Love in a Piece of Bread

"Love in a piece of bread" (Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti) is an old film by the famous Indonesian director, Garin Nugroho. But to tell you the truth, i have never seen the film, even though i am so looking forward to see it. I was only a young teenager at that time, and from what i read from Hai Magazine (haha..now you all know how old i am - yes i am from that generation), the theme of the film is very much controversial, but i forgot what it was all about. Anyway, i invite all the readers of my blog, should you have a copy of the film, don't hesitate to offer me one...eheheh...

Anyway, this bread (brioche) was made by my husband. He loves making breads and co. He made it with love by the way, hehe. Ages ago, when i was still teenager, i slightly heard that Frenchmen are romantic, and when i married mr. Gorilla, i never thought about the stereotype and hoping him would be as romantic as the stereotype which i had completely forgotten about. But anyway, he is quite romantic, although i am not sure if it has something to do with his nationality (maybe more related to his culture- haha). And if you think that i love living in France because the men are romantic, you are wrong... Well, my life in France has been quite a drama i am still thrivingly struggling here. When i was in Nz, i met a French who told me how difficult it is living here, now i understand very much of what he was talking about.

Well, anyway, above are the pictures about his raisin brioche. I am sure that you all can find the recipes on the net.

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Meatballs

Making meatball is one the things that i cannot do properly. The taste is not the same as the one that they sell in Jakarta, Indonesia. I hope this is just a matter of finding the right recipe (and good motivation to blend the meat, haha).

When i was a kid, i went to a school which canteen sells very good meatball soup (a family runs this canteen). I heard that even our former woman president and her rival in politic (a daughter of an ex Indonesian president) go there every now and then to find the nostalgic of the meatball soup together with their big family who went to the same school (guess which school i went to?). But frankly speaking, I never return to the school ever since i graduated from my junior high school there. Glad to hear that the same family still runs it, and the taste is just the same as they were when we were still attending school there. Cool!

Anyway, the picture is quite sombre... it is very difficult to make food porn if:

1. My meatballs have this messy looking and scream that they were just being soaked in a polluted soup (this is a fish meatball, I used mackerel, i did not use any blender i just used my stupid hands to mince and shape it...dirty job!)
2. The table cloth has a dark blue character (wonder why i bought this colour though i hate it so much).

Result: blah and bof à la français (not happy smile on my face).

Recipe: I am sure you can find zillions of it on the net, this one is one of them, i used it to make these meatballs. Click herefor my old recipe of bakso (indonesian version).

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Kumquat Salsa and Photo Experiments

I am still in the mood for trying fellow bloger's recipe, and I tried the Salsa Recipe from Cookingetcetera, as I bought kumquat yesterday, and were not sure if I liked to eat it just like that (too sour for God's sake). This is a very easy and original recipe that I am sure I will not be the only who who appreciate it.

By the way, bellow are the photos from my photo experiments. My one third French- one third gorilla and one third Kingkong husband (thank goodness for the gorilla part who makes him a very good looking species hahah) bought a low quality second hand studio flash light. He had already bought a set of low quality photo studio lightning (again second hand), but it is quite difficult to set them altogether in our small apartment. I am a big fan of the last item accquitted, for the result and for the practical reason: it is easy to use, and it is not space consuming. I used my G10 canon. I said: Finish with his Canon SLR, I want to do it on my own and getting familiar with my stupid camera that I have been having for quite awhile but rarely being used – Yeah G10 is rather so so. After that, I retouched a little bit with lightroom program, like I always do, and then GIMP program.


So what do you think?

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