I love it when mom goes missing for a couple of hours and comes back with a Wendy’s paper bag. I wonder each time what treasures she’s bought for us. This time, she bought us a Baconator Double. This beautiful burger, I refuse to think about the calories, was two beef patties, beef bacon, cheese, mayo, tomato ketchup between two soft brioches. Hmm how long must I run on the treadmill to burn the calories of this yummy treat?
Crispy cubes of deep fried cow/ox skin and sticks of beef and beef tongue skewered on a stick, that’s what the title of the blog is talking about today. Kerupuk kulit is like the epitome of my childhood, I think that’s probably one of the few snacks that I actually enjoyed as a kid whilst back in my grandma’s village in Sipirok, Sumatra. Apparently all I wanted to eat was french fries and not brown rice. But kerupuk kulit, gosh I could just munch on those and be happy. Mom adds these crispy fried squares into her fermented black bean beef stew, or taucheo daging. And those crispy cubes become gelatinous chewy awesomeness. Uugh I want some now.
Another delicious dish from my childhood is Satay Padang, whenever we would drive up from Jakarta to Bandung or vice versa we would stop along the way and have this delicious skewered meat that has a thick spicy yellow meaty sauce. The ones that I find in Singapore is just made from slices of beef. I miss the ones from Kuala Lumpur near Kampong Bahru that has cubes of beef and beef tongue. And the sauce was just perfect, the meat tender and simply delicious. I wish I was back in KL!
Well an edible one in fact, a Brontosaurus! A 1.5kg hunk of meaty goodness!
Between the 5 of us, we polished off the plate in 15 minutes. We had the mushroom soup whilst waiting for the Brontosaurus The soup was really creamy and earthy at the same. And the fruit salad and the waldorf salad was really fresh and crispy. The garlic bread that accompanied the meal was so good, just the right amount of garlic and butter and salt. Finally to end the meal, we had panna cotta, tiramisu and creme brûlée. I can’t imagine life without the sweetness of desserts!
