Today's menu:

[merahputih]

Sebatu = sepatu = shoe. Like belut which I term tali sepatu.

I almost think he meant that the chicken is rock hard.

 

[merahputih]

it's a BItung Manado Oil Limited product.

Cool! I didn't know

 

[merahputih]

all you see here is Bemoli. No one has even heard of Olive oil, or Avocado, safflower, grape seed, or canola, oil.

Financial matter aside, vegetable oil is to fry, other type oils are beter for salad/cold dishes. Indonesian fries stuff a lot. Indonesian salad use mostly sauces that don't need oil and not everybody is open to taste of different kind of oils. I have flax seed oil due to my curiousness. It's a bit bitter. I know some Indonesian that don't favour extra virgin olive oil.

 

[Wisnu]

I remember doing something similar to hit a KFC in Kentucky when I drove all around the US in ‘87 or ‘88. That KFC had one or two AYCE eat nights at the restaurant. Never seen that at any KFC worldwide.

I can't recall about AYCE, the restaurant was not too big - the one I remember, there's big map on the wall showing Kentucky area like a chicken thigh.
I have to say, nothing special from KFC at Kentucky. The best KFC in world to my version was in Prague - huge and juicy chicken thigh i'll never forget.

 

[fastpitch17]

For Christmas we always ordered a Full boneless smoked ham from a Jakarta supplier with the product originating in Bali. They only carried for Christmas. This year I inquired about that Christmas ham and was given a link to it. Price from last year had more than doubled. Supplier blamed the producer of course. I guess this year we will be serving roasted ribeye. Seen there is NZ Ribeyes and loins available. Pretty pricy but if the meat actually looks like the pictures, it's pretty nice marbling. A couple sellers have US Choice and many have Aust A and lower. Waiting from my local supplier what he can get before Christmas. Decisions, decisions.

 

[fastpitch17]

I’ve been on a pork belly binge the last 3-4 months. Had some decent pork belly at a local chinese restaurant, but it was fairly pricey. A full portion (advertised as 250gr) was 170k or so.

One time a few months back, I got the container, and it was only 2/3 full, instead of full, like normal. I had the wife weigh it, and it was only 180 or so grams. She texted them, they apologized, and delivered some more.

Two weeks later, the same thing happened. This time, after a day, they said that it was a precooked weight. I thought this strange, as the container had always been full during the last 5 years I’ve been ordering it.

So, now I searched for a good source of raw pork belly here in Bandung. Found DNA Pork, which had nice pork belly for 130k a kg. My wife has gotten pretty good at preparing it.

Here is a pic of some delicious large pork ribs we had last night.

Only use pork bellies for bacon and burt ends. Have migrated more to side bacon due to the larger muscle constant vs fat which belly here lacks. Easiest is loin into Canadian style bacon.

 

[Balifrog]

For Christmas we always ordered a Full boneless smoked ham from a Jakarta supplier with the product originating in Bali. They only carried for Christmas. This year I inquired about that Christmas ham and was given a link to it. Price from last year had more than doubled. Supplier blamed the producer of course. I guess this year we will be serving roasted ribeye. Seen there is NZ Ribeyes and loins available. Pretty pricy but if the meat actually looks like the pictures, it's pretty nice marbling. A couple sellers have US Choice and many have Aust A and lower. Waiting from my local supplier what he can get before Christmas. Decisions, decisions.

We are not big meat eaters, so Christmas will be Salmon Wellington. Starter still to decide, dessert likely "buche de Noël" if the French bakery hasn't gone wild with the price...
With a bottle of Prosecco.

 

[fastpitch17]

Ham has just always been the Christmas tradition for us. Guess it's time to change the traditions.

 

[Balifrog]

Ham has just always been the Christmas tradition for us. Guess it's time to change the traditions.

Ham prices are crazy here, 3 slices about 0,5mm thick for 70.000. And that is not the most expensive one !
Just enough to make 2 proper butter / emmental / ham sandwich.

 

[pantaiema]

We are not big meat eaters, so Christmas will be Salmon Wellington. Starter still to decide, dessert likely "buche de Noël" if the French bakery hasn't gone wild with the price...
With a bottle of Prosecco.

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I like salmon Wellington and lamb Wellington too.
However, most people associate a traditional Christmas dinner with dishes like roast turkey and Christmas pudding.

Ultimately, it all comes down to personal preference.

 

[Balifrog]

I like salmon Wellington and lamb Wellington too.
However, most people associate a traditional Christmas dinner with dishes like roast turkey and Christmas pudding.

Ultimately, it all comes down to personal preference.

Agreed. Turkey is common for Christmas in France also.

 

[Shadrach]

Ham prices are crazy here, 3 slices about 0,5mm thick for 70.000. And that is not the most expensive one !
Just enough to make 2 proper butter / emmental / ham sandwich.
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Eating butter with cheese seems like a strange combination to me. Most people would use Mayonnaise, a nice mustard, and toast the sandwich, to melt it all together a little.
The problem with Ham being so expensive in Asia, is the climate. The swine normally found in SE Asia, is the pot belly, black furred pig. Much smaller and leaner than the large White pigs that come from more colder climates. Such as Australia, The US, Europe.
The large fatter, White variety just can't handle the wet, humid, hotter climate of SE Asia, and tend to get sick. Which causes the farmers to pump the pigs with antibiotics, which in turn goes into the meat which people consume.
Yes they consume more food, grow quicker, and are fatter, but as I mentioned, tend to get sick from the climate, and are higher maintenance. Which makes them cost more, so the price for their meat is higher.

 

[Balifrog]

Eating butter with cheese seems like a strange combination to me. Most people would use Mayonnaise, a nice mustard, and toast the sandwich, to melt it all together a little.

Normal, you are American....

No proper French, Italian, Spanish...would put mayonnaise or mustard in an ham / emmental sandwich.

ham emmental sandwich - Google Search

Butter is a base in most French sandwiches.
For breakfast, baguette with butter or butter + jam is classic.
And we don't toast baguette sandwiches....

Brits will go for this :

Usually with cheddar...beurk......

 

[Shadrach]

Normal, you are American....

No proper French, Italian, Spanish...would put mayonnaise or mustard in an ham / emmental sandwich.

ham emmental sandwich - Google Search

Butter is a base in most French sandwiches.
For breakfast, baguette with butter or butter + jam is classic.
And we don't toast baguette sandwiches....

Brits will go for this :

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Usually with cheddar...beurk......

You use that word proper like you're some high aristocrat. Who is to say what is proper? That is a matter of opinion. Don't think just because you are French, that you've cornered the market on what's proper, or delicious.
Remember don't hold your head so high, and your nose is so stuck up, that when it rains, you will Drown!
Many people in Europe use mayonnaise, and mustard, even the French ( Dijon) by the way, some Cheddar cheese is very delicious!
Maybe you think all French dairy products are so delicious, because of all your Nuclear power plants, make High Energy Milk!

 

[Balifrog]

You use that word proper like you're some high aristocrat. Who is to say what is proper? That is a matter of opinion. Don't think just because you are French, that you've cornered the market on what's proper, or delicious.
Remember don't hold your head so high, and your nose is so stuck up, that when it rains, you will Drown!
Many people in Europe use mayonnaise, and mustard, even the French ( Dijon) by the way, some Cheddar cheese is very delicious!
Maybe you think all French dairy products are so delicious, because of all your Nuclear power plants, make High Energy Milk!

We are still waiting for your pictures of traditionnal American "gastronomy"....

 

[Wisnu]

How about this

 

[Shadrach]

We are still waiting for your pictures of traditionnal American "gastronomy"....

Sorry, but I don't eat traditional American Gastronomy, as you call it, unless it's Salmon, Tuna, vegetables, Quality dairy, Red Rice, Goat meat, etc. I eat the healthiest foods, I can find here.
I never was a hamburger, pizza, hot dog kind of guy, since the Hippie days when we learned about whole grains, Vegetarian diet, Indian, Thai, Japanese cooking. Luckily now in the Supermarkets, we can buy Salmon, Tuna, cheeses, Olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and such. Yes it's more expensive but it's worth it! I have a small retirement fund and can afford it.
I also am growing a lot of the vegetables I eat now. When I prepare something I think is photogenic enough, I will post it.
I appreciate you starting the Today's menu. It's a healthy subject we can all agree on.

 

[Shadrach]

How about this
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Occasionally Fried chicken is delicious. Even better if the oil is fresh and cooked properly. Coca Cola is not my thing, and those fries, don't look crispy enough. I never could get behind so much deep fried cooking, like I see in SE Asia. But hey, (sometimes) greasy food tastes great!

 

[Balifrog]

I appreciate you starting the Today's menu. It's a healthy subject we can all agree on.

It was started by @Bad_azz, credit where it is due !

 

[Balifrog]

When I prepare something I think is photogenic enough, I will post it.

Well, that says a lot...
We say "when it looks good, usually it taste good"
Of course the opposite is true as well....

I am not very good in plating or presentation, I admit being a bit lazy in that domain.