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Ya Kun

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I don’t make great soft boiled eggs. My favourite go to place is Ya Kun kaya toast. And usually when I order this set, it comes with toast. In between the thin crispy toasts will be a layer of aromatic kaya (coconug jam) and a thick slab of SCS butter.

But one particular Sunday, the Hub and I tried something new. Instead of the usual toasts, we ordered the steamed bread. It was delicious! Super hot and super duper soft. Mmmmm….

Many foreigners find this dish super unusual but for many of us locals, this is comfort food regardless of race and religion. 

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Sari Ratu

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Yesterday’s lunch we went Indonesian. A friend recommended we eat here because they serve authentic Indonesian food. I was glad I agreed because the food was not only awesome but I managed to eat new things too. For example, tendon. I’ve never eaten beef tendon before. According to my friend it takes hours of boiling for it to be tender. Another dish I tried is ‘ikan danau’. It’s the dish with the small fish. Delicious! The tendon dish is the one in the basket bowl. I must say that tendon is just gelatinous mass-not much flavour. Now that I’ve tried three pieces of tendon, that’ll do. 

 

tendon

 
 

beef rendang, eggplant sambal and a dish with both red and green sambal. the green sambal was delish!

 
  

the fried ikan danau with some slices of petai -sting beans.

 

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Porta-Porta Italian

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This is a restaurant  is dear to me. The Man and I have been going here to eat for over a decade now. The food, while delicious, is not exactly stellar but there is no way I can cook delicious Italian fare like the proprietor here nor is there a halal Italian restaurant here that can match hers. 

Last night, we had our usual starters.Simply  divine! The bread is warm and chewy and cruncy all at the same time but what is truly yummy is the four starters. Aubergine in olive oil, mushrooms in olive oil, capsicums in olive oil and the last one, a bit strong, cucumbers or zucchini in anchovie olive oil. Some of these had a splash of vinegar. We HAVE to get this each time we go.

  
Next, we ordered our tried before spaghetti vongole and lastly, something new, a ciopitto, except that it had a very Italian sounding name. We both kept hearing the waiter attending to us refer to the dish as ‘fishball’. It took us a while to understand he probably meant ‘fish broth’.