Grill Chicken(ayam panggang besengek)

1 whole chicken fryer or 12 pcs of drumstick
4 shallot or 1 big yellow onion
5 cloves of garlic
4 Holland peppers removed seed if you don't like spicy
4 candle nuts or macadamia nut
2 slice of dried or fresh galangal use ginger if no galangal
3 kaffir lime leaf
2 stalk of lemon grass
1 tbs shrimp paste (terasi)
1 can coconut milk
1/2 cup of water
oil to saute

direction
blend shallot,garlic, hot pepper and candle nut in a food processor
heat the oil and saute the paste, kaffir lime leaf, lemon grass and galangal until fragrance
add chicken and water mix well until the chicken coated with spices
after 5 minutes lower the heat and add coconut milk bring to boil
turn off the heat and set aside let it cool down better if you let the chicken marinated overnight in spices mixture.
preheat the oven into broil, arrange the chicken into shallow baking dish and broil for about 10-15 minutes or until the chicken in golden brown.
don't throw away the remaining spice. drizzle the broil chicken in preheated spices and serve

indonesian comunity on guam

yes there are indonesian comunity on Guam, only handfull of us on Guam but we keep on intouch and everyweek we get togeather just to have lucheon or potluck and gosip time !! just the other day we have to said goodbye to our dear friend Di Lambert her and her family moved to singapore. we were so sad but anyways goodluck and God Bless DI !!
so every wednesday or friday we get togeather and have fun or just having a little party firstly let me introduce you to each and everyone
start with Ellen Mulyaningsih Ziobro, it is only appropriate to mention her first since she had been on Guam longer than any of us.she maried to Michael Ziobro they have a son Matthew.
Siska Hutapea and Bang Edo, they have 4 beutiful Babies, Faith,Grace, Tim,Christian and baby Hope. Mbak Siska is Appraiser for Captain & Hutapea.
Monica and mas Rafi of the BMW dealerships
Melani Key married to Jeff key and theire daughter larasati Selene Joan Key is 18 mo's old
Linda Uno and mr Uno of Leo palace resort their kids are Akiho,Hinami and Seiryu.
Sariani married to Harry mayes
Mr Sunardi and Rika Li of Ohana Bay View
Mas Suharto of Hyatt he is our Pastry cheff tersayang
Eva Quintanilla married To Patrick Quintanilla of Agat
Additional Rita actually she is indosingapore since she adopted from singapore by us hi..hi
these only a handful of us that get togeather, there are some indonesian girls at Sheraton Laguna spa. marriot spa, paradise spa and spa Bali.
also a few people that we barelly see, but we still love them tho,.. like kak ida, nining, kavita,

Ode to my Bali Girls

a year ago they left. it was unbearable especially to me, they were my family, my solace and my friends. life is fun and easier with them nearby, but just like everything else must come to an end, must they, their contract has prematurely terminated due to the bad economic situation on guam. so with heavy heartedly i said my goodbyes to litterally all of them but one, sariani, she able to stay here since she married Harry mayes on june and change her status.
to you all my sister, know that you all have teaches me the most important thing in live, family is defined not by blood but by bonds of friendship, trust, giving and love that you all have generously share with me. forever will i treasure every waking moment we share. you all left for greater reasons and better tommorow i couldnt be anymore proud to see you all go and suceeded in anything you do
all my love and prayer for you mbok kus, mbok tasmini, kadek, mbok seni, iluh and lily
melani, lara and jeff

Sambal Bajak

this dish is one of my speciality my mom and grandma taught me how to make sambal. sambal itself is a big staple of indonesian cuisine, this particular sambal originating from east java we call it sambal bajak..


10-20 hot peppers you can used holland peppers or red bell pepper if you like if using red bell peppers used 3-4

6 cloves garlic diced
5 shallot or one big yellow onion diced

4 roma ripe tomatoes or any tomatoes diced


1 tsb shrimp paste if you dont have a shrimp paste anchovies is ok too
salt to taste
sugar to counter balance the heat you can used little if using bell pepper
oil to fry

DIRECTION
heat the oil in a wok and cook the shallot, peppers garlic and shrimp paste for 5-7 minutes or until it softened dont over cook it,set aside
return wok into the stove add mor eoil than cook the tomatoes until soft.


Transfer all the ingredient in the mortar or food procesor and grind it until become a rough paste add in salt and sugar.
after the paste well blended return sambal into the wok and cook for 5-8 minutes or until the sambal color become deep red. you can add sweet basil.

mbok kus turning 21 and iluh turning 18

on 10 of june iluh tunrning 18 ( hi..hi..) she wouldnt tell how old was she and coz that day we're so busy preparing sari wedding we didint do something big, just a cake for her.
on the 18 of July mbok kus and harry turning 21 ha..ha.. they have the same birth date and the same years, harry call mbok kus his twins from different wold. we took harry to outback and had dinner, but mbok kus was working afternoon so she cant made it.

finally we cook something last tuesday, we made fish head (mmmhmmm sound yummy dont it)plecing kacang, taluh bali and krupuk. for desert rujak mangga kocok and jaje timus. we went to asan beach and had luch. it was nice intimate and relaxing, we even had a time to look for some sea creature and kadek manage to cook it the next day
it was fun
happy birthday ILUH, MBOK KUS and HARRY

daun singkong of guam

bukan memaling kalau tidak ada yang punya. itulah moto kita mencari daun singkong. karena orang guam tidak tau kelezatan dan gizi daun singkokng, jadi di sini daun singkong merajalela di guam, bulan lalu kita menemukan ladang baru setelah daun singkong di belakang McD dan di chalan san antonio punah. tepatnya di sebelah wise owl deket rumah melani. dengan berbekal macheti pemberian Hamster, pasukan berani mati bertempur diantara semak semak rumput gajah yg pantang mundur.mbok kus berseragam melani's pajama dan kaos panjang menenrjang semak belukar unstopable(untuk lebih jelas lihat poto), kita juga dapet umbinya lho. jadi kripik yang mak nyuss enaknya.kita nggak tau siapa yg punya ladang itu, tapi karena nggak ada yang runggu jadi kita nggak nyuri cuma menemukan hi...hi. sementara taz, kus and melani bertempur si kadek duduk manis ngempu lara (enaknya si kadek)
terbuktilah kita sebagai cucu PE-JUANG !!!!!

first mafia wedding on guam

on the 11 of june our dear friend harry and sariani united in a holly matrimony alias nganten.after engaged for almost 2 years finally they tie the knot. the ceremony was beautiful. like always the preparation is long and gruelling process from looking for suitable place, wedding dress, decoration and food.
plus the very limited time adding the stress level from 10 to 22. we only got 2 weeks to plant them all. i dont recomded planning beach wedding within 2 weeks to anyone. but we pulled it off, after long hours, sleepless night, achkie feet we finally decorated ypao pavillion with exotic and beautiful handmade janur decoration.
the altar was covered with pink and white plumeria and flame trees flowers as a trimming, paku pipit decoration adorn the coconut tree arch.it was aout of this world. we not talking the food yet. most of them homemade balinese food and some jamaican grill. the wedding cake OMG it was sweet. really the center of the wedding.
the ceremony start arround 4:30 pm just in time as the sun setting on the horizon. and the party kicking at 6 o'clock. dj mario lite up the pavillion as taz, hernik, lilik jammin on the rap music, finally UB 40 red red wine is the bride and the groom's first dance song.
well sariani is so oblivious regarding western wedding whatsoever, she just throw the bouquet to the crown while melani busy gathering the maids. and it landed under the table by lily, so she got the bouquet, congrat lilly.
the party comes to an end arround 9 o'clock at night
it was sooo awesome party, its been a hard work but it was worth it. we wish all the happiness in the world for harry and sari