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30 Jan RECIPE OF THE WEEK | Fried noodles with caramelised cabbage (Mie goreng khol)

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This is a super-simple dish that we often eat at home. It’s a snack food for us, but you can jazz it up and serve it topped with Pork belly and Balinese spices or throw in some additional ingredients such as tofu, scallops, roast duck...

17 Jan RECIPE OF THE WEEK | Chargrilled squid

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This is one of the many barbecued dishes that are served by the sea at Jimbaran. In what was formally a rustic coastal eating place dotted with simple grass huts, there are now hundreds of bamboo tables and chairs perched on the sand, and tonnes...

10 Oct RECIPE OF THE WEEK | Tamarind-chilli fruit salad – Rujak

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One of Indonesia’s national treasures, and also found in Malaysia and Singapore, rujak, is the ubiquitous afternoon snack. When the sun starts its descent and the heat of the day starts to dull the brain, just about every Balinese I know tucks into this action-packed...

03 Oct RECIPE OF THE WEEK | Green fried rice – Nasi goreng hijau

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Perhaps Indonesia’s national dish, nasi goreng is enjoying a curious renaissance, appearing in all shapes and sizes across the archipelago in oh-so creative combinations of meats, herbs and garnishes. If you wander through the food courts of Indonesia’s glam shopping malls, you will see modern...