Category: Food Stuffs
Self-explanatory. Everything about food. Occasional talk about restaurants or food places.
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Food-related series
I’m not sure if this is some kind of trend, but I have been noticing an increase in video clips, usually on Tiktok, from TV series. The clips are usually a “summary” of an episode and narrated by an AI voiceover. The names of the characters are wildly different from the actual characters’ name on…
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Lunchbox
For the past week, I have been preparing lunchboxes for my husband and kids. My husband usually bought his lunch at a shopping area near his office, and the kids had their lunch provided by the school canteen with a monthly fee. Things were okay-ish (or so I thought) until several weeks ago, the youngest…
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Some sort of self-reflection
On next year’s goal: To be more mindful. And start from the very basic: Food.
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Butchered Banana Dates Muffin-Turned-Cake-Sorta
When I tried a recipe, completely changed it, and somehow it worked. But yeah, I won’t call it a wild success because it worked for me. Not sure about others, though.
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Seasonal dishes
I just realized Indonesia and Malaysia don’t have seasonal dishes due to fairly constant weather and temperature (either “hot”, “excruciatingly hot”, or “WTH is this rain”)
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Penne pasta with tuna and grilled veggies
At this point, it might be known that I really really like pumpkin. We had rice for dinner yesterday, and the day before, and I got so tired after a Zoom hangout with my colleagues (today is a full-meetings day.) I tried to come up with some quick and easy recipe, and as tempting as…
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(Leftover) chicken porridge with sweet pumpkin
I suddenly remembered one of my colleagues once asked this question: “Do you have any tips on how to combat post-lunch sleepiness?” This is one of the tips. Recently, I’ve been taking a liking to pumpkin and sweet potatoes. My favorite is steamed sweet pumpkin with soy sauce and a bit of white pepper. Just…
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Coda alla vaccinara
This is one of my favorite dishes in an Italian restaurant we frequently visit. It’s an oxtail with thick tomato, carrot, and celery stew, served with a dash of cream. You can ask for either saffron rice or mashed potato as the side. I always want to make this, but not sure if the kids…
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Quick rice noodles (bee-hoon) soup
Just now, I looked into my fridge to find something for lunch. I’m not fasting as I’m having my period (in Islam, you can be exempted from doing Ramadan fasting under several special conditions — and period/menstruation is one of them (alongside pregnancy, breastfeeding, and old age.)) Here’s the thing about Ramadan; you got used…