I have passed the mid-point of quarantine. Is it weird that I am a bummed about it? I missed my parents, but I could also use more me-time.…
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Good morning from my Jakarta Quarantine hotel. It's only 6 am here, and I woke up at 3 am and have been unable to sleep ever since.…
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Breakfast – Chinese fried rice, Mapo Tofu, Mongolian Beef, Crackers, Indonesian Pickles, Croissant and Soft Bread Roll, Yoghurt, OJ and Black Coffee Lunch – Bebek Rica Rica, Steam rice, Coleslaw, Vegetable, Tomato Ketchup, Whole Apple, Soft Bread Roll and Aqua Dinner – Indonesian Fried Rice with Omelette, Fried Chicken and Chicken Sambal The original…
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The Indo government refers to hotel quarantine as the Repatriate Program, perhaps in an effort to make it sound less painful.…
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Summary of the last 30 days of Kulture Kween, the person and the blog, which are heavily based on the notes I scribbled down in my journal.…
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The Srilankan food in Many Little, Red Hill Victoria, is an homage to the executive chef of Many Little Gayan's heritage.…
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Today's menu is Karuveppilai Eral (curry-leaves prawn) curry. It's the first recipe I marked and tried from the Curry Guy recipe book I bought recently after declaring to Fafa that cooking curries will be one of my 2022 goals. Prawn because it's my fave seafood, second to crab. And a curry dish from the…
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A little Google back home shed a bit more information on Nimbu Mirchi. As the shop owner said, it's usually hung in place of business to ward off the evil eye - kind of like Indian Feng Shui, if I may.…
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Fitzroy Market encapsulates Melbourne's quintessential hipster culture all too well in one single parking lot.…
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I can’t think of more soul-nourishing Indian cuisine than the classic thali meal ━ an interchangeable symbol of Indian food culture. Thali meal, the king of Indian food, is usually served as a wedding feast, during festivals and all sorts of celebrations, such as Onam and Diwali. A thali meal means a full plate…
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