Alhamdulillah, I can finally get a hold of the book myself, see the fruit of our efforts, and finally able to convince myself that it's real! :D

"Makansutra Indonesia 2013" is the first food guidebook I contributed to, and I have so much fun doing all the research on the #streetfood of Bali -- despite the weight gains and cholesterol increases from having to review several dishes a night (and even more on weekends).

Thanks to @arieparikesit for letting me join the team, @kfseetohsg and all the good people at @Makansutra for making this book possible, fellow researchers, and surely to my lovely @hypnoticade as the assistant-assistant-researcher :).

Makansutra Indonesia 2013 book covers 500 eateries in Indonesia spanning three regions: Bali, Bandung, and Jakarta; all are tested and reviewed by dedicated Indonesian foodies, and to borrow Arie's word; while it's barely scratch the surface of Indonesia's best eats, but hey, this is only the beginning!

I hope you enjoy reading it and getting more curious to try out these Indonesian best eats yourself. (byms)

Love to eat? Put more thoughts into what you're eating to avoid health problems -- not by meditating over it but to apply a more conscious mindset over what you eat, and what goes into your cooking. Reading quality books helps too, like this one recently published:

"The Heart Smart Oil-Free Cookbook" is the first vegetarian oil free cookbook, which launched on 29th Sept, World Heart Day. It promotes healthy living by providing vegetarian recipes which are oil-free, authored by Mayura Mohta, and George Jacobs, PhD.


This cookbook leads the way. Based on the groundbreaking research of Dr Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr of the world renowned Cleveland Clinic, The Heart Smart Oil Free Cookbook provides tested, detailed recipes by skilled chefs and global nutrition experts. They enable you to eat right for your heart while enjoying a wide range of tasty dishes.

The Heart Smart Oil Free Cookbook includes scientific information on why foods high in oil damage the heart. It is supported by the Singapore Heart Foundation.

About the Authors

Mayura Mohta is a Singapore based nutrition consultant and a health writer. She coaches fitness and wellness, with academic background in biochemistry, microbiology and nutritional science. She believes in prevention and reversal of disease through a plant based diet.


Her organization Health Friend, is a Singaporean social enterprise promoting health and fitness through nutrition workshops, seminars and consultation. It contributes to community welfare by distributing all its profits to charities that support underprivileged children. For the past 2 years, Healthfriend has conducted many nutrition workshops addressing various health issues for institutions such as WINGS, VSS, PRIMETIME, SCWO and UWCSEA.

George Jacobs, PhD, has been president of Vegetarian Society (Singapore) since 2003 and a vegetarian since 1980. He helped to write the New Asian Traditions Vegetarian Cookbook, also speaks and writes frequently about vegetarianism. Dr Jacobs teaches for NIE and other educational institutions.

This Heart Smart Oil-Free Cookbook is also supported by the Singapore Heart Foundation. All royalties from this book will be used to support charities and NPO's.

Contents

Foreword Dr Ong Hean Yee (Head, Department of Cardiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital) • Introduction • Singapore Heart Foundation • What is Heart Disease? • The Diet-Disease Link • Oil Free Cooking Tips • Heart Smart Recipes • Glossary of Ingredients • Resources • Index

Publisher

Straits Times Press
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Singapore Press Holdings
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Singapore 318994
Tel: (65) 6319 6319, Fax: (65) 6319 8258
Email: stpressbooks@sph.com.sg
Online bookstore: www.stpressbooks.com.sg

Thanks Mayura Mohta for extending this information. (byms)

Just discovered on the show "Star Choice" on AFC channel at Yes TV, that there are some varieties of Indonesian cake sold there in our neighbouring country Singapore, just that the name had been modified a bit:

"Ongo-Ongo", is what we called "Ongol-Ongol", it is among one of my favourite "jajan pasar" or common traditional delicacies which are glutinous cake made from tapioca flour with palm sugar.

"Kue Dada", is what we called "Dadar Gulung"; a traditional pancake filled with shredded coconut in palm sugar syrup, everyone's favourite I guess.

This has got me thinking anyway, about a fellow epicurean's quest to catalogue the jajan pasar available in Jakarta traditional markets years ago... I wonder how that went off.

I'm thinking myself to put similar efforts for jajan pasar available in Bali, well not on a big scale just perhaps ones that available from the seller in front of the pasar near where I live at the moment. (byms)