/beef,
egg, cheese, sausages and pineapples with mayonaisse dressing

south.east.asia

day 1
singapore

yaay!
going around south east asia and to try soooo many different food?
i can not tell you just how much excited i am for this trip
gosh... super nom nom

anyway, route that i am going to take is roughly like this:
singapore-malaysia-thailand-laos-myanmar-cambodia-vietnam

probably will change along the way
but we'll see :)

if you want, you can follow my foodprint using s.e.a tag
there will be less words, but more pictures to show

all set to go, yippie!


*One of the very nicest things about life is
the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing
and devote our attention to eating*
-Luciano Pavarotti-

chocolate.cookie.crackle

another come homing trip
reunited me with
my childhood favourite ice cream

baskin robbins ice cream


why?
not only they have 31 flavours,
but every year
i always get a free scoop..
on my birthday :)

31 flavours
which one to choose?
...

always ended up with jamoca almond fudge
but this time
let's try chocolate cookie crackle
yuuumm ;d

brussel.spring

everytime i went back to my hometown

i always try to spare some time and visit this place

just to enjoy their super crispy waffle
topped with strachitella ice cream



yumm to the mee, yummyyy!

celebes.trip

this time, my foodprint exploration was a bit different ...

becoming one of the 66 lucky bastards
who won a free trip to travel around Indonesia
this is like.. the best time ever!

aiming to try each and every local treats as much as possible
these are just some of result of my never ending hunger :P

oh i haven't told you which part of Indonesia i went to, have i?
for 14 days i, actually we, me and travelling partner
traveled aroud west and south sulawesi

sulawesi, formerly known as celebes island,
located between kalimantan and maluku

okay, stop talking and start drooling
divided into 4 posts, based on each location

selayar island
sengkang
toraja
makassar

enjoy :)

part.one.selayar

nasi santan is the famous local dish here in selayar island
why they called it nasi santan or coconut gravy rice?
obviously because they cooked the white rice with coconut gravy

nasi santan goes along very well grilled fish, squid, or even fried chicken

another must have item in this dish
is a portion of sambal belimbing
a type of chili mixed with crushed peanuts and cuts of stairfruits

but beware, if you order grilled squid
likelyhood your fingers will ended up just exactly like mine :)

and this is local snacks from selayar island, keripik melinjo
fried melinjo, or gnetum gnemon, dipped in liquid palm sugar

next destination
sengkang, south sulawesi

part.two.sengkang

well ...
i do not think we can call it an exploration for this one
because what happened was

while we were crossing tempe lake in sengkang,
our boat, known as katinting boat, accidentally leaked badly
and we.. err.. well sort of drowned ...

recalled back, it was a funny experience though
300m from our drown-location, was actually the exact location of our destination
the floating village of buginese tribe
-talking 'bout wrong place wrong timing-

felt sorry for our misfortune,
the lady of of the house made us a nice warm fried bananas
accompanied with a glass of hot tea to calm us down, which if i can added,
did not work well for one of us, if you know what i mean ;p

anyway, before we said goodbye to local villagers
i managed to sneak into the kicthen and tried their local snack,
made of rice flour and sugar, pan fried and served warm
yummy ;d

definitely not bad
after what we had experienced before :D

next destination
toraja!

part.three.toraja

toraja
can not tell you how much i enjoyed this place

after a long night driving towards rantepao, toraja
we finally arrived at mambo restaurant
and tried local famous dish
pamarrasan buffalo meat

accompanied with the super hot sambal katokon

but cooled down immediately by the sweetness of tamarella juice

pangrarang pork, grilled pork with rica-rica sauce
sayur tutuk kelapa, vegetable tap with coconut
at mentirotiku restaurant, batutumonga

traditional roasted cassava

traditional baked sweet potato

preparing papiong chicken, stuffed chicken in a bamboo

and this is it
papiong chicken served with warm white rice
simple, but probably the best food i have ever had :)

another local dish was our menu for breakfast

toraja pork satay


next and final destination
makassar, south sulawesi!

part.four.makassar

one can not just come to makassar without putting their hands on the seafood
yep, this provincial capital of south sulawesi, was and still,
is the main primary port of the eastern archipelago of indonesia

aniway, we arrived late in the afternoon
just managed in time to catch a glimpse of losari sunset
before the night falls and city lights started to shine here and there
but still have plenty of time to try their local famous seafood

a lot of good selection seafood places in makassar
but this time we tried at warung makan ikan segar, lae lae



for dessert?

been craving for the famous pisang eppe,
a local term for grilled flattened banana,
ever since recommended by some of my friends

strolling down losari beach
we finally sat down at one of street hawker
and order 3 plates of pisang eppe

next morning
time to explore makassar local culinary
sooooooo many choices, but as a first timer
i chosed to try the famous recommended one


first stop, coto makassar at jalan nusantara

second stop, bought some makassar pork meatball, known as nyuknyang

initially i wanted to buy the one at jalan bali,
but finished already and it was still around 12 in the afternoon!
can not believe how famous the place is

so instead, i went to rumah makan asia timur at jalan timor
luckily they still have lots of nyuknyang stock
picture to be added later ;p

third and last stop, es pisang ijo at rumah makan bravo

and this means the end of my celebes trip
planning to come and visit here again?

of course!