Finding Nemo.
As the new restaurant in Jakarta is starting to take shape, so is the scope of work. It’s time to get my hands dirty and pull this thing together, from the ground up. One of the hardest things about...
View ArticleRecipe Of The Day: Balinese Seaweed Salad
As you might know, I’ve been cooking up a storm of regional Indonesian over the past few months. From Balinese ceremonial food to curries from Aceh to Manado-style wild boar, my travels across this...
View ArticleRecipe Of The Day: Ferntips and Papaya Flower Stir Fry
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece for Jakarta Post Travel about the unseen origins of Balinese cuisine. (If you haven’t yet read it, you can have a quick squizz here. It’s a great intro to today’s...
View ArticleRecipe Of The Day: Kue Deto
Indonesian sweets aren’t exactly big hitters when it comes to South East Asian culinary fame, but there are some delicious unsung heroes of sugary sweetness. You just need to dig a little deeper. While...
View ArticleRecipe of the Day: Jukut Undis
It’s been raining cats and dogs here in Bali this week. So much for the rainy season being over. It’s like Take Two, but the uncut version. Think flooded roads and getting caught in the rain on my...
View ArticleBrongkos and Banyan Trees in Jogja for #StreetFoodChef
If you watched they debut of Street Food Chef this morning on TransTV, you saw that I sampled a beef dish called brongkos koyor on a recent trip to Yogyakarta, or Jogja as it’s more commonly called. I...
View ArticleRecipe of the Day: Nasi Liwet (Javanese Coconut Chicken Rice)
If you’ve been to Indonesia, or have the pleasure of living here like I do, you’ll know that nasi is one of the go-to staples of every day eating. It’s Indonesia’s spaghetti, you could say, with just...
View ArticleStreet Food Chef in Bali (Finally!) This Sunday, TransTV
Filming my new show Street Food Chef has taken me all over the archipelago for the last few months. It’s been a ride, to say the least. But as they say, there’s no place like home, so I’m pretty happy...
View ArticleRecipe of the Day: Lawar Nyawan (Bee Larvae)
You’ve seen me eat fried cockroaches, scorpions, and crickets in Thailand, and I ate a bat and bush rat in Manado; so why not bee larvae from Bali? Lawar Nyawan is a traditional Balinese dish made...
View ArticleRecipe of the Day: Bebek Betutu
Filming last week’s episode of Street Food Chef in Bali took me up into Ubud, one of the best places to try a whole range of different local island eats – from ceremonial feasting dishes right through...
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