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Luwak Coffee, the Most Expensive Coffee in the World

Luwak Coffee, the Most Expensive Coffee in the World

Don’t claim yourself a coffee lover or a gourmet if you never drank luwak coffee. Yes, luwak coffee. Or kopi luwak in Indonesian. It’s not a kind of coffee made from luwak (palm civet a.k.a. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). Just, the production process involves civets. This little mammal lives on the trees and eats the chosen...

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When I Miss Steamed Goldfish

When I Miss Steamed Goldfish

It has been two months I live in Surabaya. How does it feel? As we know, Surabaya has hot temperature. I am still not accustomed to that. Sometimes, I miss Bandung temperature. It is chill, so I do not have to use the fan all the time.

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Making the Crunchy Kentang Arab

Making the Crunchy Kentang Arab

It was raining when my husband and I took a walk at Dipati Ukur Street. The rain was not so hard, but pretty chilly. We need something warm to eat. And suddenly, I saw kentang arab’s booth there. What a coincidence! So, before backed to the hotel, we bought that potato-based snack.

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The Tenderness of Young Goat’s Meat

The Tenderness of Young Goat’s Meat

At Sepanjang street, Sidoarjo, you may possibly bump into this view: a pushcart display of a goat meat. The goat is about still intact, fresh, and small (that means it is still young). Sweet-scented smoke that signifies a grill emerges. You’re quite monk if you don’t drool in seconds. Warung Sate Barongan Pak Uniq...

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When Cireng Becomes High Class Snack

When Cireng Becomes High Class Snack

I always try to consume healthy food. But, sometimes I cannot refuse gorengan or fried snacks. It can be fried tofu, tempeh, with wheat flour and seasoning; bala-bala (slices of carrot and cabbage); banana with wheat flour and sugar; or cireng, acronym of aci digoreng or fried aci (tapioca flour). Just bite it, and...

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