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A Flavourful Journey – Sneak Peek of Interesting Food Products from Indonesia

Posted in By Invitations, Grocery, Joyce, Media Events, Online Store, Product Reviews, Shopping, Snacks, Vancouver, tagged Archipelago Marketplace, Banana Chips, Chocolate, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Vancouver, cookies, Export Trade, Fruit Chips, healthy snacks, Indonesian Snacks, Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre, instant noodles, Its Me Time, Lemonilo, Pipiltin Cocoa, Roasted Nuts, Rostcas, TYU, Zanana on August 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Do you sometimes get this giddy feeling when you come across something new and unique, knowing that you’re among the firsts to know about it, and you can’t wait to tell people? I get that when I try a new restaurant, or spot a new product at grocery stores. And I just had a moment like this when I attended a food and beverage product trade show at the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre in Gastown.

Named “A Flavourful Journey to Indonesia”, the purpose of the event was to provide Canadian businesses with a glimpse of the food and beverage products Indonesia offers, thus bringing these products to Canada and making them available at local retail stores. So naturally, many products I saw at this event are not yet available in Canada, but I had the opportunity to sample them and I seriously hope they will be available here soon.

Here are a few that got me really excited:

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Archipelago Marketplace – Bringing Authentic, Fair-Trade Indonesian Food Products to Canada

Posted in Joyce, News, Shopping, Snacks, Vancouver, tagged Amazon Canada, Announcement, Archipelago Marketplace, gastown, Indonesian Snacks, Online Shopping, Pop-up, Tempeh Chips on December 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Vancouverites will soon have access to interesting Indonesian food products. Sourced from Indonesia by Indonesians, Archipelago Marketplace curates and delivers a wide variety of unique, high quality products to North America, offering customers an authentic Indonesian experience and a taste of the culture. Their products will be available on Amazon as well as at the pop-up store in Gastown at the Indonesia Trade Promotion Centre at 310 West Cordova Street.

I had the opportunity for a sneak preview at the pop-up store. It carries products such as tempeh chips, cassava flour, vanilla sugar, various types of coffee, butterfly pea tea and ginger powder. They also have interesting products that I’ve never heard of, including curcumin powder and the Indonesian ginseng called Tongkat ali.

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[Recipe] Halloween Monster Finger Cookies

Posted in Baked Goods, Holiday, Home Cooking, Joyce, Parties, Recipe, Snacks, tagged Almond Cookies, Cake Flour, cookies, Family Cooking, Halloween, Halloween Cookies, Home Baking, Low Gluten, Monster Finger, Pumpkin Ale, recipe, shortbread on October 26, 2020| 5 Comments »

We are only a few days away from Halloween, and this Halloween isn’t going to be the same. We are all trying to be more creative and have fun, all the while being safe. Baking at home is definitely fit for this occasion. We made some monster fingers by adapting from a recipe on beanpanda.com. This is super easy to make and there are ways to involve your kids (or the kids in you)!

Ingredients

50g Butter (Room Temperature)
2 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
10g Whisked Egg (or Liquid Eggs)
90g Cake Flour
20g Almond Powder
16 Raw Almond (approximate)

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[Recipe] Family Friendly Baked Mochi Balls 四色QQ麻糬波波食譜

Posted in Baked Goods, Cheese, Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, Snacks, Sweets, tagged 麻糬, 麻糬波波, Family-friendly, Mochi Balls, recipe on April 15, 2020| 5 Comments »

As we spend more time at home, Mama Lam is trying different recipes to keep ourselves entertained. We found this Korean style baked mochi ball recipe online and tested it out. The recipe is very easy to make and suitable to involve kids.

In a nutshell, the dry ingredients make up the flavours while the wet ingredients bind them together. We tried it with 4 flavour variations and made some adjustments based on our experience. The steps are the same regardless of the flavours.

Wet Ingredients (Mixture A)

12g Butter
1/2 Egg
35ml Warm Milk

Dry Ingredients (Mixture B)

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[Recipe] One Bite Nougat Puff – Chewy Confection with a Crunch 牛軋酥食譜

Posted in Home Cooking, Joyce, Parties, Recipe, Snacks, Sweets, tagged Candy, Confections, No Bake, Nougat, Nougat Puff, recipe, Sweet Treats on March 24, 2020| 6 Comments »

Last month, Mama Lam made some nougats. It’s good but it’s a bit boring, so she found a recipe to take it up a notch. It’s called Nougat Puff. It’s essentially nougat with the addition of crunchy crackers. We’ve made a few batches now and each time it has turned out well.