Pandan Cake Pops

The Indo Dutch cuisine knows a lot of sweet delights: from cakes, puddings, steamed-, baked- and deep-fried pastries. One of the most well known cakes is the Pandan Cake  (recipe in my 1st Dutch book) – which is also called a Chiffon cake, a light and fluffy cake with subtle, gentle, fragrant flavours of Pandan, from…

Siomay Bandung Style

When I think of Bandung, I see a piece of Holland in the tropics.  When I visited this beautiful city it felt like I was catapulted back in time. Bandung is renowned for its high number of Dutch colonial architecture; especially the tropical Art Deco architectural style. I would not mind living there. I can picture…

Sambal Goreng Brussels Sprouts

You would not expect Brussels sprouts in the South East Asian cuisine. The Dutch Indo kitchen offers endless opportunities to experiment. This Indo Dutch fusion cuisine has further evolved in the Netherlands by the blending of Indonesian spices with European ingredients. Sambal Goreng Brussels sprouts is one example. As a child I didn’t like Brussels sprouts that…

mie tek tek - Indonesian fried noodles - Mie Goreng

Mie Tek Tek AKA Mie Goreng

I can include quite a few comfort meals to my repertoire, one of which is Mie (Bami) Goreng, Indonesian fried noodles, also known as Mie Tek Tek and sold by street hawkers in Indonesia. Named after the sound of the spatula hitting the wok: ‘tek-tek’.  Derived from the Chinese Low- Mein or Chow Mein but with an…

Iced Coffee – stirred, not shaken

It was hot today and I was craving Iced Coffee. But it doesn’t really matter what temperature it is outside or what season, I usually pick an iced beverage over a hot one. There are different ways to get your chilled Cup-A-Joe. For instance, use some cooled down leftover coffee from the coffee maker (I always make too much…

Orange Flavored Chicken

Het thema oranje reikt ook tot in de keuken tijdens deze WK weken.  Toen ik van de week in de koelkast keek zag ik nog 1 pond kipfilet. Ik dacht gelijk aan mijn favoriete Orange Flavored Chicken.  Dat zijn stukjes kip die eerst zijn gefrituurd in een meeljasje en dan worden voorzien van een heerlijke coating van…