The Dewi

To keep inline with today's theme of Meatless Monday, I decided to post a  vegetarian  (turns out this recipe contains anchovies) veggie dish, that should be satisfying on its own without leaving me feeling something is amiss without the presence of meat. When I thought about filling, satisfying veggie dish, my mind always goes to anything involving coconut gravy. And what better combination with coconut milk if not the stink beans/ pete ??! I think these dynamic duo is the bomb, whenever they're together, they make magic, alleviate a dish to a whole new level, at least that's what I think. It's hard to go wrong if you use these two items together. So I decided to make a veggie dish based entirely off the basic combination between coconut milk and stink beans. To add to the complexity, I decided to throw in fried anchovies/ ikan teri . Just so the coconut milk doesn't taste too heavy, and gives the veggie another layer of flavor. What better veggie that ...

What I like the most about Chinese food is the light, simple, and the clean taste of most of their dishes. Sure it can be greasy at times, but the taste always leaves me feeling 'light'. I'm sure to some, this can be a bit confusing, but allow me to explain. Being practically raised by my grandmother who was born and raised in Bengkulu, Sumatra, I have been accustomed to the Bengkulu, Sumatra cuisine which utilizes a lot of spices, herbs, not to mention coconut milk in most of our dishes. Even my grandmother's famous chicken soup involves at least 7 different type of herbs and spices that I know of. Unfortunately, after she passed, none of us are able to figure out the recipe to her wonderful soup. This is a something I truly regret until this day, because that means I could never replicate the soup, I won't be able to experience again that familiar, soothing taste, and this makes me miss her just a little bit more. Foods from Bengkulu are mostly spicy, cooke...

Believe it or not (perhaps at this point, you'd believe it), our trip to Kuala Lumpur was mostly driven by our desire to eat ribs at Tony Roma's. Both Jourdan and I are big fans of beef, especially the ribs (for him), and beef tongue (for me, but this is saved for discussion another time okay :P). Unfortunately, Tony Roma's in most parts of the world is not a halal establishment, which is totally reasonable considering they are famous for their baby back ribs. So where to go if we're craving for some juicy, meaty, tender, mouth watering ribs if not the Tony Roma's in Malaysia? This was basically the main idea of why we made that trip to Kuala Lumpur the other day. Yes, we definitely are willing to travel for some good food. How I wish we could do this for a living, travel to eat :D. It'd be great if this were also supported by a hobby of exercising and keeping the body fit. Alas, we can't have the best of both worlds. Well, technically we can, but we...

Time sure flies by fast. I can't believe that it's the second week of January already! I think I'm still in the holiday mood, and so is Naylla who has started school but already asking me when her next holiday will be. Ooohh not a good sign. Anyways, I love the beginning of the year, months like January, February, because it means it's the awards seasons!! And I'm a sucker for those. Yesterday, I just saw the 2016 Golden Globes Awards; I was surprised Lady Gaga won a Golden Globe, and was pretty disappointed that Amy Schumer didn't win, but I guess Jennifer Lawrence must be really good in Joy, though I have not seen it yet. Now, after that one is done, I am now really looking forward to the Oscars :). Though, I don't really follow current movies anymore, I still enjoy the award shows. But, it has been better over the years, because when I was younger I would plan my schedule around the airing of the Oscar's, I'd even apply for leave for that ...