Sate Sapi Manis

Sweet Beef Satay

Satay is a dish of marinated & skewered meats grilled or barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire.  Served with sauce, either peanut sauce or sweet soy sauce, depend on the meat used. 

No sauce necessary for above "sweet satay".  They're marinated overnight, so the meat has absorbed all the spices.  To cut the sweet taste of the meat, we served it with pickles of cucumber, chili and shallot.

 

Tumis Daging & Kwetiau Goreng

Beef Stir Fry with Carrot

Fried Kway Teow

Teri Kembang Honje

 

 

Anchovies with Kecombrang Flower

Kembang Honje is Sundanese language for Indonesian "Bunga Kecombrang". 

I looked it up on Wikipedia and found that it has many names : Torch Ginger, Ginger Flower, Red Ginger Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger, Combrang, Bunga Siantan, Philippine Wax Flower, Xiang Bao Jiaing, Indonesian Tall Ginger, Boca de Dragón, Rose de Porcelaine, Porcelain Rose.  

Now I'm confused, which one to use in English?  Anyway, this unique flower is used in many Asian cooking and it has the most distinctive scent when you eat it. 

For above dish, the flower goes really well with saltiness of the anchovies.  The additional young corn and french beans also add in some texture to the dish.  One of my favourites.