About Maura Esther Tanudjaja

Hi blog readers! My name is Maura Esther Tanudjaja, but you can call me Esther.

I am the second daughter of four siblings. I have 1 older sister, 1 younger sister and 1 younger brother. I grew up with my fun siblings and raised by great parents.

Currently, I am happily married to my husband, Arman, and have a 28 month old son, Andrew. This past Thanksgiving 2007, we have recently moved from Indonesia to the US.

I love cooking and on this page, you will find food that I make for sale during my free time, as well as free simple home cooking recipe from my kitchen. Beside cooking, I also love to taste different kind of food at restaurants. On my site, you will also find some restaurant reviews and some postings on my daily life.

Feel free to look around my page, introduce yourself, make a comment (you don’t have to be a wordpress member to comment) or try out my recipes and let me know how you like it.

Ciao!

49 responses to “About Maura Esther Tanudjaja”

25 02 2008
Windy (22:12:03) :

Esther, you’ve done marveously with your blog. I enjoyed browsing through it, and am loving the quesadilla recipe so much. I didn’t realize making it will not be big hassles and tousles at all. Keep writing!

26 02 2008
esthertanudjaja (09:49:12) :

Thanks a lot, Wind! :)

27 02 2008
bibomedia (08:13:41) :

Have a nice day !

27 02 2008
via (08:20:04) :

Wow esther bisa masak luhhh….
hehehe….
terusin yah ther, gw suka baca resep2 lu…
nanti abis gw merit, kita tuker2-an resep yah!
Cia-you!

27 02 2008
esthertanudjaja (14:54:06) :

Welcome, Bibomedia!

27 02 2008
esthertanudjaja (14:54:51) :

Welcome, Via! Kenapa musti nunggu merit dulu baru tukeran resep? Sekarang juga mau kok. Hehehehe.

27 02 2008
betsy (16:38:53) :

say, loe kan jualan siomay di friendster. that’s how i found your blog.

anyway .. gue punya: http://inibetsy.blogspot.com. email me your email address at bbudijono@yahoo.com, then i can invite you in. because it’s for invitation only. hahaha … kayak orang penting aja yah.

see you soon!

betsy

28 02 2008
Mel (15:17:44) :

Salam kenal yah.. Me and my hubby also live in LA, in San Fernando Valley.
Nice reading your blog.

28 02 2008
esthertanudjaja (17:08:16) :

Hello Mel, welcome to my blog. I went to your site as well. You are in florist business, right?
Glad to know another friend in LA. :)

29 02 2008
esthertanudjaja (09:03:10) :

Betsy, I read your blog. It was so interesting. Thanks for inviting me.

21 03 2008
vinorange (01:22:58) :

Hi Esther… lagi liat2 blog nya niy… emmm yummy banget niy resep2 nya… ;p
Boleh di link blog nya??

21 03 2008
esthertanudjaja (07:13:41) :

Welcome, Alvina! Umur panjang nih, baru kemarin ini tanya ama Arman, Alvina yang di Friendster itu siapa, Man. Trus Arman bilang itu loh Vinorange. :) Boleh kok di link. Aku link juga yah.

2 04 2008
jQ (19:39:55) :

yang baju merah cakep amat….. HUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

3 04 2008
esthertanudjaja (09:48:40) :

Jq, maksud elu mama kan. Ya iya lah, my mom gitu loh. :)

11 04 2008
elvis (06:37:19) :

Maura, your blog is out of this world. I love it. You sure have enviable families, both the big and small. Gudluck.

11 04 2008
esthertanudjaja (08:25:30) :

@ Elvis: Hi Elvis, welcome to my blog. I am glad you like my blog, have fun browsing around. Thanks for the compliment. :)

22 04 2008
Tommy Lam (10:38:54) :

Hi Esther how are you? Long time no talk … :D how is everything in LA? I just took a test drive in your site …. very nice and you have a nice Kid too.. I am happy for you :D

Tommy

22 04 2008
esthertanudjaja (12:22:40) :

Hi Tommy, welcome to my blog. :) Thanks for the compliment. I saw your pics at Facebook. How different you have become now. Seemed like you lost lots of weight. Do you still stay at the same place in San Francisco? I hope things are great with you.

23 04 2008
Tommy Lam (14:05:14) :

I came back home in Venezuela …. But will be going back to San Jose or San Francisco soon… Yeah I lost 42 Kilos due to an accident … :D but I am ok now .. Will visit you soon :D

Take care,

Tommy

23 04 2008
esthertanudjaja (14:53:50) :

@ Tommy: Hei, Tommy. I am sorry to hear that. I hope you there were nothing serious. I am in Santa Monica right now, but will go to San Francisco/San Jose sometimes in early August. Maybe we can meet by then. Take care!

30 04 2008
extraordinarymommy (19:05:09) :

Esther~

Thank you for all of the beautiful notes you left on my site today! It made my day to read such wonderful things. Your blog is wonderful….I’ve already started stealing some of your recipes.

Thank you for coming by, for posting and for starting a new friendship!

1 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (12:55:58) :

@ Extraordinarymommy: Hi Danielle, you are so welcome. Enjoy the recipes and let me know how you like it. :)

6 05 2008
Jenri (20:56:01) :

Hi Esther, salam kenal ya, blognya bagus, penuh inspirasi :)

6 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (21:11:12) :

@ Jenri: Hei Jenri, welcome to my blog. Salam kenal juga. Thanks yah. Moga2 have fun reading my blog.

7 05 2008
Lisa (04:39:18) :

Hi Esther salam kenal yah..
I stumbled upon your site, at the moment im drooling over your food pics
they are all look yummm.. :)

Lisa, Sydney

7 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (07:59:31) :

@ Lisa: Hello Lisa, welcome to my blog. Salam kenal juga. Thanks for the compliment yah. Hope you are having fun browsing through my blog. :)

8 05 2008
Jenri (20:14:09) :

Hi Esther, gimana rasanya jadi sibling ya ? :) oh ya, kok gak ada shoutboxnya sih blognya ini ? jadi mau ngasih komentar jg hrs masuk di artikel :)
mestine kalo tanudjaja harusnya marganya tan ya ? kalo gitu mestine kita ada jalinan sodara nih, soalnya aku jg marga tan :) silahkan mampir deh di blogku ya, http://kemauan.blogspot.com , oh ya, blogmu tak link di blogku, soale asyik bisa buat referensi temen2 yang suka masak :) dan kalo boleh minta tukar link juga donk ke blogku jadi aku bisa numpang beken juga gitu hehehe

9 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (13:46:41) :

@ Jenri: Hahaha, last name gua mah pasaran. Dulu pas jaman smp aja, ada 2-3 orang yang last namenya mirip ama gua, sampe dikirain sodara juga. Gua ngga suka pake shoutbox tuh. Silahkan dilink blog gua. Entar gua link juga blog elu, tapi yah ngga tau yah apa bisa numpang beken, soalnya gua bukan orang beken loh. Hehehehe.

11 05 2008
Jenri (23:35:05) :

hi Esther thanks ya, tp blognya diupdate donk, minta resep sop buntut ada gak ? :) , Lomie terus udah bosen nih hehehe

12 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (08:27:29) :

@ Jenri: Hahahaha, sabar dong, Jen! Gua ngga sempet online dari Jumat malam kemarin. Entar hari ini ada postingan baru kok. Btw, ngga punya tuh resep sop buntut, coba google deh. Good luck!

21 05 2008
Jingga (17:08:14) :

hai mbak esther (nama mauranya bikin sounds exotic, mampir2 nih. suka masak ya….wow kerenn. big family too.
boleh nyuri2 resep2nya ya ??? tenkyuuu……..

22 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (21:53:31) :

@ Jingga: Hello Jingga, welcome to my blog. Thanks for the compliment. Nama Maura itu sebenarnya nama Santa, milih nama ini karena waktu itu mau dibaptis, trus cari2 nama and dapet nama ini. Jadi ceritanya Maura itu dari keluarga berada yang trus ninggalin keluarga nya untuk serve poor people. Sekilas info. Hehehehe. Silahkan dicuri resep2nya. You welcome!

23 05 2008
finallywoken (01:14:54) :

Hi Esther, got here from Arman’s blog. Will link you at Indonesian Expatriates Forum if you don’t mind. Cheers

23 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (10:07:21) :

@ Finallywoken: Hi hi, welcome to my blog. Yes, please feel free to link my blog to the forum. Thanks!

24 05 2008
fi (21:06:29) :

hi, esther.
your blog… it makes me want to cook. like, right now. it’s 6.30am where i am :)
may i link you to my blog? so i have easy access to it for the i-have-no-idea-what’s-for-dinner-tonight moments :)

24 05 2008
esthertanudjaja (21:41:41) :

@ Fi: Hello Fi, welcome to my blog. Feel free to link to my blog. I will link yours too. Thanks!

3 06 2008
Dr. Larry C. Beierle (12:04:29) :

I am presently making your “green mung bean” soup recipe on one of my patio burners. I will let you know how it turns out. I am using the pork bones instead of the plain pork. Anyone can reach me at: foxfire128hp@yahoo.com

4 06 2008
esthertanudjaja (08:35:26) :

@ Dr. Larry C. Beierle: Hi Larry, welcome to my blog. How was the soup turn out? Do you like it? Using pork bones is actually a smart choice, it gives the soup a natural slightly sweet taste. I hope you like it.

10 06 2008
lennywidjaja (23:38:36) :

kayanya ada tampang yg gw kenal nih..
sodara lu nih si jacquiline anak there bkn yak? :)

10 06 2008
lenny (23:42:14) :

Kynya ada tampang yg gw kenal nih..
salah satu sodara lu tuh jacquiline anak there bukan? :)

11 06 2008
esthertanudjaja (19:12:56) :

@ Lenny: Iya bener Len, anak there. Emang elu kenal?

11 06 2008
jQ (19:31:44) :

alo lennnnn…what a small world!!!

12 06 2008
lenny (01:53:17) :

hi jacq..
ya ampyun..
selama ini dirimu bersaudara dg esther toh!! :)

si jg ni sekelas gw dulu, ther, di sma..
bener ga jacq?
sekelas apa nggak ya kita? :) -gw jd ragu2, hehe-

14 06 2008
Erika (23:00:15) :

Hi Cie Esther…
Your website is awesome, i love it very much ^.^
I live in Australia by myself and my family still in Indonesia. After browsing your website, I do miss my mum’s dishes (kangen masakan rumah hehe… ;) :p
I will use your recipe Cie, hopefully I can make the dishes as nice as my mum :)
Nice to kn0w you Cie ^0^

16 06 2008
esthertanudjaja (17:50:09) :

@ Erika: Hi there Erika, welcome to my blog. Jangan panggil Cie deh, jadi berasa tua. Hahahaha, padahal emang udah tua. Nah loh. Hahahahaha. Anyway, I am glad that you found my blog and hopefully dengan mempraktekan sebagian dari resep2 yang ada bisa menghilangkan sedikit rasa kangen ama masakan your mom yah.

18 06 2008
vera (00:39:56) :

gw mampir jg ther :)
resepnya boleh gw coba yah hehe..

18 06 2008
esthertanudjaja (12:39:10) :

@ Vera: Hello Ver, welcome to my blog! Silahkan dicoba. Let me know if you like it or not, ok! :)

26 06 2008
elaine (19:39:44) :

Salam kenal dari Wenatchee, Washington.. Aku di US baru 1 tahun, sejak april 2007 di Florida, lalu april 2008 pindah ke washington (3 jam dari seattle) salam kenal.. thanks untuk masakn ayam goreng menteganya, akan dicoba apalagi setelah mama kirim blue band dari indo!! nyuuuuuummmmy!!

27 06 2008
esthertanudjaja (16:07:37) :

@ Elaine: Hello Elaine, welcome to my blog. salam kenal juga. Good luck yah, silahkan dicoba resepnya.

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