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Food for Thought: Es Palu Butung With Strawberry Granita
Es palu butung with strawberry granita/ (JG Photo/Petty Elliott) There are certainly many delicious dishes and a variety of satisfyingly cold beverages that make for a popular way to break the fast....
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Top Jakarta Hotels Helping Muslims Break the Fast in Style
The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta and the J.W. Marriott Hotel offer special menus during Ramadan with Middle Eastern, North African and local dishes. Eating is as important to Ramadan as abstaining from it....
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Jakarta’s Favorite Street Feast
Pasar Benhil in Central Jakarta has long been a popular place for people to buy sweets and food during Ramadan. (AFP Photo) For Jakartans fasting during Ramadan, finding the right place to slake their...
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Enjoying the Taste and Feel of Old Bandung at Rasa Bakery & Cafe
The facade and interior of Rasa Bakery & Cafe come from a different time but the menu is decidedly contemporary. (JG Photo/Zakky Ramadhany) After a hectic week in Jakarta it is always good to go to...
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Food for Thought: Pan-fried Salmon With Sambal Ijo
(JG Photo/Petty Elliott) It may just be a condiment for rice and noodles, but sambal has become a major part of our cuisin e. In fact, we like chili sauce so much it seems we need it for every dish. F...
View ArticleFrom Designer to Boutique Biscuit Maker
There is a sense of shyness and vulnerability to Sun Wahyu, but despite this it is hard to imagine the 27-year-old spending his day in the kitchen baking cookies. However for the past two years he has...
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Japan’s Fake Food is Real Deal for Tourists
Food samples made of plastic are displayed at a plastic food maker’s shop in Tokyo on May 28, 2013. (AFP Photo/Kazuhiro Nogi) Tokyo. Alberto Pellegrini doesn’t speak or read Japanese, a deficit that...
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Fresh Food Made Before Your Eyes at Rasa Restaurant
Rasa Restaurant serves a variety of local and international cuisine, including dishes such as duck tacos and triple chocolate brownies. (Photos courtesy of Rasa Restaurant) Food lovers in the city are...
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Blessed Are the Cheesemakers
At L’Oasi Italian restaurant in Siem Reap, CAmbodia, Titi makes cheese for the restaurant and recently opened a shop. (JG Photo/Omar Havana) Not so long ago the idea of producing authentic cheese in...
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Jakartans Take Off Hats to New Mexican Spot
Sombrero offers a taste of Mexico in the heart of Jakarta. (Photo courtesy of Sombrero) Trying a new cuisine from an unfamiliar country is always a step into the unknown. Choosing from the strangely...
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Food for Thought: Cauliflower Comes to Life With A Soy and Ginger Oriental Twist
Cauliflower salad. (JG Photo/Petty Elliott) Cauliflower is an inexpensive and ordinary-looking vegetable, but I adore it. It is a cruciferous vegetable — in the same plant family as broccoli, cabbage...
View ArticleA Culinary Feast at the Chef’s Table
A sense of excitement and curiosity filled the air when chef Rossano Renzelli greeted visitors at Feast restaurant at the Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort and led them straight into his kitchen instead of to...
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Yogyakarta Coffee Clinic Disseminates the Art of Espresso
Pepeng, owner of Klinik Kopi in Yogyakarta posing with a selection of coffee beans and various equipment and instruments before presenting coffee-making lessons. (JG Photo/Andy Fuller) With coffee...
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In Search of French Fare Sans Snob Factor? Welcome to Kamil’s World
Chef Camille Massard Combe. (JG Photos/Andy Fuller & Courtesy of Mediterranea Restaurant) “We are a family here. Many of the staff have no training before they start work. Some, yes, they do. But...
View ArticleSavoring the Delights of Dim Sum in Jakarta
Dim sum is an old Chinese tradition of family togetherness. “It’s like breakfast,” said Ken Choy Chong Hung, executive Chinese chef of the Gran Melia Jakarta Hotel in Kuningan, South Jakarta. “It...
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For Visiting French Chef Mamet, Good, Fresh Local Food Is the Star
Jerome Mamet is in Jakarta for three days presenting his menu at Lyon restaurant. (Photo courtesy of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel) For Michelin-starred chef Jerome Mamet, it is not about accolades or...
View ArticleSwapping Off-Piste for Vintner, Nick Mills Is Earning NZ’s Wine Kudos
A serious accident caused Nick Mills to change his passion for skiing to winemaking. To abuse a cliche, skiing’s loss was wine’s gain. Mills was expected to represent New Zealand at the 1994 Winter...
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Food for Thought: Sweet Treats and Tea This Diwali, Or for a Rainy Afternoon...
Gulab jamun, a sweet, spongy dough ball served in spiced honey, goes well with masala spiced tea. (Photo courtesy of Petty Elliot) Diwali, or Deepavali in old Sanskrit, means the festival of lights....
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Charlie Bar & Kitchen Cooking Up a Storm in Seminyak’s Lifestyle Scene
The restaurant’s pastry section. (Photo courtesy of Charlie Bar & Kitchen) On the ever-growing and popular Jalan Petitenget in Seminyak, Bali, a new restaurant and bar has been making waves...
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Noodle Search Takes Jakarta Food Blogger on Far-Ranging Quest
Eric’s noodle reviews favor the cheap and tasty over the pretentious. (Photo courtesy of Wiryanata) Well, somebody had to do it. In a region awash with noodle offerings — by the sidewalk or within a...
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