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‘Asam Jawa’: Indonesia
By Barrie | 
No Comments » In Bahasa Indonesia tamarind is called asam jawa. Actually, besides the tamarind trees producing sour fruits, trees producing sweet fruits of the asam jawa, or Tamarindus Indica Linn, exist. But the main connotation of the asam jawa tree is having sour fruits as gastronome and epicurean el supremo Suryatini N. Ganie explains.
Organic Farming: Bali
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When I Gede Hanjaya’ wife Franziska Rapp was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer, her doctor suggested she undergo surgery and avoid foods with chemical additives.
Kangkung Cuisine: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » Water spinach, or kangkung, is available all year round in traditional markets and supermarkets. It can be found all over Asia. Filipinos, Singaporeans and Malaysians call it kangkong, while in Hong Kong it is referred to as ong choi.
Want Some Coffee?
By Barrie | No Comments » I am a great lover of coffee and drank just about every type available in the archipelago, and of course, my favourite being Arabica. Gastronome and epicurean el supremo Suryatini N. Ganie explains further about the coffee scene in Indonesia:
The Delights of Lumpia: Indonesia
By Barrie | 1 Comment » Being a country with two seasons, the dry and the rainy, we do not have special food for special seasons. Chinese envoys and traders long ago brought seasonal foods with them when they anchored in their ports of call.
‘Bestik’: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » Looking at perfectly cut steaks in a well-known supermarket, I remember the meat vendor in the 1950s who came three times a week to my parents’ house. He used to ask our cook whether we needed some lulur dalam, a tender piece for bestik, or perhaps some daging paha for semur. He asked my mother whether she wanted the lulur dalam, my mother would nod and a lengthy piece of meat changed hands as gastronome and epicurean el supremo Suryatini N. Ganie explains.
Crispy Cookies: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » Some people say the Indonesian sweet tooth was noted as early as the period of the mighty kingdom of Majapahit in the 13th century. People back then even called the national flag gula kelapa, meaning sugar and coconut: white for the coconut flesh and red for the reddish-brown palm sugar.
Bull Noodles All the Rage: Trimurti, Central Java
By Barrie | No Comments » A bull, a giant mixer and loads of sunshine are the noodle recipe of choice for an Indonesian family that has discarded machines for this traditional, and time-consuming, process.
Demand for Organic Products
By Barrie | No Comments » Demand from overseas for Indonesian organic farm products has increased in the last few years but supplies cannot always meet demand because not enough farmers produce the product.
Weeds of the Sea: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » Would you like to taste some exotic food? It can be found in seas and oceans, clinging to solid substrates. I’m talking about seaweed, or rumput laut as we say in Bahasa Indonesia, although seaweed is not exactly rumput or grass, so alga laut would be more correct (Ir. Laode M. Aslan, Kanisius 1991).
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