Chicken and Eggs in Soy Sauce Broth

Here is another one of my mom’s recipe that I love. Usually she makes it using pork meat, but since we don’t have any pork meat at home, I decided to substitute it with chickens. Turned out, it was really good, reminds me so much of my mom’s cooking. When I made this dish, I have imagined how Andrew will like this dish as well since he loves eggs. Unfortunately, he started having stomach flu yesterday. Get well soon, my dear. I will cook this dish again when you are well.

Refreshing Cucumber

During my childhood, every once in a while (especially when we have guests coming from out of town or country), my mom would take us to a restaurant nearby our house that serves the traditional food from her hometown, Medan. The restaurant’s name is Medan Baru. At this restaurant, I remember one type of drink that they serve mainly using cucumber. The drink was very refreshing and I personally think good for sore throat. So today, I made one myself, only this time, I added the glass noodle jelly to make it more festive. Great drink for a hot day.

Stir Fry Green Bean with Anchovy

Another green bean recipe for the day….

Green Bean Omelette

Here is another dish that my mom used to cook and I love it. I added the dried anchovy to the recipe. Just an FYI, dried anchovy is a good source of calcium.

Fun Summer with Everyone

I was writing on this posting with the song from Barney and Friends playing continuously on my head. Andrew likes to sing (or at least try to sing) this song. Fun…fun…fun…fun with everyone….

This is how I described our summer. This summer, we had a lot of fun. My parents, sister and brother in law came to visit us in LA for a week. We took them around LA and here are some pictures.

The picture above shown all of the women wore Batik. By the time we all dressed, Andrew insisted on wearing Batik too. So there we go from the Grove to Universal City Walk in our Batik.

A week later, we drove all the way to Milpitas to visit my sister, Jq. Our favorite activity that we had during our stay was walking around the complex. Andrew enjoyed having fun at the park, climbing a rock, posing on rock and some more.

We were all excited yet nervous waiting for my sis to go on labor. As soon as the doctor confirmed that she was not yet ready for delivery, we made our way to San Francisco. It was a fun short day where we enjoyed different kind of sushi at our favorite restaurant Sakana Bune. I didn’t have the chance to write a review on this, beside it was a treat from my brother-in-law. Thank you, Bert! Hopefully, I can write a review on this on my next trip to San Francisco. In short, this is the best Sushi restaurant that I can find in the US with reasonable price.

We then went to downtown San Francisco and quickly visited the newly built Westfield Mall and took some pictures at the mall and in front of the cable car. Our San Francisco trip was ended with a yummy famous Boudin breadbowl of clam chowder.

On our way back to Milpitas, we visited a far relative of ours. Andrew got a chance to meet with more friends, play with their toys and kissing the adorable Gabby.

During our stay at my sis’ place, Andrew was having a really good time playing with our good friend’s son, Nicky. Here are some pictures of them wrestling and swimming.

On my previous posting, I posted a picture of me and my older sister, Nat and how look-a-like we are. I think that is one of the reason why Andrew loves her so much.

A week later after we were back in LA, my brother came to visit with my cousins. Can’t believe how grown up they are now and even a lot taller than I am.

Being far apart from family, make you appreciate more of the time that you get to spend with them. I love my family and hopefully we can get together again soon. What a fun summer!

Kidney Bean Soup

Here is another type of soup that my mom used to cook for us. When I was in Indonesia, I made this every once in a while for Andrew and he likes it too. When he was 1 year old, I started giving him the bean minus the skin to avoid him from chocking. Now he can eat it with the skin all together.

Steamed Ginger Garlic Pomfret

When I was pregnant with Andrew, I often ate this dish. My mom thought me how to cook this very simple dish. Since we moved to the US, I haven’t been cooking any fish at all. Per Rina, my good friend’s request, today, I am posting my first fish dish in the US to add up to my recipes’ collection. Andrew loves this dish so much that he ate almost the whole one side of the fish.

Daikon Soup (Sop Lobak)

This is one of my favorite soup. My mom used to cook this when we were little. I then continue having this particular soup every once in a while.

Lomie

This is a quick dish for noodle fans. The difference of Lomie compare to other noodle is in the soup. It uses a beaten egg, pour into the hot soup. In the old days, I remember my mom used to make this for us and of course she uses her homemade noodle too. The vegetable that goes well with this dish is the Chinese Cabbage called Choy Sum. But since I don’t have it handy today, I substituted it with Scallion. This recipe serves for 3 people and to be eaten while hot.

Tamarind Shrimp

This is another recipe from my mom and had always been one of my favorite. If you like it sour, then you can add more tamarind when you marinate the shrimp.