Camellia's World

Oxtail Soup – Sup Buntut Al Hijrah

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:37:00 +0000

This is the best oxtail soup in my city. Oxtail soup or sup buntut from Al Hijrah restaurant is very famous for its fantastic taste. They also serve other soup like rib soup and meat soup. Its just the price is not that cheap, almost $2,5 per portion with rice included. But its really worth it. Very refreshing especially when its served hot in rainy day. The red chili sauce to enhance the taste is perfect.

They have 3 branches, but last time I tried their small restaurant in front of Pass Car Workshop near the gas station at Jl. Demang Lebar Daun. During the lunch hour the place would be crowded with workers.

The fries to accompany the oxtail soup are : fried lung/ liver, fried mashed potato, various types of fried tempe and tahu/ tofu.

Al Hijrah in front of Pass Car Workshop

Breakfast at Office Anniversary Day

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:57:00 +0000

Meatball & Chicken Porridge

Steamed Banana & Red Cassava Green Bean Porridge

Our office anniversary was held on last 4th October 2009, all employees were gathered by 6 am in the morning at regional office. We had 30 minutes mass aerobic led by Mrs. Mesach, a reputable fitness instructor in my city. It was a drizzly morning and most people hesitated to move their ass.

After the aerobic, we attacked the food stall for breakfast. There were 4 types of food to choose : meatball, chicken porridge, green bean porridge and steamed banana & cassava. I couldn’t choose one so I tried all of them.

Just like previous years, the breakfast food stall became self service counter at the end. To get a bowl of chicken porridge, you need an extra energy to compete with other hungry people. Take a look at the pictures below, see how uncontrollable the situation was….hehe….

This is the chicken porridge counter, that was my hand taking the red chili sauce bowl.

Other hands around me were people trying to add some fried onion, parsley and fried soy bean for their porridge.

The meatball counter, also self service except pouring the broth

Hunter Steak at Eat Cafe

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:29:00 +0000

As written on previous post (link here), we had our office farewell at Eat Cafe and Resto. The cafe open from 7 pm to 10 pm. Their menu consist of various steaks, spaghetti, teppanyaki, noodles, fried rice, burgers, sandwiches, juices and smoothies. They also provide live music and free wifi for internet connection.

We ordered The Hunter Steak, as they said its their best steak menu. I forgot the price but it was almost Rp. 40.000,- equal to $ 4,5. The portion is big enough, steak beef poured over the tasty sauce, with 2 mashed potato which fried looks like big mushroom, sausage, onion rings, macaroni and stewed vegetables salad. In general, the steak is not bad. Maybe I’ll come back later to try their other steaks menu.

The Open Kitchen Counter

The Hunter Steak, Orange Float & Chocolate Milkshake

The Steak & Spaghetti Bolognaise

enjoying hunter : Ms. Marni - Ms. Icha – Mrs. Linda

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:34:00 +0000

After 2 months off, yesterday was my first day attending the yoga class. I’ve re-new the membership and started to exercise again. The class finished on 5 pm, and my next destination was PTC mall to find some dvds & potato chips. The beginning of rainy season has started and we get hungry easily when it rains. Good movie and snack would be perfect …hehe…

I found a nice dvd for the rainy day , its about rain & food

The title is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 3D animated movie from Sony Picture. The movie was released on last September and adapted from a children’s book written by Judi Barrett, which was first published by the year of 1978,

Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who live in a small city Chewandswallow is trying to find devices to make people life easier. But his invention always ended up in chaos and people consider him as a freak and geek. The city main food is only sardine, fried, boiled, grilled….., in the crisis of food, Flint invented a machine which could turn the water molecule into food. He tested his machine at the city hall and created another chaos. The machine flew, damaged the hall and disappeared into the clouds. Once again the whole city were angry at him.

While thinking of his failure at the dockyard, Flint met up a pretty reporter whose career almost ruined because of the chaos made by Flint. Suddenly the rain poured down but guess…. the rain was not water…it was rain of hamburgers from the sky !! Flint’s machine works.

People love his newest invention and Flint becomes popular. People started to request food, pancakes, donuts, steak, juices, soup ……just name it. But his popularity doesn’t last long. The machine overloaded and pouring the city with giant food, spaghetti storms, flying giant pizza. Can Flint stop the disaster ? Well…just go see the movie.

The food pictures are nice, especially the ice cream snow, colorful and really sweet. Make sure you have something to eat during the movie…hehehe…..

Eat Cafe ‘n Resto : The Survey

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:29:00 +0000

Today we had survey to Eat Cafe ‘n Resto for tomorrow farewell dinner, because 3 of the officers are transferred to other branches out of province. This restaurant located at Jl. Hang Tuah No. 4 Palembang and they only open at dinner time. Obviously long time ago the building was a house, the tables and chairs are placed in front of Grobok factory outlet clothes and accessories show room.

They offer modern menu like burger, spaghetti, various of homemade noodle and fried rice, and the specialty is the steak, both chicken and beef. The price is quite reasonable, and every night they always have live music to entertain the guests.

We reserved the table for 60 – 70 people, and got 10% discount. So, see you tomorrow for the real food pictures.

To be continued …….

Kaastengels & Putri Salju

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:02:00 +0000

Some of my favorite cookies for Eid are kaastangels and putri salju (literally means snow white). Kaastangels or cheese-made cookie is very popular not only for Eid but also for Christmas.

Kaastangels

I took the recipe of kaastangels from http://www.sedap-sekejap.com/

Bahan Bahan :

125 gr margarin (blueband)
125 gr rombutter seperti merk wisman atau orchid (original 250 gr mentega)
4 kuning telur
300 gr terigu
1/2 sdt baking powder
200 gr keju cheddar parut (original pake edam)
100 gr keju cheddar parut untuk taburan
2 kuning telur untuk olesan

Cara Membuat :

Kocok margarin, rombutter & kuning telur sampai lembut, masukkan keju cheddar parut, kocok lagi sampai rata.
Ayak terigu, maizena dan baking powder diatas adonan, aduk rata.
Gilas adonan, cetak or bentuk sesuai selera, olesi dengan kuning telur dan taburi dengan keju cheddar parut.
Oven sampai matang.

Putri Salju

The recipe is taken from http://www.resepmasakanku.com

Bahan Bahan :

600 gr Tepung terigu
300 gr Kacang mete (disangrai dan ditumbuk halus)
200 gr Gula pasir yang agak halus / gula kastor
500 gr Margarin (dibekukan, lalu potong - potong)
300 gr Gula halus
1/2 sdt Vanili

Cara Membuat :

Campurkan tepung terigu, kacang mete, gula pasir dan margarin jadi satu.
Remas - remas adonan dengan tangan hingga tercampur rata.
Simpan dalam lemari pendingin selama 50 menit.
Ambil 2 sdt adonan, bulatkan dan bentuk seperti bulan sabit.
Buat hingga adonan habis.
Letakkan diatas loyang yang telah diolesi mentega, panggang dalam oven hingga matang.
Angkat dan dinginkan selama 5 menit.
Gulingkan kedalam campuran gula halus dan vanili.

Baked Cheese Cake Blueberry & Chocolate Vienna

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:21:00 +0000

It’s long holiday !!!!

I’ve finally decided the cakes for this Eid. As you can see, I ordered two cakes from “Kimmy Deli” because I love both cheese and chocolate. They are just so pretty and tempting. The baked cheese cake smells really good, very satisfying.

Prices for 20 cm diameter cakes :

Baked cheese cake blueberry : Rp. 215.000,-
Chocolate Vienna cake : Rp. 180.000,-

Even the cake box is nice

Cakes For Eid

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:59:00 +0000

Eid is around the corner, on a special day we prepare the special cake. For busy person like me -..hehe...- who has no time and no talent to bake own handmade cake, ordering from the bakery is the only choice.

Those beautiful cakes are from Kimmy Deli the Cake Specialist. I am looking at the brochure right now. Confused because they all look delicious and gorgeous. Well....let me think a while before I decide which cake to order. If you are interested in those cakes I can give you their contact number.

Have fun .....

Dinner at Bukit Golf

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:13:00 +0000

Yesterday we had dinner at Bukit Golf Restaurant, it was official dinner for employees (and their wives/ husbands). Bukit Golf means the golf hill, maybe because it's located in front of the only golf field in my city, 15 minutes far from my home and next to the gas station at Jl. Dr. M. Isa. Nice restaurant which offers variety of food as you can see on the picture.

The room was crowded, by that time most people were having official dinner with their company, it's the effect of the Ramadhan atmosphere.

the entrance door & inside the restaurant

I couldn't take a lot pictures, so here are some of them

Gurame pesmol or fried gurame fish with yellow sauce.

I think this is Sundanese dish from west java.

We also had pindang tulang and sapo tahu, our favorite.....

Dinner is done, time to go home

My Favorite Rice Companions for Meal

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:49:00 +0000

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Virginia Woolf

Indonesia is an agrarian country, we eat rice as our main food in any occasion -breakfast-lunch-dinner-, so when we had meal without rice we couldn't say that we HAD real meal because our stomach will crave for rice just to make it a complete meal.

And to accompany the plain rice we have many side dishes to choose, each region in Indonesia offers different unique culinary experience to explore. Some are nice and amazing but sometimes it's so surprising and doesn't fit your tongue and tastes weird...hehe Well....it's all just about habit.

Let's start, here are some of my favorite side dishes

The Oriental Style : Sapo Tahu

Chinese ethnic has been part of our culture -theirs blended with ours-, their influence can also be found in the cuisine, and sapo tahu/ tofu represents the best. Sapo tahu consist of silk egg tofu, paprika, button mushroom, shitake/ hyoko mushroom, shrimps, calamari, carrot, bok coy vegs, It's served in a clay pot to keep it warm and enhance the taste. Very healthy and refreshing especially the ginger taste of the broth.

The Traditional Taste : Pindang Tulang

Pindang is somekind of spicy and sour soup. Very famous dish from my province, South Sumatera. The closest comparison to pindang is Thailand tom yam soup. But the biggest difference is that tom yam -always- has mixed seafood in it, while pindang only focus on one thing : various of river fishes (patin & gabus) - or meat or shrimp - as the filling.

Literally, pindang tulang means bone pindang, but it's not 100% only bone, there are also some meat in the soup.

The Flavored Rice : Nasi Goreng

Rice is not always white and plain, nasi goreng or fried rice is the perfect sample. This is everyone's favorite, including the President of United States - Mr. Barrack Obama - who spent few years of his childhood in Jakarta - the capital of Indonesia. When our president attended a conference in USA, for politeness Mr. Obama called him telling that hopefully he could have a formal visit in Indonesia later and he missed : nasi goreng, bakso & rambutan (fried rice, meatball & hairy looks tropical fruit). Next day, it became newspaper headline ...hehe..

Each restaurant and eateries have their own special recipe of nasi goreng. The filling could be egg, seafood, sausage, sliced of chicken, beef or anchovy , creativity plays the important role. It's sold in almost every eating place from street side to five stars hotel. We used to eat it for breakfast but people also eat this for lunch and even dinner.

Well, there are many other dishes but that's all for now

Special Thanks

The Paper Sky Magazine : Thankyou for letting the people know the beauty of Bali Island.
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Editor, Mr. Manu Yamamoto :
Thankyou for saving a space for my blog.

Marhaban Ya Ramadhan

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:19:00 +0000

The picture above was taken in Ramadhan almost 5 years ago at Selebrity restaurant. We paid Rp. 35.000,- (equal to $4) per person for "all you can eat" dine and as many Nu green tea drink as you can take.

Our table was really full, just compare to the clean table below where my friends - Frida and Gita - were sitting very calm before they reveal the real inner hunger hehe.

We are small girls with elastic stomach

This year Ramadhan started on 22nd August, it's a holly month full of bless for muslims around the world. For a month we are fasting which means we don't eat and drink at daylight started from sunrise until sunset. The idea is to make our soul patience from all temptations, to control the emotion and to build the empathy for other people who live in poverty.

During Ramadhan we can find dishes which rarely sold in ordinary months. I will go to "Pasar Bedug" -Ramadhan food stall- next weekend to show you what so special in this month, very unique !

Free Lunch ( and Dinner)

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Who said there’s no free lunch ? :)

On 3^rd August 2009 we had FREE : 2x coffee break, lunch and dinner. The catering was presented by Rika Catering. Here are some of the pictures :

Lunch : tom yam seafood, black pepper beef, capcay, roasted chicken, hot crispy calamary

Break : tekwan / fish soup & chocolate pudding

Dinner : corn soup, chicken with cashew nut, tofu & vegs, chili shrimps, fried crispy fish

Are you wondering on what occasion the free lunch and dinner was about. Well, it was the reception reunion and reconciliation of phenomenon “celebrities” from Indonesia and Kelantan Palace (Malaysia). They have buried the case, forget the hatred and make peace between them. You will not see their news on tv gossips shows anymore.

The picture below from left to right :

Daisy Fajarina – Manohara Odelia Pinot – Tengku Fachry – Dewi Asih (taken by Camellia – Manohara’s private photographer).

I am kidding off course :p

The truth is that the occasion was credit workshop attended by officers from branches. It was also kind of unofficial farewell for officers transferred to other branches.

Martabak Mesir

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:11:00 +0000

This type of dish is known as Martabak Mesir or Martabak Kubang. Unlike Martabak HAR which has potato curry and sour sauce, this martabak is served with sour sauce only. Don't you think it looks like a big square omelette. The basic ingredient is egg, mixed with a lot of leak and meat, wrapped with thin wheat skin and then fried on a flat frying pan. The sour sauce consist of chopped cucumber pickles and bird eyes chili pepper. The taste is too delicious.

You can find this martabak at Sederhana Restaurant, one of famous Padang restaurant.

Soto Ayam belakang IP

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:01:00 +0000

Chef Bara Pattirajawane from Gula Gula Cooking Show asked a dutch lady what her favorite Indonesian cuisine at Tong Tong Festival in Netherlands. She answered : Soto Ayam (chicken soto). There are 2 types of soto, clear soup and coconut milk based soup and the filling could be chicken, meat or organs. And there are also many variations, depend on the region, soto ambengan, soto kudus, soto banjar.

Before going to PIM to watch Harry Potter, my friend and I were having lunch at famous soto eating place behind the International Plaza building. I've heard a lot about this place from long time ago but never really been there before. So it was my first time.

The place is hidden through the small alley but crowded with people coming to eat their soto. I think it's the only place where they serve the soup and the filling separately on different plate and bowl. But it was nice soto and the price is very reasonable. I also tried perkedel or fried mashed potato which always been my favorite kind of dish.

Pindang Tulang Iga Sapi Bakar

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:26:00 +0000

Pindang is another specialty dish from Palembang. In general there are 2 types of pindang based on the main ingredients : pindang ikan (fish) and pindang tulang (bone & meat ...of course). Shrimps and shell are other main ingredients that people sometimes use for pindang.

Mami -Indonesian word adapted from english : Mummy- was- a senior clerk from neighbor unit on second floor in my office who invented new type of pindang, grilled ribs pindang. She took the early retirement program and started her culinary business by taking one stall/ counter at Food Court "Selera Kita" Jl. Kapten A. Rivai, her counter name is Pindang Cek Dep.

Mami's pindang is very special, the taste is authentic and real. The ribs was covered with spices and herbs and then grilled before being served. And the smell is really good and attractive.

You should really try this pindang :)

Jalankote Aladdin

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:23:00 +0000

I spent 4 years of my childhood in Sulawesi island at the beginning of 1990's. Used to be the capital city of South Sulawesi was Ujung Pandang, but now is known as Makassar.

If you ask me what food from Makassar that I miss the most, I could give you a long list of delicious food. On the top of the list I will put these : coto makassar + buras, konro, ikan bakar, palubasa, pisang epe', es palubutung, pisang ijo and jalangkote.

After years, finally I could taste jalangkote again, it's almost like pastel but bigger, its been my favorite. Somehow the taste is a bit different from what I could remember.

The restaurant name is Aladdin, located on Jl. Basuki Rahmat near the reflexy center. They serve some of Makassar's dishes and also common menu like sate and nasi goreng (fried rice).

My friend ordered sop saudara -brotherhood soup? soup with meat & some organs filling and perkedel or fried mashed potato- and I tried the palubutung ice -chopped of banana covered with grated ice -. Anyway.... at least now we have new variation of restaurant.

Mie Aceh Icoet Km 8,5

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:53:00 +0000

My friend asked if I want to try Mie Aceh near her home, a popular noodle dish from Aceh province. She said they are using ganja ( or marijuana aka cannabis) as the spices. Aceh is the province at the northern of Sumatera Island which suffered from tsunami many years ago. Known as Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD), they govern the province as special territory.

In the past, Aceh was like "little Cuba", all the news were just about ganja smuggling and the found of ganja field around the territory. It's kind of sad as the fact that Aceh is the most religious province in my country where Islam was first established in Southeast Asia. And it's like the stereotype that Aceh people are using ganja as spices for their cooking style. That is how the Mie Aceh addiction effect's theory came up. But no one has really prove the theory of ganja as spices in Aceh dishes.

Back to the noodle, finally my friend and I tried the Mie Aceh. We ordered the original with beef, they also have the crab noodle which served with big delicious crab. The place name is Mie Aceh Icoet, 8,5 km from the city. From the look of the noodle, you can guess that it is spicy. And the coconut water made it a perfect meal time.

The Vote

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:37:00 +0000

I made my vote on 9 am, it was very quick vote because not many people yet coming to the election post. Unlike the year of 2004, this second direct president election period is not too enthusiastic.

I gave my invitation letter, took the vote card, made the thick mark at the candidate's number and finally put my finger inside the ink bottle as the sign that I've voted,....done.

Whoever the President, it wont change much to the situation that I am facing. So, I will just enjoy my Lontong. Lontong or rice cake is common food for breakfast in my country. Very easy to find Lontong in early morning, and it's also cheap, less than a dollar.

And the best thing : today is holiday :p

Spooky Night

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:38:00 +0000

Last night, 7th July 2009 was a spooky night.

I was googling for foreign language course in my city, if there's any. I've called the foreign language center at my old university but their schedule doesn't fit me since I could only take class on saturday.

There are 3 languages that I am interested in :

French - because I love french butter so much
German - I want to say "wurst" in correct pronunciation
Japan - I always enjoy J-dorama and ramen

I found the address of Alliance Française (AF) in my city, no idea if it's still updated but I will call them later for more info. I hope they are still exist. My -German course in Palembang- search directed to a blog, the owner manages about 10 blogs, one of the blog title is "Wir Lernen Deutsch", I couldn't find any clue for the address and contact number so I left my email on comment asking for the course location.

His other blogs seem interesting, I read the tourism & travel before jumped to others. His last post was about Obonk Steak & Ribs restaurant at Patal, 10 minutes from my home.

But wait....something weird at the shoutbox / guestbook in one of the blogs, two people wrote something like...I hope you rest in peace, goodbye and it's a great lost ....being curious I visited the page of people who left that comment.

It surprised me a lot that one big picture of a man staring at me and above the picture I could read clearly : IN MEMORIAM. The writer explained about this man (who manages 10 blogs) that he passed away at the beginning of July. He told that the German language blog could be the last blog he made. Can you imagine, I wrote to someone who is not in this world anymore.

I closed the 4 tabs of firefox in hurry, was almost midnight and I need to lay my head. Suddenly I got message in my cell, from unknown number. The short text message said : "Y...K... (my mother's name), Ema's 3rd child has died tonight" .......

Martabak Super Bangka

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:29:00 +0000

My friend - Devy - called me when I was still in the bus, she asked whether I will come to the yoga class, I haven't updated my membership so I've been using her card for the past 3 weeks. I told her that I will attend the class, well, a bit late though, and hope that she could save some space for me.

Almost 20 minutes late, but when I walked into the room, so surprised, there were only 5 people in the class ! Usually it's always crowded, very difficult to find free space on the floor for your body sculpture mat. aaah...I remember, it's school holiday here, off course those housewives mothers prefer to be in holiday with their kids. Miss Emi, the instructor said she enjoys teaching the "quiet" class so she could focus on us, and we heard her voice correcting our pose more often than usual, straight your legs, hold your hand strong, up your leg ...hehe...

Unfortunately, the regular class is off for next saturday because there will be 2 days yoga workshop. Before the class dismissed, we all got extra bonus, shiatsu massage on our shoulder and back. So much lighter ....

I stopped at this street side Martabak Bangka counter before go home. They only open after 6 pm, but people were in the line to order the take away box. This counter is the branch from old counter near the King Hotel.

Martabak Bangka is the giant version of crepes and pancake, it has many filling like chocolate, peanut, cheese or combination, but my favorite is the sweet corn and cheese filling, the best. To cook martabak you need this special cooking tool.

I am not sure if this kind of martabak originally comes from Bangka Island. I've been to Bangka Island before but I didn't try their martabak there. Bangka island used to be part of our province, but now they are separated province. To reach the island we need 3 hours by speed boat and another 3 hours by bus to go to the capital city. But the flight only took an hour.

Bangka island has one of the beautiful beaches in my country, Parai beach. The water is so clear, the sand is so white and not too crowded, imagine having your own private beach. Bangka is a very rich island for its nickel mining and the famous white pepper.

On the pictures below, Elly & I were posing on the big rock at Parai. And the souvenir I took : the white sands and seashell from the beach.

Breakfast

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Last Friday on 07:15 am

Hey...where is everyone ? why is this room empty ? who turned off the light ?

Wait....I think I heard something from the meeting room.

Here they are.... watching the speech of Director on the big screen.

My stomach is biting me, I only had a slice of bread this morning. The speech is not live, so I think it's ok for me to walk out from the room and check what's going on in the pantry.

Aaahh....the breakfast :)

Bon apetit ;)

Lily Memory

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:04:00 +0000

I never really had my birthday celebrated, but once when I was a student many years ago, my friends considered our "eating out" as the celebration. We had this place which I didn't remember the name that we often stopped by to feed our empty stomach after long journey from campus. My university is located 32 km far from the city, daily we took bus from campus to the "downtown" - from IP to Dika ..hehe- So, this small eating place was in Dika shopping center area, their specialization was the local Palembang-nese dishes. Some of my friends were from other provinces and our favorite was the mie celor.

It's very common here that while you are eating you will be entertained by pengamen or "street musician" who sing you popular songs from famous singer, at the end of the shows the musician will hand you empty candy plastic bag for your appreciation, some coins will do well.

One day, we - almost 7 or 8 girls I think - were eating at that place on my treat. Not for long, a young man who apparently a street musician came in with his guitar and his direct destination was our table. He was obviously an amateur and he didn't know what situation he was about going to enter by picking our table.

Just before he started singing his song, my friends said that he should be singing our request song and my friends would pay him more. Hesitate at the beginning he finally agreed to the request. You know what song my friends wanted him to sing ? The Happy Birthday song, dedicated for me ! ...ooh..no...please not in public ...hehe. Lucky me, he didn't know any happy birthday song, he was thinking then smiling then continued with awkward laugh but never started the real song. I think he was nervous or something. His best try was few lines of "happy birthday to you...." but my friends were kind & generous people, for his effort they gave him a bit more than just coins. And as a gift, I got John Grisham's book - the painted house - which fully covered with signatures on the first page, well....not his, but my friend's signatures.

A big fire ruined Dika shopping center and I never went to that area for few years. Until 2 weeks ago, we dropped one of senior officer to the branch office in front of the shopping center. The Dika building is still ruined with black wall decoration, but people already use the building for their business. And I finally know the name of that eating place, they moved about 3 doors from their original place, but It's still Lily.

Type of dishes you could find at Lily ;)

Delicious "Mie Celor 26 Ilir"

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:47:00 +0000

Out of Topic

First, I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures. I was trying to snap the shoot using camera with flash, unfortunately by that time there was a shooting for local TV channel shows, so I didn't want to bother the crews with my flash light. Watch carefully the picture below, can you see the white shirt man standing in the middle of the room holding his big camera and tripod ? he was the cameraman, taking shoot of the preparation of famous "Mie Celor 26 Ilir" before being served.

Ooh...and they were also taking shoot of people who ate there, including me !! I hope my - way of eating - was not too greedy...hehe..

And I am so glad that I was wearing my favorite pink stripes shirt :p

mmmmm......don't you think the pink stripes shirt will looks good on TV !

I mean, pink is always sweet :)

Back to The Topic

Noodle lover, let me introduce the celebrity noodle from my city, please welcome "Mie Celor 26 Ilir". No intention to be exaggerated , but this noodle has been appeared in many TV shows (especially traveling & culinary), both local & national. Even, the group head from Jakarta head office often brought this noodle back to Jakarta when he had a visit in my city. No one could forget the taste, too authentic.

Mie means noodle, celor means stirring or soaking ( I think ), and 26 ilir is the location of this noodle restaurant, near the 26 ilir traditional market. Follow the red arrow, its the second door from the corner, yes that's the place - please, the arrow is NOT pointing at the man -

What you will find in Mie Celor : special big and fat noodle, chopped shrimps & egg, bean sprout, chopped leak and fried union. Basic ingredient for the sauce is coconut milk and shrimps stock. The price for regular portion is only Rp. 9.500,- but you can ask for more noodle or shrimps or eggs and of course they will charge for that. For those who love rich and thick spicy sauce dishes, it's worth to taste for.

Healthy Bubur Kacang Ijo

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:08:00 +0000

Sit mens sana in corpore sano -a healthy mind in a healthy body- we often hear that famous quotation. As in my office, we have aerobic day every Wednesday from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm and the perfect healthy food for that day is bubur kacang ijo or green bean porridge.

Basic ingredients we need to make green bean porridge for 30-40 people : 2 kg's of green bean, 1 can of condensed full cream milk, sugar, coconut milk, brown sugar.

Soak the green bean before boiling it, one by one add the other ingredients and keep it boiled on stove until soft and the color changed. See the picture below.....in this phase, you could smell it from basement, tempting !

I am sure now you guys want to see how's the green bean porridge looks like in a bowl, ready to be eaten. But I am really sorry ..........I missed the aerobic and I forgot to tell the office boy to save a bowl for me.

Next time ok :)

Recipe of The Most Delicious "Pempek Kulit"

noreply@blogger.com (Camellia) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Here is my friend -Devy-'s mom pempek kulit recipe, the most delicious pempek kulit in the world. I could eat this pempek only once a year when I visit her house. That's why I asked the recipe, and I am sharing it here because this recipe is just too delicious to be kept by myself.

Pempek or fish cake is the specialty food from my city, it's like Mexico & Tacos, Japan & Sushi, Italia & Pasta+Pizza, so Palembang & Pempek belong each other, cannot be separated ...hehe. There are a lot of variations and types of pempek, I will post later with the famous pempek restaurant in my city.

Bahan-bahan :	Ingredients :
1/2 kg kulit ikan tenggiri	1/2 kg skin of mackerel
1/2 kg daging ikan tenggiri	1/2 kg flesh of mackerel
Santan	Coconut Milk
Sagu - secukupnya	Sago - as needed -less than 800gr
Telur 2 butir	2 eggs
Daun bawang	leek - chopped as needed
Garam & merica - secukupnya	Salt & pepper - as needed
Sasa - secukupnya	Seasoning (sasa or ajinomoto)

Instruction :

Mix the grounded skin and flesh of mackerel with eggs, coconut milk and sago. Its better using your hand and fingers when mixing all the ingredients. Add the chopped leek, salt, pepper and seasoning. Don't be too liquid or too hard. Its like donut .....
When it's not too sticky anymore, take one spoon of mixed mackerel, first make it like small ball then flat the ball but don't be too thin, the shape is like beef patty in hamburger.
Deep fry till crispy.

The sauce (Cuko) : add brown sugar, chili pepper, garlic, tamarind/ vinegar and salt into boiling water. (*mashed chili pepper & garlic).

Note :

from 1 kg skin and flesh of mackerel you'll get 2 bowls of ground fish. the scale is = 2 bowls of mackerel : 1 bowl of coconut milk.
If you can't find sago, I heard that it can be substituted with tapioca flour.
You can use blender to make the ground fish, take out the bone...remember just to use the flesh.