Nasi Tumpeng makes an appearance during festivals, happy events and celebration days, including special-age birthdays and Independence Day.…
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I had Chilean cuisine before! It was with Pri, right before lockdown no.4 (or was it in no.5??) And it was my idea, to begin with!…
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16th October is World Food Day, celebrated annually in honor of FAO's birthday and here are 50 things you can do to celebrate World Food Day.…
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The Balinese cuisine Nasi Pedas (literally translated as spicy rice) has only been famous for a decade and started from a roadside food stall…
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Though it has been widely adopted, much loved and become a local food icon in Singapore, Teh Tarik originated from Malaysia.…
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One day, Soni’s post with the hashtag Seven of Swords appeared on my Instagram feed. It prompted me to check out her IG page, which she uses mainly to showcase her art. Both both spooky and happy ━ Soni’s art spoke to me right away. Back then, she was in the midst of creating…
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As the saying goes ━ you don't forget your first Onigiri. I had mine at the Fushimi Inari train station on my first Japan trip with my best friends.…
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I am reinstating the semi-regular not-really-travel-culture-related life updates here on the blog. Also, I am (once again) changing the series name; it’s now called Not A Newsletter. One more thing ━ I genuinely am unsure whether this is interesting to anyone else but me, but hey, I like to entertain myself, so here goes…
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“The ladle should not face the door when you are pouring the milk“, Lkhama advised us before continuing with “giving away good luck” as the reason why. Lkhama was in the middle of teaching us how to make Mongolian tea, the traditional kind that has been a part of nomadic Mongolian culture for centuries.…
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Besides my Amma's cooking, Nasi Padang is the Indonesian cuisine I have missed the most for the best part of these two years.…
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