Category Archives: Food

Today I went down to Ranch Market — S’s favourite grocery store in Jakarta, on a special mission to pick up a fresh trout that S planned to steam up for a super yummy meal that she’s quite a talent … Continue reading →

As S and I finished a gluttonous sushi dinner — tempura sushi for S, never fear — at the Mandarin Oriental on Friday, a crowd of her colleagues invaded Tokio Joe’s. We joined them for drinks, and S asked for … Continue reading →

Hi, it’s J from the US, visiting with S and valiantly trying to fill the large chef and blogger shoes left empty while the regular blogger/chef/valet/man-about-town is eating ten course meals with paired wines — sorry, I mean doggedly checking … Continue reading →

So tonight was one of S’s first nights in Jakarta without her personal chef (that’s me), and after all those nights when I suggested pizza as it was easy (and tasty) only to have S say “On no thanks – … Continue reading →

At least to the hand S is showing now (or should that be feeling?) and I’ve developed a rather irritating habit of rubbing the belly in public. It’s not my fault I just can’t help it — it isnt like … Continue reading →

So tonight we headed out to one of Jakarta’s flasher restaurants — C’s at the Grand Hyatt — which is regularly written up as one of Jakarta’s finest steak houses. I’ve been busy finishing off a guide to Jakarta I’ve … Continue reading →

And so said S as she barreled past me this evening. I wasn’t sure if the vomit was being brought on by an hour in a Jakarta taxi, missing American Idol (Chris is out woo hoo), or perhaps reading all … Continue reading →

Just a short one today. Dealing with craves is a little bit like calling the Surf Report. You’re at the office and decide that you’d really rather be surfing. You call the surf report and they tell you that Dee … Continue reading →

So S arrived home today and related to me how one of her colleagues had asked if she was on a diet. When S asked her why she was asking, the colleague just laughed and wandered off. I’ve got to … Continue reading →