Our Own Selat Solo

Becoming a bride-to-be gives me a responsibilities to start learning to cook. How to make it easier (although it's not) is to start learing  your menu of fave or your hubby's fave. I choose selat solo for the menu this time. Not only because the taste is good, but also the healthy side of it. Selat solo, known as javanese steak, consist of beef steak, or sometimes beef gelantin, served with green beans, carrot, fried potatoes and steak sauce with mayonaise and mustard. Simply, it sounds like steak, isnt it? yes it is, that is why it's known as javanese steak. Since the origin of selat solo itself is a fusion of  javanese inheritance and european style. FYI, if you look more into the history of Keraton Solo that is willing to cooperate with dutch of company, here it is the selat solo, one of the heritage of those cooperation long long time ago.

I begin to start making this, with the help of my aunti. Lets say that this is more of her works than mine. And think that you will agree to start learning cooking by trying the simply way, than following the complicated way to make selat solo. You can compare this recipe with another recipe, which maybe taste better. But i guarantee that this is easier and the taste is still okay :D. Check this out!!

The Ingredients (8-10 serving)

1 kg Meat Loaf

50 gr onion, sliced

10 cloves of garlic,mashed

10 cloves of  red onion, slice

a teaspoon of pepper

two teaspoon of salt

a bit of nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)

3 tablespoon of soysauce

5 tablespoon of oil

1 litre of water

350gr greenbeans

350gr carrots

1 kg potatoes

Mayonaise

The beef

1 kg Meat Loaf, boil it and put a little of salt. Remove and drain.

With our own hand, form the stew meat into round shape (diameter about 7 cm)

The Vegie

Boil the green beans and carrot. Cut the green beans and carrots into 5 cm of length. Slice the tomatoes, the last, cut and fry the potatoes.

The Making

Put the oil into the pan, stir fry the red onion first, then put the onions and garlic after it,

Insert the meat, and followed with the pepper, salt and nutmeg.

Pour the water into the pan. Add a soy sauce. Wait until the water cooked, reduced or recede.

The Serving

Serve the beef with the sauce, the vegie around it and also put the mayonaise. Also you can add a little mustard too

Our Own Selat Solo

FYI, the original taste of selat solo feature the taste of red onion, where i dont like the domination of it. At the original recipe, the comparison between red onion and onion is 4:3, but here i put the 1:1 of comparison. Also, for the variety of spices, sometimes we can use coriander, cumin (jinten), and cinnamon, if you prefer. Btw, the mayonaise or the moster (mustard) itself could be made with the using of mashed potatoes, refer to the original recipe, and we call it javanese mayonaise. But to make it simple, i prefer using mayonaise.

Love to share the recipe here, surely, i need to learn alot to make a better food.

Last year

Dear blog,

Last year was the first time we met. The very first time was online meeting by skype , (also yahoo messanger) on march 2011. I don't know how he fell in ♥ with me. I cnt imagine how we fell in ♥ each other just by skype-ing and how did I looked tht time. I thought that I was so stupid inside the skype coloumn.

Yesterday, he looked at his snapshot folder (I'm so happy to know that he snapshoted some of my pose, and sometime he look again into the folder where it's placed). He said that I was so funny, days early we just met.

I was in cute-egg-face that time :D

Haha, It is dearrrr.

This is how I looked

Is this why he fell in ♥ with me??? :D

Later,we keep in touch only by webcaminnng .Until we became a lover, we still webcaming and phoning to reach each other. Maybe this is what I call ♥ , because there's no worry about distance. I'm not afraid it and so he is. We just enjoy evry time. Until he moved to Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, we barely went online :(

Still, nothing a problem. Until now, we're still together.

moli and mas indraaa (Ɔˇ³ˇ)Ɔ(˘⌣˘)ε˘`)

March 2011 we met each other

March 2012 he proposed me infront of our parents and family

March 2013 ......???? Still His mystery

(˘ʃƪ˘)

Moli and coffee

When I was in clerkship stage (of Margono Public Hospital, Purwokerto), I had a lot of crazy activities, as many clerkshipers/co-ash :D had. Surely, we need to maintain our stamina!!! I use stamina instead of health, coz we all know that being a co-assistant aint healthy at all, it's far away from healthy standart living, from irregular sleeping time, stressful job, junk food diet to mental disorder et causa facing our attending. Whatever it is, we can't be sick, we are not allowed to be sick. Sick means postpone our exam schedule or even re-take our stage (it's all depend on our attending's policies.

Moli and coffee

It came up with my togetherness with Fibi Niken Dwi Sari at Surgery stage. She intoduced me with one of popular sachet coffee's brand, name indoca*e coffeemix. She said to maintain our stamina, and our nite awareness. Wow, it sounds very promising. I didn't like coffee at all that time ad she keeps drink it evry time we are on duty. You are what your friend, dude!!! Finally stupid moli started to try it. It became an addiction to me, especially if it's served cold without sugar extra :D. I continously drink it every morning after patient follow up's time and every time I'm on duty.
It became my fave drink, and almost all my friend know it. Moli and her ice coffee mix.

Todays, my living life at Kebumen, Central Java, as an Intern, is still requires me to maintain my stamina. But it's more than stamina, I think. It's primary because of my addiction to coffee. And it's no longer ice coffee mix anymore. I can't find hospital cafetaria that provide easily brewed sachet coffee as I did at Purwokerto. But my sight-seeing in one afternoon brought me to a small cafe at mertokondro, Mendadak Waroeng, that became my fave spot now. :)
My friend, Ardan miraz calls me an ambassador of mendadak waroeng, hahaha funnyy, isn't it. Yep, I agree. I ♥ this place. Very hommy here, and the ice cappucino taste is good and (˘ڡ˘) yummmyyy.

this is how the caffe look

Well, That's the end of coffee's story this time.

Chikal catering @ masjid Baitussalam Billymoon

Yep hari minggu, 25 maret kemarin, saya test food (tf) chikal untuk pertama kalinya. Kali ini venue-nya adalah masjid baitussalam kompleks billymoon. Hari ini saya bersama dengan mama dan bulik Har coba-coba liat penampilan dan rasa chikal catering yang recommended versi anak-anak wk.
Pertama datang, kami langsung bertanya ke kru chikal dan minta ditunjukan dimana tempat tf dan dapurnya. Tapi mama ingin lihat kirabnya dahulu, penampilan mc dan cucuk lampah. Menurut mama, hal itulah yang paling penting. Di price list chikal, mc dan cucuk lampah adalah bonus, kalau penampilannya baik, lumayan kan ga udah keluar uang lg untuk mc dan cucuk lampah. Namun ternyata mama tidak terlalu suka saudara2, jadinya bakal di coret dari list dan memakai mc + cucuk lampah dari luar.

Venue
Untuk gedungnya itu sendiri, menurut saya masjid Baitussalam billymoon kurang representatif untuk undangan 500 orang. Kira-kira gedungnya hanya memuat 800 orang atau 400 undangan saja. Namun ruangan didalamnya (interiornya) cukup baik, dengan ceiling yang bagus, dan parkir yang cukup.

Dekorasi
Menurut saya, dekorasi chikal yang kemarin saya lihat cukup baik, standar tapi tidak mengecewakan. Dekorasi dengan tema merah dan gold sebenarnya memang terlihat mewah tapi tetap meriah, dan ibunda juga menyarankan nantinya memakai tema pernikahan sejagat raya itu, walaupun saya masih mikir-mikir dan nego sama beliau untuk tidak memakai warna tersebut.
Pelaminan yang dipakai kemarin gebyok modifikasi air terjun. Yang ini ibunda juga kurang suka, bukan dekorasi pelaminannya, namun memang beliau tidak menyukai gebyok modifikasi. Nah, bagian yang kami suka dari dekorasi chikal adalah background kain hitam dengan lampu-lampu seperti bintang. Sepertinya ini khas performanya chikal yha? Performa ini membuat tembok bagian belakang jadi tidak terlihat. Cool, good point banget!

Food food perutt!!
Nah ini dia yang ditunggu, test food pertama saya dengan chikal, yeay!! Iya donk, kalau harga miring tapi makanan ga oke, rasanya percuma. Hari itu saya membawa pasukan dua orang yang kebetulan ibu2 yang tau rasa masakan. Yang kami coba kemarin adalah hampir semua masakan, baik buffet maupun stall-nya :

Buffet :
Ayam kodok : enak, kaya daging sapi rasanya, hehehe, tp ni daging ayam kok.
Empal balado : biasa aja. Saya ingin dendeng balado kering yang kriuk-kriuk itu. Dendeng kemarin potongannya standar, tidak terlalu besar, rasa enak tapi agak keras.
Nasi, nasi goreng dan capcay ga saya coba. Tapi mama dan bulik yang coba capcaynya tidak komen apa2. Later, akan saya coba untuk menu buffet lainnya.

Gubukan :
Dimsum : Ini dimsum oke banget, enak! porsi yang saya makan si mengenyangkan (ga ngerti ntar dihidangin di gubuk seberapa banyak yha).
Lasagna : enak, dagingnya terasa, sausnya kurang kerasa, tapi buat saya fine, jadi tidak terlalu eneg.
Zupa soup : enak juga, creamy, walaupun masih lebih enak zupanya tidar dan rizqy agung. Isi zupanya ayam, dan smoked beef, tidak ada sayurnya. Tapi mas-mas kru yang mendampingi kami bilang kalau isi zupa soup nya by request. Pengennya isi jagung, mix vegie dan ayam, dan harus test food lagi, takutnya costumize macem-macem malah hasilnya ga enak.
Kambing guling : menurut saya biasa saja, empuk, tidak amis, potongannya standar. Mama dan bulik bilang enak.
Es puter : enak, mama dan bulik heran kok bisa alus yha, pas mencair juga, teksturnya alus, rasa santannya asli.

Begitulah tf kali ini, overall enak, acceptable dan tidak mengecewakan, rasanya tidak ada yang aneh-aneh. Untuk rasa dan harga yang ditawarkan cukup reasonable. Menu berikutnya yang ingin saya cicipi adalah   chicken cordon bleu, bebek peking dan roti jala kari. Kalau dari review sih enak-enak. Gimana teman2?

Oh iya, lain-lainnya seperti kebersihan dapur, saya rasa cukup, gelas-gelas dan piring juga terlihat bersih. Sejujurnya harus lebih jeli lagi melihat perfoma catering ini. Kemarin, memang saya belum benar-benar keliling saat acara resepsi, karena lebih banyak ngobrol didapur dan cicip-cicip makanan.
Btw, kalau anak-anak wk bilang kru makanannya pakai masker dan topi, tapi kemarin tidak ada yang saya lihat memakai topi dan masker, kecuali si pemasak di dapur

Review kali ini cukup sekian yhaa, semoga nanti bisa tf chikal di gedung yang saya minati (Depsos). Tapi tunggu liburaaan. Harus balik lagi nih ke tempat kerja (˘̩̩̩.˘̩ƪ).
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Chikal Catering : first impression

Long weekend ini saya pulang ke rumah karena ada hajatan mau kedatangan keluarga mas :), sejenak meninggalkan kebumen dan rutinitas jaga. Memang niat juga mengunjungi beberapa catering yang jadi list. Tapi memang baru list utama yang kesampaian, jengg jengggg ~(˘▾˘~) ~(˘▾˘)~ (~˘▾˘)~ chikal cateringgg.

Pertama kali liat dari forum di weddingku.com (wk) mengenai chikal catering. Alasan utama jadi favorit adalah harganya yang terjangkau, malah saya bilang murah!!!, tapi tetep reasonable dan rasa tidak mengecewakan, alias enak :). Bikin penasaran tingkat dewa khan thuuu.

Kali pertama, saya langsung mendatangi chikal catering di daerah cipayung. Agak susah yha booo ternyata alamatnya, tapi saya dan mama ga mau tau, harus ke chikal langsung untuk tanya harga. Pertama-tama emang takut karna saya liat banyak bgt yang minat ke doi, takutnya 2013 udah naik deh. Maka niat langsung ke kantor chikal untuk memastikan harga untuk 2013 bagaimana.

Hari itu saya tidak sempat bertemu bu sri sang pemiliknya, karena beliau sibuk banget. Tapi saya dipertemukan mas erik yang dimandati masalah catering ini. Btw hal yang takjub saya dengar, mas erik bilang bahwa Chikal itu ga ada marketingnya, jadi kita ga bakal dikejar-kejar macam catering lainnya, dan semua negosiasi harga adalah bu sri sendiri yang punya andil. Good news then :D

Kabar baik lainnya adalah, kami diberi pricelist yang hampir sama dengan yang bisa teman2 liat di web. Dengan undangan 500 all in (standard yhaa) dan gedung yang diminati itu depsos (minatttt bgt, walau belum ngecup tanggal di pak ahmad), kami diberikan harga 55 jt belum tanpa gedung. Wow, ~(˘▾˘~) ~(˘▾˘)~ (~˘▾˘)~ brati kekhawatiran saya chikal naik harga, sirna sudahhh. Alhamdulillah. #pulang dengan hati tenang.

Dan hari ini, saudara2, saya pertama kali test food chikal catering dehhhh. Reviewnya di judul brikutnya yhaaa
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