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In which Indonesia groks the West

Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in indonesia, malaysia, pictures, video | No Comments »

If there is one western food item that Southeast Asia seems to have fully understood and succeeded in reproducing, it is donuts (Edit: now all we have to do is teach them about cheese). One presumes that this is because ...

Lamb Satay

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in indonesia, pictures, video | 1 Comment »

If there is a theme running through my life, it is that the things I put in my mouth taste better when they've been skewered. This goes double for things like meat and popsicles. Take, for example, lambs. If you take ...

Soes: A triumph of Indonesian engineering

Saturday, March 8th, 2008 Posted in indonesia, video | 1 Comment »

My trip to Bandung was certainly an adventurous one. Said (mis)adventures included such things as multiple flight delays caused by flooding in Jakarta, eleven deaths, and a night spent on a wooden bench. These are all stories for another ...