Cafe Batavia

Located in the old town of Jakarta, Cafe Batavia is famous for its authentic decor from the colonial Dutch time in 19th century where Western and Chinese food are being served.

Homecooked: baked potato & pork

Yesterday, while browsing the internet, I found a recipe of baked potato with mustard. I love eating potato and also mustard, so I think it’s a good idea to give a try and eat it for today's lunch together with fried pork. But then, I forgot to write down the recipe and can’t remember in which website was the recipe.

Anyway, I tried my best to remember the ingredients but still I believe some ingredients are lacked. Well, this is how I made the baked potato with mustard. First, I boiled 4 potatoes for about 15 minutes; next, I cut them in cubes and added 1/2 of a granny smith apple which I already cut into small sizes. Then I mixed the potatoes and apple with a sauce that contains mustard, chopped garlic, oregano, salt and extra virgin olive oil. I put in the oven toaster for 15 minutes.

As soon as the potatoes went to the oven toaster, I moved to the pork. I wanted to make fried pork. I seasoned the pork with pepper, nutmeg and … oops… a big mistake! I added salt into the seasoning. I shouldn’t put the salt because it caused the juice from the meat came out as you can see in the picture. Still can fried the pork but it wouldn’t taste nice and tender, therefore, I made a little modification. I fried some onion with garlic, after that I put the seasoned pork into the frying pan.

Mr. Pancake

A pancake restaurant in a new junction called Pluit Junction.

Cooking Demo by Bobby Chinn

Bobby Chinn - the celebrity chef and also known as the host of "World Cafe Asia" that airs on Discovery Travel & Living channel, has invited me personally to see his cooking demo and lunch at the Scusa restaurant in InterContinental Jakarta Hotel.

Scusa

Cooking Demo

Lunch

Another post of Scusa: New a la carte Menu at Scusa

Authentic restaurants

Yesterday, I went together with a producer, a director and 2 production house's staff of a food program from Discovery Travel & Living channel to check out some authentic restaurants in Jakarta.

Kedai Tiga Nyonya

Lara Djongrang

Kembang Goela

Natrabu