Dessert Around The World: Indonesia

Dessert Around The World: Indonesia

Monday, 25 May 2015 / No Comments

Hi there everyone! So today's dessert destination is my home town, Indonesia! Enjoy!!

Cenil

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Cenil is a sticky coconut cake made with three color: Pink, Green, and Yellow-ish. It's made from starch flour, salt, Pandan leaves, Pandan water, and food coloring. It's served with banana leaves plate, and sprinkled with sugar and grated coconut. This sticky cake is sort of a comfort food for the 80s-90s generation in Indonesia, kids also like this cake because of the color and the small servings of it. It taste kind of savory and sweet and the same time. Perfect to eat with lemon tea or milk tea.

Roti Buaya 

Roti Buaya or Crocodile Bread is a two pieced sweet pastry from Betawi (Jakarta).  This pastry is made from Yam or Cassava. This bread is only eaten and found on a special event or wedding ceremonies. In wedding ceremonies, this bread symbolizes fidelity for one another because Betawi people believed that a crocodile is a faithful and patient animal.

Bakpia Pathok

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Bakpia Pathok or Bean Baked Cake is a Chinese Influenced baked pastry. It have a round shape and soft crust and usually stuffed with mung beans or red beans, but now days Bakpia have various stuffings such as chocolate, cheese, Durian paste and other flavor stuffing. It is easily found in Central Java in Yogyakarta city. It came in many sizes and thickness, and is the most popular souvenir in Indonesia when you visit Yogyakarta.

So, that's all for today's destination. See you on our next destination! Bye!!

Dutch's Stroopwafel

Dutch's Stroopwafel

Tuesday, 12 May 2015 / No Comments

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Hi there everyone! Welcome back to Our Foods and Cuisine blog. I am in love with Stroopwafels! I ate it once in the Netherlands cause my foster family bought me one. And i have to tell you guys, call me over reacting, but it is really good! Especially when you eat it with a cup of warm tea in the winter. I just love it. Even the memory, makes me drool. So, today i'm going to write about Stroopwafel! Enjoy!

History

Stroopwafel came from the city of Gouda in the Netherlands, and was discovered in the late 18th century. It was told that the Stroopwafel was found or invented by a baker named Gerard Kamphuisen between the year 1810 and 1840. In the 19th centuries, historian recorded that there are about 100 stroopwafel bakers in Gouda city. And in the 20th century Factories start producing and selling Stroopwafel massively outside Gouda city.

Stroopwafel is a two thin waffle with caramel syrup placed in between. So basically, they are a caramel syrup filled waffle. The waffle batter consist of flour, egg, brow sugar, milk, yeast, and butter. And the syrup consist of syrup, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon.

You'll find these in Netherlands Souvenir shop, Snack shop, and Market. You eat it along with a cup of Hot tea so that the syrup melts when you bite them.

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So, that's all from me today guys! let us know what is your favorite traditional snack in the comment section. Also tell us on what food of drinks you want us to write next in the comment section. Until next time! BYE!