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| View from our garden bungalow @ Kuta Seaview Bali |
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| Ogoh ogoh (paper mache sculptures of evil gods/spirits which then burn the night before Nyepi Holiday (Balinese New Years) |
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| So cool, why don't we have these back home?! One of the restaurants we went to in Jakarta had a buzzard thing on the table for service. |
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| Ironic....Banda Ache...Harmony? Banda Ache is still experiencing civil war, is ruled under Sharia Law, and is still recovering after the tsunami |
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| Avocado shake with chocolate...yummm |
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| Vegetarian curry with tempeh. Unfortunately it was soooo bland. |
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| Tofu and white eggplant curry. I really need to learn how to make this. |
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| Coel and his obsession with chicken sate and peanut sauce |
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| If your ever in Ubud you must stop by this little gelato shop and grab yourself a scoop..or two. I forgot the name of the place but its pink so you can't miss it. Chocolate chili gelato. |
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| Dragon fruit sorbet |
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| Ice cream filled mochi |
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| Bihun goreng with seafood (fried vermicelli noodles) |
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| Chicken sate with peanut sauce and Indonesian sticky rice |
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| Chocolate waffle with choco ice cream at the White Hunter restaurant at Gandaria City Mall |
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| Bak mie with mushroom, chicken and wontons from Bak Mie Gaja Mada. My favorite noodles. |
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| Noodle steamboat @ Bali |
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| Nasi champur @ Bali. Rice with sate, fried prawn, peanut and salted fish, beef curry, prawn crackers, veggies and chicken |
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| Seafood and caper pasta at the Kuta Seaview Hotel restaurant @ Bali |
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| My chicken schnitzel sandwich @ Bali |
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| I have no idea what this is |
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| Beef Kue-tiau with lots of chili sauce and pickled cucumber |
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| Rujak, an Indonesian specialty: fruit with a spicy peanut sauce |
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| Black pepper beef. While it doesn't sound like it would be Indonesia dish, consider this, where do you think the famous Spice Islands were..... |
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| Awesome bakeries that serve the best treats. I wish they had bakeries like this at home. |
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| Chewy cream puffs. While not Indonesian, they were worth a mention because they were good. |
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| Soda Gambira (translated into flag soda because it is 'red' and white). Soda water is mixed with lots of condensed milk and strawberry syrup |
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| Pempek, a specialty from my moms home town of Palembang, Sumatra. It's made from ground fish paste, think meatballs but with fish. Either steamed or fried. Sound gross, but its really good. |
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| Martabak with curry. Similar to roti. |
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| Otak-otak. Seasoned fish paste wrapped in banana leaf then grilled. Texture is like that of fishballs you'd get in Chinese noodles. |
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| Es Cendol. Green wormy looking jelly custard things with palm sugar, coconut cream/milk, and ice |
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| Mie with beef balls |
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| Kue 'rugby' and custard tart |
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| Es champur. Shaved ice with syrup, red bean, jellies etc |
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| I've been waiting for this..chicken katsu from Hokahoka Bento. Can't forget the Teh Botol! |
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| Noodles mmmmmmm |
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| Frozen yogurt is actually really popular here. There are way more froyo places here than anywhere I've seen in Canada. Lyche and Taro froyo with custard balls and pandan and lyche mochi! |
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| The famous nasi goreng with a frid egg (Indonesian fried rice). Best sh** ever. |
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| Grilled banana stuffed with chocolate and sweetened condensed milk with grated cheese on top. Actually really good. Indonesians kind of have this thing with putting grated cheese on everything. |
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| Duku fruit, massive bag full of them. |
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| Flower Market, my dream |
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| Orchids |
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| Roses |
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| Lotus |
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| Market: shallots |
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| Now thats what I call a food truck |
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| Wat Pho..again..but this time with my aunt and my mom. My aunt and I. |
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| My mom and I |