In this episode, rawon and rendang toasti are explored through a casual Indonesian food tasting. Rawon brings a dark rich ...

I’m not sure if this ‘paste showdown’ series will become a thing, but I actually have enjoyed the two that we’ve done—with the previous one published about a year ago. It garnered a lot of discussion ...

IT was an annual tradition for our neighbour Nadzim and his wife to invite us over to celebrate Hari Raya. Read full story ...

Growing up, the moment I caught the aroma of ground chiles, garlic, ginger, galangal and other spices sizzling in hot oil, I knew my mother was making rendang. Preparing this fragrant Indonesian dish ...

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I remember sitting at my computer on March 29, 2024, when I read the note from a fellow writer that punched me square in the heart. The note read that about a week before, on March 21, Alex Au-Yeung, ...

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Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...