Well I do apologize to all of our readers out there who have been so anxiously awaiting our next post. It has been too long, and really, it isn't fair to you or to us. Without further adieux.

Indonesia certainly wowed us with the different type of spice and food on hand. Everywhere had its own version of chicken soup and the two I tried were soto banjar and soto ayam. The difference being the banjar is a bit spicier and made with a duck
egg. Check the pics below. The first is ayam (courtesy of Ibu Is, Larry's cook of all colors. And let me tell you, I had ayam made from necks and knuckles and feet. This one is straight breast) and the second is banjar - banjar menas soup from Banjarmasin in Kalimantan and ayam means chicken in bahasa.



The most interesting meal I ate in Indonesia was ate at a street stall in Joyokarta. The lady served me up jackfruit curry, which tasted like smoked beef loin, steamed greens and chile buffalo skin. I loved the jackfruit curry, was intrigued enough by the buffalo that I asked for seconds and gobbled the greens before Kath could lay a hand on them.


Another favorite of mine in Joyokarta was deep fried quail, possibly chicken, that had its eggs left in it. Cover the whole thing in sambal peanut sauce and digin. Watch for the bones though, they are sharp!

And I leave you with this. What is it? What were they? I didn't try them but they just sat there ready to be bought and eaten.