Selasa, 30 November 2010

Delicious Soto Betawi

A decent one you try is Soto Betawi Idris Umar. Not hard to see this one shop. From the intersection Slipi, this shop is on the right, about 100 meters away from Hotel Santika.
It must be met, because ngejreng green banners bearing the name of this shop looks classy. So do not worry you will either get into stall betawi other.

As like the store, looks really simple. Just like the shop betawi most, there is no striking ornament. That there is a line of six long dining table, each surrounded by six seats.

Indeed, there is no waiter also welcome. So, if you come here, visitors are immediately stormed the table in the corner shop. There lay a variety of fried foods: beef, offal, tripe, as well as lung.
Finished selecting, the waiter would swiftly cut up the contents of soup options. Something wrong with the action, a moment later, the waiter will pour the contents of soup with a hot white sauce. Coupled with fried onions, celery, chips, and lemon juice.

Well ..., the aroma of soup wafted directly piercing the nerve of taste, making the buyer could not wait to eat it.

Unlike most soup betawi, Idris Omar Soto nil pieces of potato and tomato, lo. In fact, the sauce is not too thick. "This is what differentiates us from most betawi shop," said Budi Hanurawanto, the son of Umar Idris, who became the successor to the business. Understandably, though carrying the name betawi soto, family Umar Tegal true original. As a result, "We are combining a sense of betawi with dry," said Budi.

Even so, the flavor may be pitted. Watery sauce that does not reduce the savory taste that remains in the oral cavity. Blend of coconut milk and the milk in the right dose not even make gravy taste nauseated.

The more complete enjoyment while chewing a piece of meat. Tender and tasty! As a complementary flavor, you can add or meatball tempeh crisps are available at the dinner table. Crispy tempeh chips will make you not stop shaking the tongue to reaffirm a bowl of soup and a plate of white rice.

If you do not like beef or jeroannya snack, you can menjumput follows ati chicken gizzard as a replacement option. Shredded chicken meat is also tender and tasty. No less with the pieces of meat.

* Open from morning to morning again
Every day, the shop is officially open starting at 8 am. Budi almost opened the shop all day. He had closed shop during the morning pick up, or about 4 am the next day. Hence, the father of two children recently adopted system of alternating shift work alias for the 7 employees. "Half the entrance in the morning until the afternoon. The rest of the night until morning, "beber Budi.

However, at most shops are busy at lunch, which began at 11.00 to 14.00 noon. Many employees at the surrounding Slipi, Petamburan, Tanah Abang and invaded her bar. Meanwhile, the night before or at 19.00 till 20:00, the store was also busy. "Many employees stopped by before going home," said Budi.
When the night until early morning, the store becomes subscription people who like literate until dawn.

Budi not worry about going short supply of meat or offal is a mainstay wares. Suppliers in the number Tanah Abang ready to meet the needs of the store. "Materials are guaranteed fresh and choice, lo," he said promote.
Blow of the crisis is felt in fact participate Budi. "There are about 30% decline in visitors," said Budi who do not want to mention the number of visitors. To be sure, throughout the day, Budi insists beef up to 30 kg. Daily turnover that went into the pockets Budi approximately USD 4 million to $ 5 million.

If cut with production costs Rp 2.5 million per day, the money went into the pockets Budi live Rp 1.5 million to Rp 2.5 million. "That's not including salaries for employees, lo," Budi said hurriedly.
Banderolan little turnover because the menu prices at the shop is quite cheap. A piece of meat the size of two thumb fingers USD 2,000. Even so with the innards. A complete package with only rice for Rp 13,000.
Unfortunately, with unlimited open time, Budi only provides a menu: soup betawi. Drink was not much choice. There was only tea and oranges. After all, this shop has survived to 40 years!

ADDRESS 'Soto UMAR IDRIS':
Jl. KS Tubun 15 B Jakarta Pusat
Ph: 021-5367982

Source: umar idris-weekend.kontan.co.id

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Delicacies of Tempting Dim Sum

Dim Sum is a small food and cooked with fried or boiled. Usually the menus were presented in a round container made from bamboo. There is a wide selection of Dim Sum menu provided in the restaurant Ping, one of which is egado, Dim Sum contains chicken and quail eggs wrapped in leather knows.
Its texture is soft and tender when eaten. Egado will be more delicious if eaten with chilli sauce. In addition there are also hakao egado containing shrimp. Peeled shrimp mixed with corn starch, sesame oil, a little MSG, chicken flour, plus salt, pepper, and sugar.

The mixture was then wrapped in leather made from sago flour dough, tang mien flour, vegetable oil and then steamed. Leather wear sago hakao Hong Kong which is more finely textured than local sago.

"If local sago making Dim Sum dry and harden quickly," said Kardiman, Ping restaurant's head chef. There is also deep-fried dumplings, shrimp dim sum are rambutan. Finely chopped shrimp and then inserted into the skin and fried dumpling until bloom.

If consumers are still curious about the menu-style restaurants Dim Sum Ping, can select the form Dim Sum bapau, namely bapau Tausa content. Bapau small size it contains a red bean-paste and given sugar. Dim Sum is usually associated with the older tradition of yum cha (tea ceremony).

The tradition was originally done by the traders who traveled along the Silk Road. They need a place to rest along the route. Teahouses were established along the roadside.

Not only traders, farmers, exhausted after working hard in the fields also will go to the tea shop to relax in the afternoon. At first, drinking tea should be separate and there should be no other food.
It relates to the Chinese people's confidence, their weight will increase if there is another menu that is consumed in addition to tea. However, upon discovery of tea to help digestion, the teahouse owners began to serve a variety of snacks as dishes that accompany the tea.

Dim Sum which means touching it came from the Canton region, southern China. Dim Sum all that has changed the tradition of yum cha, from activities that are rigid to be relaxed to share stories and experiences. In Hong Kong and most cities in Guangdong Province, China, many restaurants that serve Dim Sum visitors since 05.00.

Not surprisingly, Dim Sum, a tradition for parents on the morning after their exercise. Not infrequently they also enjoy a Dim Sum while reading the morning paper. Most restaurants only serve Dim Sum Dim Sum menus until mid-afternoon.

At night the menu was changed to Cantonese cuisine. In Hong Kong and China, Dim Sum, which was initially only a light meal or snack is now a staple food that is present in the culture of eating. In the Bamboo Curtain country health officials criticized the high amount of saturated fat and sodium that is contained in some Dim Sum dishes.

According to them, with steamed Dim Sum does not mean automatically considered a healthy food. Therefore, China's health officials recommend people to balance the fatty foods with vegetables boiled, without including the sauce.
wan/L-2

Source: newspaper-jakarta.com

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Five Most Delicious Ice cream in America

Who does not like to snack on this one? Almost all people in the world likes Ice cream. It was a diverse, delicate texture and enticing cold tongue. Here are some ice cream which is stated as the most delicious ice cream in America, as quoted by Forbes.

* Graeter's, Cincinnati, Ohio
Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Jessica Parker memfavoritkan ice cream sold here. Ice cream - made him as much as 2 gallons in a single process of cooling and then rotated in the tank, liquid chocolate and then poured to produce a frozen chocolate chip giant will keep you hooked once you try it.

* Ciao Bella Gelato, New York
What's interesting here is that you can get delicious gelato at a tiny shop in big cities like New York. Sense of ginger, lemon, lime with a sprinkling of hazelnut biscotti and kracker. Ciao Bella sorbet also offers a variety of flavors such as chocolate chunk gelato soft tangerine and pineapple rum.

* Margie's Candies, Chicago
Half a candy store, ice cream shop half again, Margie's Candies in operation since 1921. Taste taste their products and you will understand why people memfavoritkannya since 80 years ago! In addition to ice and candy, this place also sells milkshakes, rootbeer floats, and ice cream sundaes jumbo.

* Capogiro Gelato, Philadelphia
Purity and strength of feeling that makes ice cream - it has a competitive edge. This place is officially open December 2002. The result of the garden itself became the primary choice as a base for the ice maker. Besides the classical sense, innovation, new flavors they also did not compete like Rosemary Honey Goat's Milk, Mascarpone and Fig, and Honey Cumin Gelato.

* Glacier Ice Cream, Boulder, Colo.
This place always has a new sense of innovation in almost every month. Besides ice cream, there is gelato, sorbet, sundaes, smoothies and milkshakes as an alternative in this place. The most popular flavor of ice is the coffee caramel crunch, Death by Chocolate, pralines with cream. (Forbes / meg)

Source: kapanlagi.com

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Senin, 29 November 2010

Tempe Tofu Steak with blackpepper

Steak Ingredients:
2 piece of Tempe
1 Tofu
Minced chicken (at will)
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 stalk celery chopped
1 / 2 packs of chicken flavor Masako
2 eggs
6 grains cayenne pepper (originally less still just add the self)
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste

Sauce Ingredients:
1 chopped onion
1 tbsp plain flour
150 ml of boiled water (do not mistakenly water times)
1 tablespoon pepper (black or white can) crushed coarse
1 / 2 packs Masako
1 tablespoon soy sauce (if you can cap bango)
1 tbsp tomato sauce
sugar to taste

How To Cook

Steak:
Destroy tempeh and tofu until smooth, then insert materials such as chopped chicken, chopped celery, onion shear zones, which had been destroyed cayenne pepper, 1 / 2 packs Masako, salt and sugar. Enter the beaten eggs until blended and fused material.

After that, cooking with margarine, flat shaped like a steak. Fry until golden brown.

Sauce:
Saute onions and flour until fragrant. Enter the ketchup, tomato sauce, Masako, sugar and crushed pepper ... and also enter the water ... stir until blended and thickened ...
Use edible rice, or rice cake, or potato and vegetable stew ...

Good luck ...

Source: cuek.wordpress.com

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Dim Sum

It's Good to Eat Halal Dim Sum

One of the preferred type of Chinese food is Dim Sum, a kind of dish that the presentation of all the steam, are as compelling as any restaurant that sells its main menu Dim Sum in front of the shop or at Sett restaurannya using steam (steam) that the grammar is very beautiful . Each type of Dim Sum in sales per package for the restaurant is usually sold in Brunei B $ 10 for 5 types of Dim Sum in Malaysia 25 ringgit and in China I never ate with the price of 50 RMB / yuan, with the same quantity 5 types of Dim Sum.

Each type of Dim Sum has its own tastes like Nori fish = fish that crushed the contents mixed with shiitake mushrooms and the wrap using seaweed. Caviar prawn = mixture of chicken and shrimp meat is wrapped in leather popia and store it in chicken soup egg ikan.ada also taking Chinese herbs and ginseng and my favorite is the tender chicken legs to the bone with oyster sauce and seasoning wear kicap sesame oil and salt.

But there is one thing that makes withy Dim Sum many wearing non-kosher ingredients and even the original ingredient is mixed with a lot of meat or offal pigs.

For in the Brunei and Malaysia are very easy to get a kosher Dimsum because non-kosher restaurant is always given a label "not a place for Muslims" so immediately we can choose others elsewhere. But in Singapore or even in China, I fuss at all. As a result because he wanted to try Dim Sum in China I ordered the Vegetarian Dim Sum in a restaurant that serves Dim Sum from vegetables, but even so still good.

Source: Tedi - wisata.kompasiana.com

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Soto
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Benefit of Sate Rabbits

Among local tourists interested in the Sate rabbits sold in Yogyakarta, because it is believed that animal flesh has the nutritional content, contain no cholesterol, and can cure some diseases.

"Among the local tourist from Jakarta, Magelang, Solo and interest in rabbit satay. The buyers during the holiday weekend and school holidays are very crowded. The average day can reach 50 to 60 buyers," said Tukirah, rabbit satay seller in the area Bantulan, Sleman Saturday (23/10/2010).
According to him, rabbit satay skewers have a sense different from others because it has benefits for health, cure vertigo, increase stamina, and rabbit brain can nourish female womb.

"We have no difficulty obtaining a rabbit to make satai because you have subscribed with rabbit breeders in the market in some areas in Yogyakarta," he said.

He said that age affects the quality of rabbit meat. If the older age, then the rabbit will feel hard. For manufacture use only satai rabbit rabbits as young as eight to nine months.

"We are only open a small shop while satai rabbit at home and not open branches in other derah. Salesmanship begins at 17.00 am until 23.00 pm. However, if during the school holidays and weekends only until 21.00 pm because the atmosphere is very noisy visitors," he said.
He said the selling price is relatively cheap rabbit satai only Rp 11,000 per serving. Satai served with rice, peanut sauce, and soy sauce. With terssebut fix prices, was able to earn revenues of around Rp 100,000 to Rp 200,000 in one day.

Tukirah said in a day could spend five male rabbits to be sate. "If during the school holidays and weekends, we were even able to spend 10 fish rabbit," kataya.
A rabbit satay buyers from Klaten, Central Java, said Vira Yustina rabbit satay mengadung animal protein, nutrients, and can cure some diseases.

"All I know this rabbit meat to treat diseases of the brain vertigo and efficacious fertilize rabbit uterus of women," she said.

He says every single week he took to come to Yogyakarta only to enjoy satai this rabbit. "Every single week, I routinely make themselves available to eat meat satai rabbit out of a sense unique and different from other types of taste satai and have health benefits," he said. (Luc / Ant)

Source: wartakota.co.id

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Let's Find Out Story about Ice cream

Have you ever eat Ice cream? It must mostly have been yes? But did you know the origin of that delicious ice cream? Ice cream has been started since 3000 years ago. The emperors of China were the first people who tasted the ice cream snow lucky. Chef they take the snow and ice from the mountains. Mix it with fruit, wine, and honey. Then menghidangkannya as a snack for the emperors. There is also a story that says that the Italians who created the ice cream. Year 62 AD, Emperor Nero is reported to send his slaves to the mountains to bring snow and ice. Nero chefs also mix the ice and snow with fruit and honey.

For ice cream recipe, there are also some stories that represent:

1. 1295, Marco Polo returned from China. He brings a new recipe on how to make snow ice cream. In a written prescription mixing yak milk into the snow. Since then the rich people in Italy began to enjoy the frozen milk.
2. In 1533, Catherine de Medici of Florence, Italy became Queen of France. One was carrying to France is a recipe to make frozen milk. Not long after, all the chefs in France makes it a light meal. One of the French chef opened a store to sell them. He was the first chef to add a variety of flavors such as chocolate and strawberry milk into the freezing.
3. When Charles I of England visited France in 1600's, he served with frozen milk. I was so liked, Charles I asked the French chef sells her frozen milk recipe. Since the recipe is in the hands of the king of England, all the rich people there began to enjoy a delicious dessert.
4. Year 1700, Governor Bladen of Maryland, British, serve ice cream to his guests. Seventy-six years later, the first ice cream shop in the United States opened. Its location in the City of New York.

Wow, interesting adventures of ice cream until it becomes more delicious and famous yes. I'm not a big fan of ice cream, but I quite enjoy ice cream with chocolate and chips - chocolate chips in it, that's my favorite ice cream. What about you?

Source: www.kidnesia.com - Joanna-citrawanita.com

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Many Kinds Various of Dim Sum

Who does not know Dim Sum? In Indonesia we often associate with somay. Although actually, dim sum is not always somay. Dim sum itself is a typical Cantonese food, PRC. Dim sum is usually served in small portions in a bamboo steamer or on a small plate.

Originally dim sum is served at the tea shop for silk road traders who are resting. Dim sum is present only when it is known that tea has properties good for digestion. So the shop owner started serving dim sum as a friend to drink tea and relieving fatigue. A popular tea to accompany dim sum is usually the Pu-erh tea, Chrysanthemum tea, Green tea, Oolong tea, or tea aroma.

Traditional dim sum is usually composed of a variety of buns, dumplings (dumplings), or a kind of spring rolls. Fields traditional dim sum ranging from chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or vegetables.
Dim sum can also be composed of variations of soup and porridge. How to cook it was not just steamed, but can also be fried, or baked.

Various kinds of dim sum:

Gao (Dumpling / dumplings)
Gao made with stuffing wrapped with a skin made of rice flour or wheat flour. If in Indonesia but more a kind of thin dumpling skin again. There are several types of Gao.
* Har Gao (Shrimp Dumpling) - Steamed Dumpling with minced shrimp stuffing.
* Fun Gao (Chiu-chao style dumplings) - Dumpling typical Chaozhou prefecture. The contents consist of beans, chives, garlic, pork, dried shrimp, and mushrooms. Covered with skin from sticky rice flour and served with chili oil.
* Jiaozi - The contents are the meat and cabbage, steamed, then fried.
* Shaomai - Indonesian Language Somay. The contents are usually pork, or shrimp with a little topping of crab eggs or mushrooms.

Bau (dumplings)
Dumplings can be cooked by steaming or baking. Made from wheat flour with a stuffing of meat, vegetables, pasta or beans.
* Char siu baau - The contents are the barbecue pork. Can be steamed or baked.
* Shanghai Steamed Buns - typical Shanghai dumplings with meat or seafood stuffing and gravy.

Rice Noodle Roll
Wide noodles made from rice flour, steamed, then rolled. Can be filled or may not. Sometimes also fried. Served with sweet soy sauce or gravy.

Phoenix Talons
Chicken Feet aka claw. Fried, boiled, and soaked in seasoning sauce when served dikukus.Warnanya Douchi then dark red.

Steamed Meatball
Steamed beef balls are served with tofu skins / beancurd underneath.

Spare Ribs
Steamed ribs with chili sauce and pieces douchi.

Lotus Leaf Rice
Glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf. The contents are egg yolks, scallops, mushrooms, chestnuts, and meat. Cooked by steaming.

Congee
Porridge with a wide selection of stuffing.

Source: resepdunia.blogspot.com

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Minggu, 28 November 2010

Combination of Wine and Food

How do I combine different types of Wine with food thus improving the taste and enjoyment of a meal? There are some basic things in combining food and various variants of these alcoholic beverages.
Avoid some foods that damage the wine taste like the spices, garlic, vinegar (white wine that can be replaced), and fresh fruits.

You also must avoid the combination of red meat with sweet wine (sweet wine) .. Avoid combination of diet in the form of fish, fresh vegetables and cheese from goat with red wine that will make the wine taste is lost pleasures. In order not to turn off flavor, replace the wine with a fruity Gamay or Pinot cold.

Another thing to avoid is a combination of desserts, Foie Gras, and cheese with a strong aroma (Munster, blue cheese), with the Loire Cabernet wine, pink wine, or crisp white (such as the Loire, Champagne, or Vinho Verde).

Food and Wine Combinations

The right wine will enhance the taste of food. Almost all types of food can be combined with various wines. People have different tastes and desires that affect different combinations of fusion food and beverages.

For example, you can use the cheese with a kind of white wine. Cheese can be eaten with a mild cheese with Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
In order to obtain solid-match experience interesting, there are a few suggestions that should be followed namely:

- Use ornaments to beautify the appearance of wine
- Wine yan old age is suitable to be presented and paired with food. Use the right glass in a presentation

Sweet food or a little further strengthen the sense of bitter foods and tannic acid from the wine. But avoid using strong-scented wine with sweet food. Conversely, salty or sour foods served with wine matches with a sweet taste that provides fresh flavor.

There are many other references in the solid-match wines and foods. You should enjoy the process and experience. The combination of food and beverages will be easier if the types of wine do you have more diverse and balanced.

Source : Petti Lubis, Anda Nurlaila- VivaNews

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Let's Eat Steak 21

At 21 Steak lovers can enjoy a variety of steak steak delicious nan. Starting from the chicken steak, beef, until the meat. Perfect marinated process produces a special feeling
ALREADY decided to break today? When tired of the daily meal, what if trying to break the fast with steik.Ada various options that can be obtained, from chicken to fish.

When breaking, the Indonesian people usually want utama.Namun rice as a dish, you can occasionally exchanging appetite by eating a steak as Iftar menu. Calculated to eliminate saturation course and enrich taste in this fasting month. As a recommendation, there is a Steak 21 are located in Pejaten Village, South Jakarta. While steak is a popular menu here, restaurants that specialize in providing this menu is still classified sedikit.Kebanyakan not specialize sell this dish alone. Well, one restaurant that actually specialized in providing steak menu include Steak 21.

According to Supervisor Steak 21 Dwi Apriliya, the owner of this restaurant steak menu is deliberately picked because knowing a lot of steak restaurants in Jakarta are not growing. "Therefore, he wanted to make this restaurant a steak restaurant that developed and many diminati.Ini well as a challenge," beber Dwi. Until recently, Steak 21 at least have 10 cabang.Apa advantages of this restaurant-style steak? According to Dwi, because processing the perfect flesh, resulting in tender meat and the spices to seep into. The secret lies in the marinated.

No half-hearted, spices are used to stain these meats, settling for eight hours. Or the night before the fire. In addition, results were also more juicy meat. Most visitors request is processed steak medium, so the results are more juicy. Some menus whiz Steak 21 is tenderloin steak, served tender meat and no fat. Different again with original sirloin, the meat is fatty and feels more solid because of all at once creamy butter dot is placed on the meat. Steak becomes more crisp and delicious of course. Who like fish should try gindara.Tekstur grill fish meat is very tender and not greasy.

Neither fish nor Gindara sirloin, served with mushroom sauce smeared on it. Crispy chicken is also worth a try. This is a chicken breast without the bone, and wrapped with crisp and tasty meal. Self-spice marinade smeared on his chest and left in place for up to two hours. Appearance of chicken meat is also very tempting. With chicken wrapped in flour and fried until crisp, surely will feel very crispy when bitten. Want to eat steak with rice, you can order rice with Gonzales.

Sirloin meat already cut into pieces and then pan-fried sweet and sour served on hot plate under which there is hot stone or coral rocks. The function of this coral is to retain heat longer. A plate of steak is guaranteed to have made kenyang.Apalagi, there are additional vegetables and fries. Well, for those who want to eat sparingly, Steak 21 has a combo package available in 10 choices, including one serving of sirloin steak and chicken steak, fries, and banana splits are only charged the price of Rp85.000.

One more thing that distinguishes Steak 21 with another restaurant. This restaurant provides bottled BBQ sauce. So, do not have to bother asking this home made sauce added if you wish. (Sri noviarni-Seputar Indonesia)

Source: id.openrice.com - sri noviarni-around Indonesia

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Tools to make Ice cream at home

Like eating Ice cream? I have Ever tried to make yourself at home? If you want to make your own, this tool can be a tool you are looking for. Not only can you make ice cream fast and practical but can also be used to make a fro-yo. Curious?

Who does not like ice cream? Cold dessert with a soft texture with a sweet taste so it's always everybody's favorite. So also with frozen yogurt or a more popular by the term fro-yo. Various kinds of ice cream stores as well as fro-yo sprung up in Jakarta.

If you want to try to make yourself at home, why not? Cuisinart ® Supreme ™ Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker will help you make ice cream and fro-yo is also good for the family at home. Cuisinart ® Supreme ™ Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker is a tool consisting of compressor-freezer. So that ice cream can be consumed directly after processing.

No need to wait until the finished ice cream in the freezer, because ice cream can be served directly. Cuisinart ® Supreme ™ Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker not only can be used to make ice cream only. But it can also be used to make frozen yogurt, or fro-yo, sorbet, smoothies, and other cold drinks.

If you want to add a fresh flavor, you can mix with a piece of fruit to get the results sluurrp, yummy! How to use this tool was fairly easy. Simply by entering all the ingredients in this tool and then turn the tool, and enough with a short time ice cream was ready to serve. Easy enough right?

The tool is designed with a very beautiful and elegant, perfect to beautify your kitchen. Cuisinart ® Supreme ™ Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker can be obtained with the price of Rp 5.65 million, - in department stores in Jakarta or directly to Kitchenart Showroom, Central Park Mall 2nd Floor, # 208-209. Jl. S. Parman, Jakarta Barat.

Well, you waiting for? If you are an ice cream enthusiast, this tool could be a great friend when relaxed or when there are family gatherings at home. (Eka/Odi)

Source : Eka Septia Wulan - detikFood

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Jumat, 26 November 2010

Wine and Ovarian

List benefits of drinking Wine (grape alcohol) the more surprising all the time. As we saw earlier that the Wine beneficial for heart health, building stronger memories, strengthen immunity, and help prevent bone loss, even lose weight. Now it increasingly benefits by the new discoveries on health.
In America, wine sales might beat France and Italy. The reason according to the analysis, a woman bought more than six of every ten bottles sold in the country.

Data health.com claims there are some wine for health benefits, among them:

1. Feed your head
Drinking Wine could preserve your memory. When researchers gave the 70-year-old woman, who drank one drink or more every day scored much better than those who drank less or not at all. Wine helps prevent clots and reduce blood vessel inflammation, both of which have been tested at the University of Arizona medical school. Alcohol also raise HDL, good cholesterol, which helps eliminate cork your arteries.

2. Keep the scale
Studies show that people who drink wine daily have lower body mass than those who rarely drank. Moderate wine drinkers have narrower waist and less fat than drinking liquor.

3. Immune Building
In one British study, people who drank one glass of wine a day reduced by 11% risk of infection by Helicobacter pylori bacteria, the main cause of gastritis, ulcers, and stomach cancer. Meanwhile, a Spanish study suggests that people who drank half a glass per day can be on guard against food poisoning caused by germs like salmonella when eating foods that are dirty.

4. Ovarian Patients Guard
When Australian researchers recently compared women with ovarian cancer and women without cancer, they found that roughly one glass of wine you drink per day can reduce the disease to 50%. Experts suspect caused by anti-oxidants or phytoestrogens have a counter-high levels of cancer in Wine.

5. Building better bones
On average, women who drink moderately have a higher bone mass than abstainers. Alcohol may raise estrogen levels. The hormone seems to slow the destruction of old bone more than it slows the production of new bone.

6. Rescuer Blood Sugar Problems
Pre-menopause Women who drank one or two glasses of wine per day can reduce about 40% typical of diabetes. While the reasons are not clear, Wine seems to reduce insulin resistance in diabetic patients. (Health / boo)

Source: kapanlagi.com

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Dim Sum

Kamis, 25 November 2010

Let's Eat Sushi Wedding Cake

Jef and Jin Yoon like Sushi -- a lot. We missed their wedding, but I promised them we'd have a festive reception for them in Boston when they got back from their honeymoon. Jef requested Sushi, which was neither a surprise nor a problem. I wanted to do something different, though, and a little more obviously wedding-y. Hence, the wedding Sushi cake.

Ingredients:
* 6 c raw short-grain rice, steamed, cooled, but not prepared with vinegar as for sushi (refrigerating the vinegared rice causes the texture to change and become undesirable)
* 1 1/4 pounds Sushi - grade salmon, cut into long nigiri-style slices
* 1 pound Sushi - grade yellowtail, 3/4 of it cut into long nigiri-style slices, the rest chopped and set aside
* 1 lb Sushi - grade tuna, 3/4 of it cut into long nigiri-style slices, the rest chopped and set aside
* 3/4 c tobiko
* 1/2 c wasabi tobiko
* 1 c ikura
* 1 block tamago, cut into stars, hearts, and crescents with canape cutters, scraps saved and minced
* 1 lb cooked shrimp, peeled, deveined, and minced
* 1 tbsp Korean hot pepper powder
* 1/2 tsp sugar
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1 tbsp high-quality canola-oil mayo
* 1/2 seedless cucumber, partially peeled in decorative stripes, then sliced thinly into quarter- and semi-circles
* 2 c loosely packed mache leaves
* pickled ginger, drained and pressed into rosebud shapes
* 5 scallions, green parts only, finely chopped
* 1 c cilantro, finely chopped
* 1 tbsp sesame oil
* 1 tsp fish sauce
* 1/4 tsp salt
* 1 tsp sugar
* 1 tbsp inamona (kukui nut)
* 3 ripe avocadoes, all but one half mashed; reserved half thinly sliced the long way
* 1 tsp lemon juice
* 1/2 tsp salt

Equipment:
* one 12-inch, one 9-inch, and one 6-inch cake pan, standard wedding-cake sizes, lined with plastic wrap, with lengths of plastic wrap extending over the sides
* one 9-inch and one 6-inch round of heavy cardboard, covered in foil
* one 3-inch round ring mold
* one 14-inch or larger completely flat plate, preferably sturdy and not fragile
* heavy cans, jars, or other items to use as weights
* refrigerator space
* bride and groom cake toppers of your choice

Directions for 12-inch Tier:
* Form the tier from the bottom up, arranging cucumbers, tamago pieces, and edamame carefully on the plastic wrap in the pan in an attractive pattern.
* Lay the salmon slices on top, being careful not to disturb the first layer, like spokes of a wheel. Let the salmon come slightly up the sides of the pan.
* Mix 1/2 of the rice with the tobiko and press 1/2 of the resulting mixture into the pan, careful not to disarrange the salmon.
* Mix shrimp with hot pepper powder and next three ingredients. Lay spicy shrimp mixture on rice.
* Press remaining 1/2 of tobiko rice on shrimp.
* Fold plastic wrap over securely. Weight pan and chill for 4-8 hours.

Directions for 9-inch Tier:
* Form the tier from the bottom up, arranging cucumbers, tamago pieces, and edamame carefully on the plastic wrap in the pan in an attractive pattern.
* Lay the tuna slices on top, being careful not to disturb the first layer, like spokes of a wheel. Let the tuna come slightly up the sides of the pan.
* Mix 2/3 of the remaining rice with the wasabi tobiko and press 1/2 of the resulting mixture into the pan, careful not to disarrange the tuna.
* Mix mashed avocadoes with next two ingredients. Mix in 1/2 of the cilantro. Lay avocado mixture on rice.
* Press remaining 1/2 of wasabi tobiko rice on avocado.
* Fold plastic wrap over securely. Weight pan and chill for 4-8 hours.

Directions for 6-inch Tier:
* Form the tier from the bottom up, arranging cucumbers, tamago pieces, and edamame carefully on the plastic wrap in the pan in an attractive pattern.
* Lay the hamachi (yellowtail) slices on top, being careful not to disturb the first layer, like spokes of a wheel. Let the yellowtail come slightly up the sides of the pan.
* Mix 1/2 of the rice with the minced tamago scraps and press 1/2 of the resulting mixture into the pan, careful not to disarrange the yellowtail.
* Mix chopped yellowtail with chopped scallions. Lay negi-hama mixture on rice.
* Press remaining 1/2 of tamago rice on negi-hama mixture.
* Fold plastic wrap over securely. Weight pan and chill for 4-8 hours.

Directions for 3-inch Tier:
* Mix chopped tuna with remaining 1/2 of cilantro and next five ingredients. Pack into ring mold on a small plate and chill 4-8 hours.

Directions for Assembly:
* Flip 12-inch tier out onto big platter.
* Flip 9-inch and 6-inch tiers out onto foil-covered rounds.
* Center 9-inch tier, cardboard round and all, on 12-inch tier, then center 6-inch tier on top of that.
* Push poke mixture (in ring mold) out onto center of 6-inch tier.
* Garnish with mache lettuce leaves, edamame, tamago shapes, rosebud gari, avocado slices, and cucumber slices. Pour ikura over in a few cascades from top down. Top with cake toppers. Serve with wasabi, soy sauce, and a citrus-wasabi sauce on the side.

Source : robertandchristina.com - homepage.mac.com

See also:
Ice cream
Hanamasa

Nikmatnya Sate Kiloan

Salah satu resep masakan khas Indonesia adalah Sate. Varias¡ menu resep Sate tak hanya berdasarkan ciri khas daerahnya, namun adapula Sate yang terkenal karena kekhasan cara penjualannya, seperti Sate Kiloan. Salah satu yang favorit adalah Sate Kiloan SMS di bilangan Cibubur, Jakarta Timur. Sebelum dibakar, Sate yang dipesan harus ditimbang dulu sesuai permintaan pelanggan. Apa ciri khasnya?

Anda yang mengaku sateholic pasti pernah mendengar PSK. PSK di sin¡ bukan dalam konotasi negatif tapi singkatan dar¡ Penggemar Sate Kiloan. Kuliner jenis ¡ni memang sedang digandrungi di masyarakat. Oleh karena ¡tu, tak heran jika kini banyak bermunculan rumah makan yang menawarkan servis kiloan dalam menjual menu resep Sate-nya. Salah satu rumah makan yang menganut sistem tersebut adalah Sate Kiloan SMS. Rumah makan yang terletak di Jalan Alternatif Cibubur, Jakarta Timur ¡ni sangat mudah ditemukan. Papan nama besar tertihat dar¡ kejauhan 100 meter. “Sebelumnya kita buka di dekat Kota Legenda, Cibubur tapi Lantaran kontraknya habis, akhirnya kita pindah. Kebetulan yang sekarang ini milik sendiri,” tegas Lina, wakil manager Sate Kiloan SMS.

Sate Kiloan SMS mengambil citarasa Sate ala Tegal untuk menu resep Sate Kambing dan untuk menu resep Lainnya seperti resep Tongseng Kambing dan resep Tongseng Ayam menggunakan bumbu rempah ala resep masakan Solo.

“Rumah makan ini perpaduan antara masakan khas Tegal dan Solo”, tandas Lina. Dar¡ desain bangunannya Sate Kiloan SMS juga punya ciri khas. Ornamen gubuk dan pernak-pernik khas pedesaan dipadu-padankan hingga menjadi hiasan yang menarik. Menurut sejarah, warung sate kiloan dirintis oleh Ujang Nasir, warga Babakan, Madang, Bogor, Jawa Barat. Disebut sate kiloan, karena pembeli sate ¡tu tidak membeli berdasarkan jumiah tusukan satenya, melainkan berapa berat kilonya.

Sumber : lintasberita.com


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Steak
Dim Sum

Bisnis Makanan : Soto

Kalau jenis masakan ini masuk dalam daftar favorit saya. Soto yang formulanya tidak terlalu heboh, tetapi mampu menggugah selera makan saya. Maklum, saya bukan termasuk orang yang hobi makan, nafsu makannya kurang, sehingga sering sekali lupa makan. Faktor utama adalah perokok, peminum kopi, sering begadang, jarang olahraga, yang akhirnya meningkatkan asam lambung. Nafsu makan ada ketika sudah sedikit olahraga untuk mengeluarkan keringat. Kelainan? mungkin.

Jika ditanya tentang favorit makanan, maka burger, pizza, dan sodara-sodaranya tidak masuk dalam daftar. Saya cenderung lebih senang dengan masakan lokal, seperti masakan padang, warteg, asem-asem jakarta, dan sejenisnya. Bukannya fanatik, idialis, atau anti terhadap produk luar negeri, khususnya amerika, tetapi memang dari dulu tidak suka dengan makanan tersebut, tentu disamping memang harganya yang mahal.

Soto, masakan ini juga mempunyai beberapa jenis, ada soto ayam, soto sapi, soto sulung, dan soto babat. Ini dibagi lagi dengan nama-nama daerah, seperti Soto Madura, Soto Kudus, Soto Betawi, Coto Makasar, dan masih banyak lagi. Untuk mengenal lebih banyak tentang soto, bisa membaca artikel yang Mak Nyuss dari Pak Bondan Winarno, si Raja kuliner disini.

Dari sekian banyak jenis soto, kita bisa memilih satu jenis saja, misalnya soto kudus. Tetapi jika tidak ingin memakai nama daerah, bisa berjualan tentang soto ayam dan soto sapi. Biasanya para penjual hanya mengkhususkan dirinya pada satu jenis saja, memilih soto ayam atau soto sapi. Dua-duanya memiliki penggemar yang fanatik, tetapi ada juga yang bukannya hobi, tetapi karena faktor kesehatan. Seperti orang tidak mau makan soto babat karena takut penyakit asam uratnya kambuh, dan alasan-alasan lainnya.

Untuk daerah jogja saya biasa menikmati soto di soto klebengan, soto pak marto, soto kadipiro, soto sabar menanti kalasan, soto bangkong, soto kudus, soto ayam dan sapi depan stasiun tugu.

Bagi yang tinggal dijogja, atau paling tidak pernah dijogja, jika sempat singgah ke soto klebengan pasti bisa cerita, bagaimana suasana disana. Jika ditanya lokasi, tempatnya didalam kampung, dan orang tidak akan menyangka disitu ada penjual soto yang laris, yang setiap harinya bisa menjual berapa ratus porsi, dan berapa ribu tempe goreng (mendoan), belum lagi minumannya. Kenapa bisa ramai? tidak tahu persis kenapa bisa ramai seperti itu. Dan jika dilihat, disana tanpa pemasaran sama sekali. Malah orang luar yang memasarkan produknya disana.

Blog tentang resep soto yang bisa anda kunjungi: Aneka Soto Nusantara

Sumber : bi.konblog.com


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Burger King
Sour Sally

Steak at Oishii Steak

Fillet Steak filled with pieces of red snapper mozzarella cheese, smoke beef, rolled, and rolled in the flour, eggs and flour PANIR. Once fried until golden brown, served with potatoes and vegetables lyonnese and barbeque sauce. Do not be surprised when going out to eat melted mozzarella cheese from the meat. Um ... yummy ....

This Fish Cordon Blue cheese or fish steaks. One of the menus available at Oishii Steak Jalan Pandu No. 5 Pajajaran. Oishii that has existed since 11 years ago Europe was indeed serves as the main menu, one of which is steak. According Adinata Suganda, owner of Oishii Steak, cheese steak was invented by his brother Yadi, owners of Steak Naripan in Jalan Progo.

Cheese steak or cordon blue fish are rarely found especially filled with cheese. Snapper soft texture will blend with mozzarella cheese melted on the inside. In addition to cheese steaks, there are also other steak menu that can be selected, for example Oishii typical steak and prime steaks at this place. Typical tenderloin served with egg, can be half-baked or cooked and the sauce is special.

For the sauce ingredients remain the same but are given a tasty mixture of marrow. Can be served with cheese potateoes, lynesse potatoes or french fries. For the price of steak is in the range of Rp 26,500-Rp 34 thousand.

To drink coffee concoction is typical Oishii kalose. Black koi that served cold and were given ice cream toppings.

Venue capacity of 120 of these ordinary people crowded in the afternoon until the evening. The place can be accessed from Jalan Pajajaran and only about 75 meters from Jalan Pandu. (Ema / tya)

Source: Ema Nur Arifah-detikBandung

See also:
Dim Sum
Wine

Rabu, 24 November 2010

Sushi, makanan Sederhana

Apakah Anda ingin mencoba Sushi? Dengan kenaikan popularitas sushi di negara-negara barat Anda dapat diundang oleh teman-teman untuk bergabung dengan mereka di bar sushi lokal. Meskipun Anda mungkin cemas tentang prospek makan apa mentah, jangan khawatir, semua yang Anda butuhkan adalah sedikit informasi untuk mengambil kecemasan jauh dari pengalaman dan menikmati kelezatan indah.

Sushi adalah masakan yang sangat sederhana, meskipun pembuatan itu dianggap sebagai bentuk seni. The Itamae (koki sushi) tradisional perlu untuk melatih selama 10 tahun sebelum dipekerjakan untuk mempersiapkan sushi. Namun, popularitas sushi telah memaksa mempekerjakan koki hanya dengan pengalaman beberapa tahun.

Ada empat jenis utama sushi Anda dapat memesan:

Nigiri sushi: nigiri berarti "ambil". Ini adalah bola tangan dipres dari nasi dengan ikan mentah di atas dan sedikit wasabi antara ikan dan nasi.

Sashimi: iris baku ikan (teknis tidak sushi karena sushi merujuk pada beras dan sashimi tidak siap dengan beras ada).

Maki sushi: maki berarti "roll". Maki sushi yang digulung dengan tikar bambu. Tradisional rumput laut berada di luar; beras di luar disebut 'inside-out' (yaitu: California roll).

Temaki adalah versi manual dengan tangan dari Maki. Ini adalah berbentuk kerucut seperti kerucut es krim.

Sushi datang dalam berbagai kombinasi menakjubkan, namun Anda akan menemukan bahan-bahan umum atau hiasan dengan hampir setiap versi:

Kata sushi sebenarnya mengacu kepada The beras, juga disebut 'ketan'. Sushi beras berbutir pendek dan dimasak dengan rasio 1:1 dari air. Sushi cuka dan gula ditambahkan yang membuat beras baik manis dan tart.

Wasabi: horseradish Jepang. Seringkali menjabat sebagai pasta hijau di samping sushi Anda sebagai bumbu tambahan, sebuah kata hati-hati - wasabi SANGAT panas, jadi gunakan hemat sambil mengembangkan rasa untuk itu.

Gari: Iris iris, jahe acar juga disajikan dengan sushi. Beberapa menggunakannya sebagai hiasan, walau secara teknis untuk menyegarkan palet Anda di antara gigitan.

Nori: Lembaran rumput laut digunakan untuk roll beras untuk sushi.

Soya Sauce (Shoyu): digunakan sebagai saus. Para wasabi juga bisa dicampur dengan kecap bagi mereka yang menikmati rasa intens.

Sushi dapat dibuat dengan bahan tunggal atau beberapa. bahan tunggal meliputi alpukat, timun (kappa), tuna (Tekka atau maguro) atau salmon (sake - tapi bukan anggur beras). Ada kombinasi modern juga banyak yang dirancang untuk menyenangkan palet Amerika. Ini termasuk California roll dibuat dengan alpukat, kepiting, dan ketimun dan roll Philadelphia dibuat dengan salmon asap, keju krim, dan mentimun.

Seperti yang Anda lihat, meskipun tidak biasa presentasi Anda dapat dengan mudah menemukan kombinasi diidentifikasi dan lezat Anda yakin untuk menikmati. Meskipun apa yang Anda mungkin berpikir, nori (rumput laut) memiliki rasa sangat sedikit dan hampir tidak terdeteksi bila digabungkan dengan rasa sushi dan penambahan kecap atau wasabi. Bahkan, seperti mengkonversi lainnya, Anda mungkin hanya menemukan diri Anda kecanduan baru!

Sumber: HealthGuidance.org

Lihat Juga:
Dim Sum
Hanamasa

Makan di Sate Khas Senayan Yuk

Minggu ini saya berkesempatan untuk mencoba beberapa hidangan yang ditawarkan oleh Sate Khas Senayan. Restoran ini telah beroperasi selama lebih dari 30 tahun dan memiliki menu yang merupakan hidangan tradisional khas Indonesia. Dengan menawarkan beragam pilihan serba tradisional, aneka menu di SKS menunjukkan karakter yang unik dari masakan Indonesia. Kebetulan mereka baru saja membuka dua buah gerai sekaligus di area Kelapa Gading. Satu gerai Sate Khas Senayan dengan model Express terletak di Food Court Mal Kelapa Gading 3 dan satu lagi yang bercorak Full Dining terletak di Inkopal Kelapa Gading. Sayapun segera meluncur ke sana untuk mencoba sendiri kelezatan hidangan yang ditawarkan Sate Khas Senayan.

Sesuai dengan namanya, restoran ini memang terkenal dengan hidangan satenya. Ada tiga jenis sate yang mereka tawarkan, Sate Ayam, Sate Ayam Bumbu Pedas Blra dan Sate Kambing. Saya memesan satu porsi Sate Ayam, hidangan ini tiba di meja di sebuah piring datar dengan bumbu kacang yang dicampur kecap. Apakah ini sama dengan hidangan sate ayam yang biasa kita temui di mana-mana? Salah besar! Sebagai permulaan, perbedaannya ada pada bumbu kacangnya. Kacangnya telah diproses sehingga benar-benar lembut dan memiliki rasa kacang yang pekat. Keunikan lainnya terletak pada daging satenya. Berbeda dengan hidangan sate ayam biasa di mana terdapat 3-4 potong daging pada setiap tusuknya, sate yang mereka hidangkan merupakan satu potong daging utuh. Meskipun demikian, kita tidak akan mengalami kesulitan saat memakannya karena dagingnya sangat mudah untuk digigit hingga terurai menjadi potongan kecil. Ini dikarenakan daging yang digunakan diolah dari paha ayam yang memang merupakan bagian paling empuk dari seekor ayam.

Menu lain yang sempat saya coba adalah Tongseng. Kuahnya sedikit lebih pekat daripada hidangan tongseng kebanyakan dan memiliki rasa yang lebih pekat dan gurih. Daging kambingnya juga sangat empuk dan gampang dipisahkan dari tulangnya. Selain itu, masih ada beberapa hidangan lain yang tidak kalah lezatnya seperti Ayam Goreng Kremes, Sop Buntut, Tahu Kipas, dan Lontong Cap Gomeh. Mereka juga memiliki varian hidangan nasi yang cukup banyak. Beberapa di antaranya adalah Nas Langgi, Nasi Kuning, Nasi Begana, Nasi Uduk, Nasi Gudeg dan Nasi Kerawu.

Untuk hidangan penutup, Sate Khas Senayan memiliki rupa-rupa hidangan es tradisional. Ada Es Coklat Kacang Merah, Es Wedang Tape, Es Cincau, Es Campur, Es Cendol dan Es Merah Delima. Saya sempat merasakan sendiri bagaimana rasa dari Es Merah Delimanya. Delimanya terasa manis dan empuk, benar-benar pas di lidah. Sekedar info tambahan ya, Sate Khas Senayan menawarkan dua pilihan menu, a la carte dan combo. A la carte merupakan menu satuan tetapi combo menawarkan hidangan yang lebih lengkap dan ekonomis karena telah menyertakan nasi.

Sate Khas Senayan adalah salah satu restoran yang membuktikan bahwa makanan tradisional tetap memiliki tempat tersendiri di masyarakat. Dari restoran pertamanya di jalan Pakubuwono VI no. 6 sampai cabang ke-18nya di Inkopal Kelapa Gading, terbukti tidak pernah sepi pengunjung. Mereka bahkan telah membuka layanan baru yaitu delivery. Layanan delivery tersebut mereka namakan Call Aja dan saat ini telah melayani permintaan dari seluruh pelosok Jakarta.

Sate Khas Senayan
Jl. Pakubuwono VI no.6
(021) 7269032
Jl. Kebon Sirih 31A
(021) 31926238
Mal Artha Gading Lt.1
(021) 45864090
Call Aja Service & Delivery
3500111

Sumber : Gege - WhatzUps.com

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Burger King
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Business Ice cream

Whether you're planning to start his own Ice cream business? If so, this article may be perfect for you. We will try to explain briefly about what you need to start an ice cream business.

Happiness Symbol
One thing you should remember about the ice cream business is all about happiness. Ice cream not just as a thirst in times of releasing heat or as a dessert. Ice cream is closely associated with the atmosphere of happiness in a person.

When people celebrate marriages, birthdays, or any other big celebration, it feels incomplete without the presence of Ice cream. Therefore, when starting a business ice cream, the element of happiness offered an ice cream you should be able to hold tightly.

This understanding is very useful as a basis for future marketing efforts Ice cream. Happiness is closely associated with sweetness and chocolate, or strowberi and vanilla.

You can also specify where the future marketing of ice cream. In the amusement park or playground. In fact, make an order reception service for wedding receptions or other large events.

Initial Capital
In any business, surely there are some initial costs should you spend. Ice cream in any business, there must surely Ice cream machine. Election machine depends on the type of ice cream would you sell later. You can make fried ice cream or ice cream mix three flavors, until the ice cream cones: Ice cream type most widely sold.

Ice cream equipment
For the purposes of making the kinds of ice cream you want, have available various types of ice cream machine. Each machine is different variations, ranging mixer Ice cream, fried ice cream maker, ice cream cone machine until ice cream mixer machine up to 3 flavors. Option price is different, the most expensive around 10 million to 55 million range.

In addition to ice cream machine, there are some other equipment you need to prepare, such as refrigerator Ice cream, Ice cream spoon scope, where ice cream or maybe an ice cream truck if you want to start a business around ice cream.

The initial capital to make the business a big Ice cream can be said. If you are lucky to get the exact location of the sale of so many people buy your ice cream, in less than 1 year, you can break even points. However, if you are lucky, the rest just depends on the unique marketing efforts and appropriate.

Source: www.anneahira.com

See also:
Soto
Wine

Selasa, 23 November 2010

Etika Menyushi

Beberapa tahun belakangan ini, restoran yang menyajikan Sushi makin berjamur di Jakarta. Penyukanya pun tidak sedikit. Di jam-jam makan, antrean pengunjung sudah memanjang di beberapa gerai sushi terkemuka. Di Jakarta, kita bisa saja menemukan restoran sushi di mal yang kesannya cukup santai dan kita pun memakannya dengan santai. Padahal ada beberapa aturan yang seharusnya berlaku saat menyantap makanan dari negeri asalnya. Mau tahu?

Mengucapkan "Itadaki masu!"
Kalimat itadaki masu (itada ki mas) sama seperti mengucapkan, "Makanannya terlihat enak!" atau, "Selamat makan!". Jika di sekitar Anda ada orang Jepang, dan Anda mengatakan kalimat ini sebelum makan sushi, maka mereka akan sangat menghargai Anda.

Jangan menuang minuman sendiri
Biasanya, orang Jepang akan mengkonsumsi makanan Jepang sambil ditemani minuman Kirin, Asahi, atau Sapporo. Untuk hal yang satu ini, mereka sangat mengagungkan kebersamaan dan saling berbagi. Jika Anda mengambil botol minuman, pastikan Anda mengisi gelas orang-orang lain yang ada di meja, tapi jangan mengisi gelas Anda. Orang lain yang memerhatikan Anda pasti akan langsung mengambil inisiatif untuk mengisi gelas Anda.

Pesan omakase
Seberapa besar pun pengetahuan Anda akan sushi, sang koki pasti tahu lebih banyak. Sang koki lebih tahu apa yang segar dan enak untuk disantap. Omakase adalah salah satu cara pemesanan menu makanan. Artinya, Anda menyerahkan kepada si koki untuk menu yang akan Anda santap. Tak hanya ini akan memastikan Anda mendapat bahan tersegar, Anda sekaligus membuat si koki merasa senang dan bangga. Tapi siap-siap mendapat pilihan sushi yang isinya tidak biasa, ya.

Sumber : NAD - female.kompas.com


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Dim Sum
Hanamasa

Senin, 22 November 2010

Steak Factory

Steak atau yang populer disebut bistik oleh orang Indonesia kini tak lagi menjadi makanan langka. Para penggemar daging yang dipanggang ini bisa mendapatinya di mana saja, dengan harga yang bervariasi pula. Mau mahal ada, yang relatif murah pun ada.

Dulu, steak hanya bisa ditemui di tempat-tempat mahal, seperti hotel-hotel berbintang atau restoran-restoran berpenampilan mewah. Tapi kini, seiring krisis ekonomi yang pernah melanda Indonesia yang hingga kini belum pulih, steak tidak lagi menjadi sajian yang mahal. Banyak kedai-kedai kecil dan bahkan tenda-tenda kaki lima yang menyajikan menu daging ini. Kalau sudah begini, kualitas dan harga pun menjadi beragam.
Salah satu tempat yang menawarkan hidangan steak dengan harga yang relatif terjangkau adalah Jalan Biak nomor 23, Jakarta Pusat. Steak Factory, demikian namanya, berkonsep low profile dalam penampilan. Tapi, pemiliknya berani rasa yang ditawarkan pasti berbeda dari tempat lain, termasuk memasukkan cita rasa Indonesia.
Kenneth Chen, sang pemilik, mengemas restoran bistik ini dengan desain yang nyaman dan menarik. Ruko dua lantai berkapasitas 100 orang ini, menurut Yoke—Direktur Operasional—didesain sedemikian rupa sehingga orang pun bisa merasa rileks dan disambut pemilik. ”Penggemar steak, baik itu datang bersama keluarga maupun rekan kerja bisa merasa nyaman apalagi dengan pelayanan yang ramah,” ujar Yoke tentang resto yang dikelolanya dengan jam buka 11.00 hingga 22.00 WIB tersebut.

Menurut Yoke, warung tenda di sepanjang Jalan Biak Jakarta Pusat itu sudah banyak. Bahkan Chen menegaskan kalau resto-resto di sana sudah buka puluhan tahun silam. Karenanya, bisnis yang dikelola di atas bangunan milik pribadi itu dikemas agak berbeda. Di samping jualannya beda, tempatnya pun punya keunikan tersendiri. Cat dinding warna merah terang agak oranye tua mendominasi seluruh ruangan. Sementara untuk lebih menarik lagi, dindingnya diberi tambahan sejenis bahan asbes yang ditempel melengkung. Bahannya sederhana tapi hasilnya cukup artistik. Warna ruangan yang menyala pun seolah merepresentasikan panasnya steak dari panggangan. Boleh jadi suasana seperti ini menambah selera makan bagi pengunjung.
Perkara lokasi memang sudah dipikirkannya. Tempat yang kini dipilihnya termasuk kawasan sibuk. Satu lagi, di sana tidak ada usaha sejenis yang bisa menjadi pesaingnya.
”Selalu mencoba sesuatu yang baru untuk hidangan dan menawarkan paket-paket promosi,” jelas Chen tentang segelintir kiat-kiat yang dijalankannya.

Sumber : SH/sally piri - sinarharapan.co.id

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Dim Sum
Wine

Sate Jamur untuk Vegetarian

Sate jamur, kuliner satu ini mungkin masih asing bagi masyarakat. Namun sate jamur memang menjadi menu favorit baru di kota Banyuwangi. Warung makan yang menyediakan menu ini adalah Warung Ibu Tina yang terletak Jl. Raya Kepiting Banyuwangi. Lokasi warung milik Agustini, (49) warga Lingkunngan Stendo, kelurahan tukang kayu ini berada di kantor lama Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB).

Bagi anda yang belum pernah merasakan nikmatnya sate jamur, anda akan menyangka sate yang anda makan adalah sate ayam. Karena memang kelezatannya mirip dengan sate ayam. Meski demikian rasa khas jamur yang gurih dan sedikit kenyal tetap bisa di rasakan.

Dipadukan dengan kacang pada bumbu satenya menambah kenikmatan sate jamur. “Tentu saja ada bumbu rahasia dalam sate buatan saya,” aku Agustini yang di kenal dengan panggilan Tina, Senin (26/7/2010).

Untuk menikmati kelezatan sate jamur milik ini kita tidak perlu mengeluarkan uang yang besar. Hanya dengan Rp 10 ribu saja, kelezatan 10 tusuk sate jamur sudah bisa kita nikmati. Jika ingin memakannya dengan nasi atau lontong kita hanya perlu menambah uang Rp 2 ribu saja. Warung sate jamur Tina buka sejak pukul 10.00 WIB pagi hingga pukul 21.00 WIB.

Setiap harinya, setidaknya Tina menghabiskan 7 kg jamur tiram sebagai bahan baku. Jumlah itu menurutnya terus bertambah seiring dengan bertambahnya peminat sate jamur. Menurut Tina, setiap kg jamur tiram rata-rata bisa dibuat menjadi 60 tusuk sate jamur.

Sate jamur, selain sedap juga rendah kolesterol. Sehingga bagi mereka yang punya masalah kolesterol tidak perlu takut untuk makan sate yang satu ini. Sate jamu juga menjadi makanan alternative bagi para Vegetarian. Tidak sedikit vegetarian yang memilih sate jamur sebagai makanan pengganti sate.

“Biasanya kalau saya ingin makan sate khusus vegetarian saya harus ke Bali, sekarang tidak lagi,” ujar Wiriyanto, seorang vegetarian penikmat sate jamur.

Sumber : jurnalbesuki.com - jae/mm/jb2

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Soto
Burger King

Sensasi Nikmatnya Ice cream

Menandai pembukaan outlet terbarunya yang berlokasi di Plaza Senayan lantai 3 food court area, Coldstone juga meluncurkan varian terbaru Ice cream -nya yakni Blueberry ice cream, sebuah kreasi baru yang akan memenangkan banyak penggemar baru.

Varian rasa terbaru ini menambah rangkaian rasa yang telah ada sebelumnya dan tetap pada komitmennya, Coldstone menghadirkan varian ice cream yang beragam dengan menggunakan bahan–bahan segar, produk susu dan pasta buah blueberry terbaik dan dibuat segar setiap harinya oleh tangan–tangan terampil para kru digerai Cold Stone.

"Setiap produk Cold Stone Creamery merupakan hasil karya yang unik, perpaduan berbagai rasa es krim dan mix-in yang kami miliki, dapat menghasilkan lebih dari 4 juta kreasi es krim. Kehadiran es krim Blueberry tentunya semakin memperkaya," ujar Anggy S. Gustina, General manager PT. Sari Icecream Indonesia.

Salah satu keistimewaan dari outlet ice cream Cold Stone ini adalah para kru yang memiliki cara menarik meracik ice cream Anda dengan melakukan atraksi jugling serta bernyanyi, menghadirkan manisnya ice cream favorit anda. Jangan lewatkan aksi lempar tangkap es krim yang dilakukan para kru Cold Stone yang tangkas.

Saat lelah mulai menyapa, setelah cukup lama menghabiskan waktu untuk berbelanja, saatnya Anda memanjakan rasa dalam ragam varian es krim yang begitu menggoda untuk dilewatkan.

Sumber : KapanLagi - wo/ana/bee

Lihat juga :
Sour Sally
Hanamasa

Pecinta Wine dalam Festival

Pencinta Wine Indonesia berkumpul dalam Festival Beaujolais Nouveau bertempat di La Piazza Kelapa Gading, Kamis (18/11/2010). Acara yang diadakan oleh Summarecon Kelapa Gading dan Indonesia Sommelier Association (ISA) ini merupakan acara tahunan dan tahun ini merupakan acara untuk kedua kalinya.

Menurut Soegianto Nagaria, President of Indonesia Sommelier Association, festival ini merupakan pemanasan untuk acara "Wine and Cheese Expo" yang akan diselenggarakan pada bulan Mei 2011. Festival Beaujolais Nouveau sendiri merupakan adaptasi dari tradisi di wilayah Beaujolais, Perancis. Daerah ini menghasilkan wine Beaujolais Nouveau. Jepang dengan sukses mengadaptasi Festival Beaujolais Nouveau dan kini Indonesia pun turut serta menyelenggarakan festival unik ini.

Selain itu, dalam festival ini sekaligus memperkenalkan Indonesia Sommelier Association. Soegianto menjelaskan bahwa sommelier ahli dalam menyuguhkan wine.

"Sommelier harus menentukan wine yang cocok saat makan," kata Soegianto.

Seni penyuguhan wine ini memang tidak hanya sekadar mengetahui mana yang cocok, tetapi harus mengenal karakteristik wine sampai asal-usulnya. Sommelier juga memegang peran penting dalam pariwisata Indonesia. Soegianto menerangkan, sering kali sommelier Indonesia bertanding di luar negeri dengan membawa nama Indonesia.

"Untuk turis luar negeri saat mereka datang ke Indonesia akan merasa akrab jika mendapatkan sommelier yang mengerti wine," katanya. Karena itu asosiasi ini dibentuk agar sesama sommelier bisa saling mendukung dan berbagi pengetahuan serta pengalaman.

Dalam acara ini juga diperkenalkan wine Beaujolais Nouveau. Jenis wine ini sebenarnya sudah terkenal di luar negeri, tetapi masih jarang ditemukan di Indonesia.

"Wine ini dari anggur Gamay yang berasal dari daerah Beaujolais. Beaujolais Nouveau sendiri berarti Beaujolais yang baru. Karena wine ini berasal dari anggur yang berumur 6 minggu sudah dibotolkan dan difermentasikan dengan cepat memakai ragi khusus," jelas Soegianto.

Ragi khusus ini mengantarkan rasa cherry dan pisang dalam wine. Warnanya ungu muda dengan semburan merah muda. Rasa manis selintas dengan dominan asam dan kesan pahit setelah meminumnya. Wine ringan yang cocok untuk teman makan sambil berbincang santai dengan teman-teman.

"Wine ini sangat simple, terkenalnya karena tanpa vintage, jadi dalam dua bulan harus habis," kata Soegianto. Vintage merupakan tahun produksi dari wine, umumnya semakin tua dibuat, rasa wine semakin kaya dan harganya pun semakin mahal.

"Minum wine ini serasa berada di Perancis yang suasana cukup dingin, makan masakan nenek yang panas, minum wine dengan nikmat bersama teman-teman yang mau enjoy hari ini. Ini merupakan gambaran vivid untuk wine ini," tutur Soegianto.

Salah satu pengunjung, Benny Subroto, yang memang pencinta wine, selalu hadir dalam acara Festival Beaujolais Nouveau dan sangat menikmati acara ini.

"Suasananya meriah dan friendly. Jadi orang-orangnya tidak terlalu formil. Acara ini bagus, supaya lebih memasyarakatkan wine," tutur Benny.

Selain wine, festival ini juga dimeriahkan dengan kuliner dan budaya Perancis. Pengunjung dapat menyaksikan lagu dan tarian khas Perancis di panggung yang tersedia. Kesenian khas Perancis pun tampil, seperti Mime & Magician, Happening Arts, Street Accordion Player, dan masih banyak lainnya.

Sementara itu, lidah pengunjung dimanjakan menu prasmanan. Semua hidangan merupakan khas Perancis, seperti Duck Balotine "Confit", Fish Broth, Crepe, dan aneka menu lainnya. Ada lebih dari 20 menu yang disuguhkan untuk para penggemar budaya Perancis.

Jika Anda terlewatkan acara ini, maka nantikan Festival Beaujolais Nouveau tahun depan yang biasa diadakan pada minggu ketiga bulan November.

Sumber : Ni Luh Made Pertiwi F - travel.kompas.com

Lihat juga:
Dim Sum
Hanamasa

Minggu, 21 November 2010

Sally on The Go

Bertempat di Grand Indonesia, Jumat (5/2), Donny Pramono Ie , President Director Sour Sally Fro-Yo meluncurkan produk Sally In The Closet, konsep fashion dan apparel dengan gaya khas Sally dalam acara Sour Sally Just Wanna Have Fun!

“Sour Sally sudah memperkenalkan kudapan sehat ini menjadi gaya hidup di Indonesia, saya yakin dengan gaya hidup yang sehat tentu akan menghasilkan penampilan yang ideal. Lalu, terpikir agar Sour Sally juga bisa melengkapi penampilan para penggemarnya, ” jelas Donny. Perancang berbakat, Diana Lee digandeng Sour Sally untuk merancang busana Sally In The Closet

Berbarengan dengan peluncuran ini, Sour Sally juga memperkenalkan jasa Sally On The Go, yang memungkinkan Sour Sally hadir di manapun bagi penggemarnya. Cheese cake berpadu kesegaran yogurt yaitu Sour Sally Cheerz Bite juga menambah jajaran produk baru. Tak kalah menarik, ada juga aplikasi Sour Sally bagi pengguna BlackBerry.

Sumber : Astrid - TabloidNova.com

Lihat juga :
Ice cream
Burger King

Sate Kere

Jangan berprasangka dulu dengan makanan satu ini. Kere memang salah satu kata dalam bahasa Jawa yang berarti miskin. Tapi bukan berarti Sate kere ini miskin rasa atau hanya diperuntukkan bagi orang miskin. Anda salah besar. Sate kere justru merupakan satu sate yang kaya rasa. Orang Jawa menyebutnya sugih rasa.

Jika berdomisili atau sedang mampir ke Solo, Anda bisa menemui sejumlah depot makanan yang menawarkan menu sate kere. Salah satunya di Pasar Legi, Kauman, Solo. Di depan gang II pasar tersebut, ada sebuah gerobak milik pak Atien yang sudah menjajakan sate kere sejak 10 tahun lalu.

Pak Atien, yang membuka gerobaknya sejak pukul 12.00 WIB sampai sore hari, tampak begitu menguasai mengenai seluk beluk sate kere. Maklum, ia sudah berdagang selama 10 tahun. Terlebih usahanya merupakan terusan dari mertuanya yang sudah lebih 20 tahun berdagang di tempat itu.

Sate kere yang ditawarkan Pak Atien adalah sate daging tetelan, babat, hingga kulit sapi atau kikil. Meski demikian, yang paling khas di sini adalah tempe kedelai dan tempe gembus. Ini adalah tempe yang terbuat dari ampas kedelai sisa pembuatan tahu.

Semua bahan sate kere ini dipotong terlebih dahulu dengan ukuran memanjang 5 x 10 sentimeter dan ditusuk dengan tusukan kayu. Sebelum ditusuk untuk dipanggang, bahan sate kere direbus sekitar dua jam bersama bumbu bacem agar meresap, terutama buat kulit sapi, kikil dan babat sehingga terasa empuk saat digigit. Bahan yang direbus bumbu ini kemudian diangkat dan direndam kembali dengan bumbu baru. Saat kita pesan, bahan baru dibakar selayaknya sate, dan dihidangkan dalam pincuk daun pisang.

Bumbunya sendiri mirip dengan bumbu pecel. Hanya saja, bumbu sate kere lebih terasa kencur dan cabe rawitnya, serta lebih encer. Wangi jeruk purut juga menambah selera saat kita mengunyah potongan-potongan sate.

Harga yang ditawarkan Pak Atien cukup beragam. Untuk sate daging tetelan, Atien memberi harga Rp 1.000 pertusuk. Sementara untuk kikil dan babat hanya Rp 750 dan untuk tempe gembus serta tempe kedelai dipatok Rp 500 pertusuk. Sebagai peneman sate lontong yang berfungsi sebagai asupan karbohidratnya, ia menjualnya seharga Rp 1000 berbungkus.

Kini tidak alasan buat Anda untuk tidak mencicipi sate kere yang sugih rasa ini toh.

Sumber : Dewi Suspaningrum - Wisataloka

Lihat juga :
Soto
Hanamasa

Selasa, 16 November 2010

Carmenere Wine from Chile

In March of this year I reviewed a few Carmenere Wine from Chile and although they were not that bad, they still were not wines I personally would order when dining out or even buy as an everyday table wine. That left me still searching for some Chilean wines to add to my growing list of favorites. Now, thanks to Banfi Vintners, I have added three very nice red wines from Emiliana Vineyards of Valle del Maipo, Chile.
*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from the PR folks at Banfi Vintners.
A few weeks ago I received three red wines, an Eco-Balance Carmenere, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The first opened was the Carmenere, a blend of 85% Carmenere and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon. It was time to try again as my daughter Pam just used the last of my Banfi Chianti Reserva to make a special tomato sauce for our Sunday evening dinner. The sauce is made from the residue of tomatoes used to make paste. Shirley just canned about 12 containers of tomato paste which leaves enough for a few gallons of tomato juice and a pot full of juicy pulp for a sauce. Pam's main additional ingredient is marjoram. She also added meatballs made from ground turkey and Italian meatballs made from beef, pork and veal. I opened the Carmenere for just an afternoon sip, but after a few swallows I knew I'd keep this one on the table for dinner.
Aromas of cherry and plum with hints of chocolate and not as smokey as the earlier reviewed Carmeneres were pleasant. The Eco-Balance was smoother, well balanced and finished long with a little pepper. It was amazingly great with the sauce and the Italian meatballs. This Carmenere was a hit and now a new favorite on my list.
A few nights later with a meal of pork chops, whipped potatoes and sauerkraut I opened the Merlot, a blend of 89% Merlot and 11% Syrah. Again the aromas were very nice. Lots of berry aromas with some clove or green pepper and a hint of vanilla leading to a smooth flavor filled taste and a very long smooth finish. Excellent pairing with the pork, but not so much with the kraut, but then again I have yet to find any wine I like with kraut. I also had some left that I poured the next night after work and found it to be fantastic. Definitely the best Chilean wine I have had to date.
Finally, this week, after work, I opened the Cabernet Sauvignon, a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Syrah. This was not opened for any food, but just to enjoy as I wind down from a day at work. I did have a bowl of 'fat free' chocolate ice cream along with the wine which was a nice match.
The aromas were very typical Cab/Sauv dark fruit, plum, some pepper and clove with a touch oak. It was a good wine at a good price ($9), but not comparable to what I found in California or French Cab/Sauv's. Still it was a nice wine for sipping and I would not be against trying with a beef roast or a beef stew.

Eco-Balance is a collection of high quality, sustainably farmed wines created for relaxed everyday enjoyment.
Healthy grapes, beautiful vineyards teeming with life, thoughtful packaging and an earth-friendly ethos are the source of inspiration behind Eco-Balance from Emilian, the worlds single largest source of estate grown organic wines. All Eco-Balance wines originate in sustainably farmed vineyards in transition to full organic status. Synthetic pesticides and herbicides are shunned in favor of natural remedies that inspire life and biodiversity.
Eco-Balance wines are available in major metropolitan markets throughout the U.S. and are projected to retail for an affordable $9 a bottle. (why wine blog)


See also :
Dim Sum
Hanamasa

Senin, 15 November 2010

Ice cream Ragusa yang enak

Siapa yang tak kenal dengan Ice cream? hmm… pasti semua pernah mencobanya, anak-anak sampai orang tua semua suka Ice cream, apalagi disajikan dalam kondisi cuaca yang panas siang hari, lebih-lebih kalau Ice cream gratis…

Usai meeting bersama teman-teman, saya sempatkan mampir ke sebuah tempat Ice cream bernama Ragusa, tempatnya ada di Jalan Veteran, dekat Masjid Istiqlal Jakarta Pusat. Konon katanya Ice cream disini (Ragusa) enak dan beda dengan es krim lainnya, karena katanya Ice cream tradisional tanpa pengawet, dan yang lebih seru adalah makan ditempat.

Tanpa pikir panjang kami pun memesan beberapa jenis Ice cream yang tersedia. Sambil menunggu Ice cream, pelayan memberikan segelas air mineral, dan tak berapa lama Ice cream yang kami pesan disajikan. Ice cream disajikan ke mangkuk aluminium, mumpung Ice cream masih dalam kondisi “mulus” saya pun tak lupa untuk mem-fotonya

Ice cream Ragusa ternyata memang beda dari Ice cream yang lain, punya khas tersendiri, dan memang fresh. Namun kita tak dapat berlama-lama menikmati Ice cream tersebut, karena tempat Ragusa tidak difasilitas pendingin ruangan (AC) hanya kipas angin (karena tradisional mungkin), dan ini membuat Ice cream cepat mencair, dan akan beda rasanya jika dinikmati, bukan Ice cream lagi, tapi air krim. (Imam Mahmudi - wisata.kompasiana.com)

Lihat juga :
Sate
Sushi

Keman, Penjual Soto

Sekian tahun berumah tangga, istri tercinta tak setuju Keman meneruskan profesinya. Alasannya, jadi kondektur bus sering pulang malam. Tahun 1970, Keman memilih jualan Soto, sekaligus meneruskan profesi ayahnya yang jual soto secara keliling. Ia sering membantu ayahnya jualan setelah putus sekolah. "Saya hanya sampai kelas 5 SR. Orang tua sudah tak mampu membiayai sekolah atau membeli pakaian," kenang Keman seraya mengatakan, saat itu ibunya menjadi abdi di kraton Solo.

Seperti ayahnya, Keman juga memulai usaha dengan cara berkeliling. Dari rumah kontrakannya, ia memikul angkring sampai Kampung Baluwarti di dekat Kraton Solo. Setiap hari, ia berangkat pukul 07.00 dan sampai di rumah pukul 10.00. "Jika dagangan masih, saya melanjutkan jualan di rumah dibantu istri. Kalau pagi, istri saya sibuk mengurusi anak sekolah."

Keman berkeliling sampai tahun 1989. Akhirnya Keman memilih tempat jualan di Jln. Veteran. "Saya tak lagi jualan soto pada siang hari. Pengalaman mengajarkan, dagang malam hari lebih banyak pembelinya," lanjut Keman. Tentu saja bukan hanya karena faktor malam hari soto Keman diminati pembeli. Ia mempunyai resep jitu. Salah satunya, aroma kuah soto terasa lain.

KLIK - Detail Apa resepnya? "Saya memasaknya menggunakan kuali. Sudah gitu, harus pakai kayu bakar. Nah, agar lebih mantap, saya tetap pakai daging sapi. Sebagai pelengkap, saya tambah tauge, seledri, dan tomat," kata Keman. Resep ini ternyata laris manis.
"Sekarang, tiap malam saya butuh air 1,5 kuali. Satu kuali kira-kira berisi 2,5 ember."
Begitu larisnya, usaha Keman jauh lebih sukses ketimbang ayahnya. Ia sanggup menabung dan tahun 1990 ia mampu membeli tanah dengan harga Rp 300 ribu per meter di Serengan. Beberapa tahun kemudian, ia sanggup membangun rumah di atas tanah berukuran 6 x 17 meter itu. "Sangat bahagia bisa punya rumah," lanjut Keman.

Keman membayangkan betapa sulitnya ketika masih kontrak rumah. "Dulu bingung kalau rumah tidak boleh diperpanjang kontraknya. Saya, kan, harus nyari rumah lain. Pokoknya, sekarang sudah tenang. Lebih senang lagi, dari hasil jualan soto, saya bisa menyekolahkan lima anak saya," jelas Keman bangga. (Nostalgia.tabloidnova.com)

Lihat juga :
Hanamasa
Steak

All Guide about Dim Sum

Dim Sum, a wonderfully tasty Chinese tradition goes as far back as the ancient Silk Road. In those days, dim sum was associated with another tradition called yum cha, or a tea tasting. Yum cha came about when weary travelers atop camels needed a place to rest and replenish themselves. Because of this, many teahouses were soon established all along various roadsides. Yum cha originally did not come with food, because it was believed that tea combined with food would cause disproportionate weight gain. However, when tea was later discovered to actually help with digestion problems, teahouses began to add many different types of snacks for people who stopped by. Although dim sum originally started off as snack food, it quickly popularized and became a unique, and most often times loud experience.

The actual emergence of dim sum as a culinary feat originated in southern China with the Cantonese. In China, dim sum can be served as early as six in the morning, and many people wake up this early to be first in line to try the tasty treats that they offer. Dim sum restaurants usually close by mid afternoon and do not reopen for dinner, as was the tradition many, many years ago. The style of dim sum restaurants is very unique because instead of one waiter taking our order, many waiters push carts with various dim sum items around the restaurant, and you pick and choose from these carts.

Salty and savory snacks like shu mai, dumplings of every flavor imaginable, and cha siu bao are offered. Shu mai (literally "cook and sell dumplings") can be vegetarian or made with meat, and they are wrapped with gyoza wrappers and steamed. Dumplings come in pork, shrimp, crab, and vegetable flavors, and are either made with a thick, rice flour dumpling wrapper or a translucent wheat starch wrapper.


These translucent dumpling wrappers are very difficult to cook precisely, but their flavor along with the dumpling filling is quite satisfying. Cha siu bao are buns with cha siu pork, a sweet and salty barbecued pork cooked into them. For dessert, you can indulge in egg custard tarts, a creamy and delicious treat, mango pudding, sesame seed balls, or red bean paste buns. An exceptionally delicious Chinese dessert is the dou fu hua, which is a soft tofu served in a sweetened ginger flavored soup. For the more adventurous, a dish called "Phoenix Talons" is also served at dim sum restaurants. These are in actuality chicken feet. They are deep-fried, boiled, and sometimes marinated with black bean sauce. They are very tender, and many people enjoy them once they get over the initial shock factor of the chicken feet.

This Asian delicacy has spread across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and is now available in various countries throughout the world. It is an especially popular type of food in America, where Americans can get a taste of the delicacies and oddities of the Chinese cuisine. Just remember to get to a restaurant early, because they get busy fast! (Charles bloom - article alley)

See also :
Burger King
Sour Sally

Enaknya Sate Madura

Sate Madura umumnya adalah Sate ayam yang diberi sambal berupa saus kacang. Namun di Madura sendiri kadangkala yang dipakai bukanlah saus kacang namun saus atau sambal kemiri. Selain itu seringkali arang pembakaran Sate ini sering ditaburi dengan jeruk limau.
Untuk meraup lebih banyak keuntungan, pedagang Sate sering mencampur bumbu kacang dengan nasi kering yang telah dihaluskan. Nasi kering ini, dalam bahasa Bali disebut senggauk, merupakan nasi sisa yang dijemur di bawah terik matahari. Di beberapa daerah di Jawa, seperti pesisir utara, sepanjang pantura (pantai utara) meliputi daerah Indramayu, Brebes, nasi semacam itu disebutnya nasi aking. Umumnya dimakan orang-orang miskin yang tidak mampu membeli beras yang termurah sekalipun.

Sate Madura biasanya terbuat dari ayam. Madura selain terkenal sebagai pulau garam, juga terkenal dengan Sate-nya. Sate madura sudah terkenal di seluruh Nusantara, Sate Madura dapat ditemukan hampir di semua daerah khususnya di kota besar seperti Medan, Jakarta, Bandung, dan Surabaya. Konon di Madura sendiri Sate susah dicari. Tetapi selain ayam sebagai bahan utama Sate juga ada yang menggunakan kambing yang ditandai dengan digantungnya bagian kaki belakang si kambing di rombong sang penjual Sate. Bumbunya adalah campuran kacang yang ditumbuk halus petis dan sedikit bawang merah. Memanggangnya dengan api dari batok kelapa yang dihanguskan lebih dulu yang disebut dengan arang batok kelapa. Rasanya gurih tapi dipantangkan kepada mereka yang berkolesterol tinggi dan yang pengidap asam urat akut.

Sate Madura umumnya adalah Sate ayam yang diberi sambal berupa saus kacang. Namun di Madura sendiri kadangkala yang dipakai bukanlah saus kacang namun saus atau sambal kemiri. Selain itu seringkali arang pembakaran Sate ini sering ditaburi dengan jeruk limau.

Untuk meraup lebih banyak keuntungan, pedagang Sate sering mencampur bumbu kacang dengan nasi kering yang telah dihaluskan. Nasi kering ini, dalam bahasa Bali disebut senggauk, merupakan nasi sisa yang dijemur di bawah terik matahari. Di beberapa daerah di Jawa, seperti pesisir utara, sepanjang pantura (pantai utara) meliputi daerah Indramayu, Brebes, nasi semacam itu disebutnya nasi aking. Umumnya dimakan orang-orang miskin yang tidak mampu membeli beras yang termurah sekalipun. (wapedia.mobi)

Lihat juga :
Dim Sum
Hanamasa

Minggu, 14 November 2010

Ice cream penyebab Gigi Berlubang?


Akibat komposisinya yang sarat akan energi, protein, dan lemak, terutama lemak jenuh, Ice cream kerap dituding sebagai biang keladi penyebab gigi berlubang atau diabetes.

Penyebab Gigi Berlubang
Penyebab utama terjadinya gigi berlubang adalah difermentasinya sisa-sisa karbohidrat, terutama gula sederhana, yang tertinggal dan menempel pada gigi. Fermentasi yang dilakukan oleh bakteri-bakteri dalam mulut adalah mengubah gula menjadi asam-asam organik yang dapat melubangi gigi dalam jangka waktu lama.

Fermentasi dapat terjadi pada segala jenis karbohidrat. Dengan demikian, makanan apa pun yang mengandung karbohidrat berpotensi untuk menyebabkan gigi berlubang.

Hal yang dapat dilakukan untuk mencegah gigi berlubang adalah dengan menjaga kebersihan mulut dan rajin menggosok gigi, minimal dua kali sehari, setelah sarapan pagi dan sebelum tidur. Gosok gigi atau berkumur air putih sangat dianjurkan untuk dilakukan setelah mengonsumsi makanan berkarbohidrat atau yang manis, termasuk Ice cream.

Penyebab Diabetes
Diabetes melitus adalah suatu kondisi pankreas tidak depat menghasilkan insulin yang cukup bagi tubuh atau berhenti menghasilkan insulin sama sekali. Kekurangan insulin menyebabkan glukosa di dalam darah tidak dapat dikonversi menjadi glikogen atau diserap sel-sel tubuh yang membutuhkan energi.

Dalam ilmu kesehatan, skala yang digunakan untuk mengukur signifikasi efek yang ditimbulkan makanan terhadap penderita diabetes disebut sebagai indeks glisemik. Indeks glisemik (IG) adalah peringkat individual makanan berdasarkan efeksnya terhadap kadar glukosa darah, yang berhubungan dengan waktu pencernaan dan penyerapannya.

IG dari makanan tergantung dari komposisinya, seperi lemak, protein, karbohidrat, dan serat pangan. Makanan berkabohidrat tinggi umumnya memiliki IG tinggi, yang berarti cepat meningkatkan kadar glukosa darah. Penderita diabetes selalu disarankan tidak mengonsumsi makanan yang memiliki IG tinggi agar kadar glukosa darahnya tetap terkendali.

IG memiliki nilai berkisar antara 0 hingga 100 dan diklasifikasikan menjadi tiga tingkatan yaitu tinggi (lebih dari 70), sedang (antara 56-69) dan rendah (kurang dari 55). Makanan yang termauk ber IG tinggi adalah: roti tawar, sari buah segar, sereal sarapan, kentang, kurma, dan pisang. Makanan yang tergolong ber-IG sedang adalah madu, selai, dan kentang yang baru dipanen. Makanan ber-IG rendah adalah buah-buahan, seperti apel, aprikot, ceri, ganggur, jeruk, pear, dan peach, jagung manis, ubi jalar dan kacang-kacangan.

Ice cream merupakan makanan yang mengandung 14-16 persen glukosa. Jumlah yang cukup besar dibandingkan makanan lainnya. Namun, interaksi komponen-komponen di dalamnya menghasilkan Ice cream sebagai makanan yang ber-IG antara 55-57. Berarti Ice cream termasuk makanan ber IG rendah hingga sedang, sehingga aman dikonsumsi penderita diabetes asalkan dalam jumlah wajar. Ice cream tidak memiliki aktivitas peningkatan glukosa darah yang cepat seperti roti, nasi, atau umbi-umbian. (EurekaIndonesia)

Lihat juga :
Soto
Wine

Dim Sum dan Makanan Dari Cina

Dim Sum adalah nama untuk sebuah masakan Cina yang melibatkan berbagai hidangan ringan disajikan bersama teh Cina. Yum cha (harfiah "minum teh") adalah istilah yang digunakan untuk menjelaskan seluruh pengalaman bersantap, terutama di Kanton kontemporer. Hal ini biasanya disajikan di pagi hari sampai tengah hari waktu di restoran Cina dan di restoran-restoran Dim Sum khusus di mana hidangan khas tersedia sepanjang hari. Hidangan datang dalam porsi kecil dan mungkin termasuk daging, seafood, dan sayuran, serta makanan penutup dan buah. Item biasanya disajikan dalam keranjang kapal kecil atau di piring kecil.

Dim Sum biasanya dikaitkan dengan tradisi yang lebih tua dari Yum Cha (minum teh), yang berakar pada wisatawan di Jalan Sutra kuno membutuhkan tempat untuk beristirahat. Jadi kedai-kedai teh berdiri di sepanjang pinggir jalan. petani Pedesaan, kelelahan setelah bekerja keras di ladang, juga akan pergi ke rumah minum teh untuk bersantai sore teh. Pada awalnya, itu dianggap pantas untuk menggabungkan teh dengan makanan, karena orang percaya hal itu akan menyebabkan kenaikan berat badan yang berlebihan. Orang-orang kemudian menemukan bahwa teh dapat membantu dalam pencernaan, sehingga pemilik kedai teh mulai menambahkan berbagai makanan ringan.

Seni kuliner unik Dim Sum berasal dengan Kanton di Cina bagian selatan, yang selama berabad-abad berubah Yum Cha dari tangguh santai untuk pengalaman bersantap yang keras dan bahagia. Di Hong Kong, dan di sebagian besar kota-kota di provinsi Guangdong, Cina banyak restoran Dim Sum mulai menjabat sebagai seawal lima pagi. Ini adalah tradisi bagi orang tua untuk berkumpul untuk makan Dim Sum setelah latihan pagi, sering menikmati koran pagi. Bagi banyak di Cina selatan, yum cha diperlakukan sebagai hari keluarga akhir pekan. Konsisten dengan tradisi ini, restoran Dim Sum biasanya hanya melayani Dim Sum sampai sore hari (kanan sekitar waktu istirahat 3 jam kopi tradisional Barat), dan melayani jenis lain masakan Kanton di malam hari. Saat ini, berbagai item Dim Sum bahkan dijual sebagai take-out untuk siswa dan pekerja kantor di perjalanan.

Tradisional Dim Sum termasuk berbagai jenis roti dikukus seperti baau Siu cha, kue dan nasi mie gulungan china Dim Sum (menyenangkan Cheong), yang berisi berbagai bahan, termasuk daging sapi, ayam, babi, udang dan pilihan vegetarian. Banyak restoran Dim Sum juga menawarkan piring sayuran hijau dikukus, daging panggang, bubur bubur dan sup lainnya. dim sum Dessert juga tersedia dan banyak tempat menawarkan telur adat tart. Setelah makan di warung teh Cina atau restoran Dim Sum dikenal sebagai yum cha, secara harfiah "minum teh", seperti teh biasanya disajikan dengan Dim Sum. Dim Sum bisa dikukus dan digoreng, di antara metode lain. Melayani ukuran biasanya kecil dan biasanya menjabat sebagai potongan tiga atau empat dalam satu piring. Ini adalah adat dengan gaya urutan keluarga, piring berbagi di antara semua anggota partai makan. Karena porsi kecil, orang bisa mencoba berbagai macam makanan. (Bestchinesefoodmenu)

Lihat juga:
Hanamasa
Sour Sally

What is Maki Sushi?


Maki refers to any type of Sushi which is made in a roll with Sushi rice, toasted seaweed nori, and various fillings. The word maki means “roll,” and most people who have eaten Sushi have consumed maki in some form or another. Some forms of maki, such as uramaki, are complex, requiring the attention of a skilled chef. Others such as temaki are very easy to make, and frequently eaten at home and at social gatherings.

Maki Sushi comes in several varieties, depending on how thick the roll is and how the roll is constructed. The most common form is hosomaki, or thin rolls. Thin rolls are made by making a small strip of Sushi rice and one or two ingredients along one edge of a sheet of nori and then rolling it up tightly to form a slender roll. Hosomaki is cut into small pieces before serving, and is usually served on a platter with several other types of Sushi for contrast. Common hosomaki types include cucumber rolls, carrot rolls, and tuna rolls.

Thicker maki is called futomaki, which means “fat roll.” Futomaki is usually made with multiple ingredients, and can be as much as one and one half inches (four centimeters) in diameter. Futomaki is often made vegetarian, and commonly includes ingredients like sprouts, fried eggs, and daikon radish. Usually futomaki is cut before it is served, although it is also served in the form of whole rolls at some traditional festivals.

Uramaki is an inside out roll, meaning that the Sushi rice is on the outside. Uramaki is made by layering a piece of nori with Sushi rice and then flipping it over to line the bottom edge of the other side with ingredients. Then the maki is rolled up, and usually dipped in garnishes like fish roe or sesame seeds. Uramaki is actually more common outside of Japan, and includes famous Sushi such as California and Philadelphia rolls. (wise geek)

See also:
Burger King
Steak