Pincuk Yu' Tie Aseli Madiun

It's been a while... *dusting*
fuuhhh.. very dusty.... but here's something that Rio found in Jakarta... so dear... where do we eat at this time of the month?

Imagine yourself... one morning in Madiun, East Java, with fresh air, and the brids are singing, sat down under the tree while eating your breakfast, Madiun style... Pecel Pincuk.

Pecel made up of green vegetables (in this case spinach, kacang panjang, and beansprout) and dressed with peanut sauce. What makes it different is the spice the use for the sauce... On top is garnished with some serundeng, and some kemangi leaves.
with a gendar cracker.. everything is perfect.

You don't need to go all the way to Madiun to taste this yummy, healthy breakfast. You can find it here in Jakarta, to be precise it's in Pincuk Yu' Tie, Jl. Raya Ragunan, Pasar Minggu. Jakarta Selatan.

They call in 'pincuk' because it is served in a banana leaf folded and pinned with a lidi. You can see the pic, to see how it looks like..

You don't need to dig too deep for a portion of pecel pincuk, only for Rp. 10.000 you get pecel with rice also known as 'sego pecel' if you want to add some meat, it's another Rp. 8000 and Rp.5000 for krecek.

okay, it's very traditional... something you can learn more about Indonesia... ;)

Risotto Ai Frutti Di Mare

Okay, I must admit I had a trouble on writing the title.
Bu Massimiliano (we call him Max), the Chef of Pandora Ristorante Italiana, actually wrote it down in my notebook, the right way of spelling it.
He created this dish for Christmas eve diner, so, only that time this dish will be in the menu, or maybe on other special occasions, he doesn't make this dish everytime, that's why it's not in the permanent menu.
And me, I felt so lucky cause I got to taste it before Christmas eve :-)
As I predicted, it taste great!
Max is very generous in throwing clams, prawns, fish, and the stock taste great. It's actually fresh. Not too mention the risotto that's cooked al dente.

I didn't really know how much it costs, afterall, it was a treat from Max :-)
Didn't want to put up his pic, though.. he's shy :-D

Nasi Jenggo, bli!

It's this time of the month again... 10 days until I got my monthly salary, and I don' t really know how I'm gonna go through this?!?!?
As my motto in live, that 'I can't think with empty stomach...'
So , I must find a way to keep surviving. Looking at the stock in my kitchen, after 3 days in a row of eating instant noodles and boiled eggs, I got a little fed up. That's when I went out to check out what's worth eating with the money I'm left out with...
So, there I saw this dude on bicycle selling Nasi Jenggo, he was like a knight in shining armor!
Nasi Jenggo is the traditional meal of Balinese, although the vendors are mostly Javanese. It's white rice served with some shred of omellete, vegetables, noodles, and sambal (traditional chili sauce). They're wrapped in banana leaves (very eco-friendly) which makes the whole thing taste really delicious. And it costs me only Rp.2000 (Two thousands rupiahs only!) so it's about.. um...US$0.15. Hahahaha! Now I can think again... Well at least for the next 3 days :-p So here's the pic of the same Nasi Jenggo I bought, just before I ate it :-)

photo by Rio Pranoto (professional photographer for a few magazines in Bali, you must admit he did a good job, i beg him to make this shot just for you!, hopefully he would help me for more pictures :-))