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Sunday morning, wake up early with the constant noise pollution from that bastard 30m away with their damn speaker facing 4 directions. I just hate Sunday morning here, it can never be peaceful sleep or even stay at home.

Anyway, I am sharing with you all another great snack from Pekanbaru, Indonesia. This snack is available Indonesia-wide, but this one is special and cost 4x the normal cost. That’s because they are using butter instead of margarine. What the name of it? We called it Martabak. Maybe in Singapore and Malaysia, most of us have known Martabak which is sold at most Mamak stall that is made from egg with sardine or meat. But for that type, we called it Martabak Kubang. Only it is added on with some vegetables, and some light vinegar gravy.

As for this martabak, it is different. It is Martabak Bandung. The additional name after Martabak is the name of the town of its origin. There are many ingredients you can choose from, that are peanut, chocolate, cheese, durian, pineapple paste, or any combination of that.
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Yuhuuu…. after sometimes taking a break from nice foods posts, here we are again. This time around, its on road side hawker food and drinks in Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia.

It is one famous road side hawker in Pekanbaru. Introducing to you Nasi Goreng Ajo. They are recognized with that name.
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Nasi Padang Simpang Raya which is located just beside St. Marie’s high school in Pekanbaru, Riau, has been around for very long time. And it used to be a famous nasi padang restaurant, with their signature dish of Ayam Pop. They have two types of Ayam Pop, one which is cooked with margarine, and another one is deep fried.

Lately, with more and more great nasi padang restaurant that opened in Pekanbaru, it has lost its popularity. But it can still survive the market though, as some people will change taste from time to time by going from one Nasi Padang’s restaurant to another.

As for Nasi Padang’s tradition, the dishes will be served on the table by plate, normally each plate will have two quantity of particular dish. Let me share with you some of the nice dishes that we had:
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Few weeks back while I am in Jakarta for one week visit, I dropped by J.CO Donuts & Coffee plenty of times, and one of it was at Mall Taman Anggrek which is located at Jalan S. Parman.

Almost every mall in Jakarta has J.CO Donuts & Coffee now. It seems to be like how Starbucks is available in every single Mall or Shopping Arcade.

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Yiu Chang Kue is the name that I know for this snack. Not really sure what is the Malay’s name or English name for it. Its made from a mixture of rice flour, sugar, eggs, hebi, and so on.

Anyway, no need much introduction and craps, just check it out below…

This is the initial form, right when you bought it.

After mixed with chili sauce that is made from mixture of grounded chili, garlic and water.

Yummyyyy…..

Another food post from Indonesia….

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