I never thought in a million years that I would have a passion in cooking and baking. I was forced to cook for myself when I first came to Australia back in 1999 because everything was so expensive and they still are. Thank God I lived with other friends who have been living in Australia longer than me and they were used to cook together almost every afternoon for dinner. I still remember that I didn’t know how to cook rice using a rice cooker, that was how clueless I am about cooking. I lived with all my best roomie for more than a year, then I moved out because my daddy bought me an apartment. That was when the real adventure begin.

I cook for myself almost everyday. To be honest, I couldn’t even start to describe how awful my meals were everyday. However, I don’t like to throw things out even though it tasted crap, so I had to bear with my own cooking for days (I don’t understand why I always cook in large portion that I couldn’t finished for days, that was so silly of me). My phone bills was bloating because I called my mom about her recipes almost everyday. My ex-boyfriend (now husband) probably still could recall how awful my cooking tasted before, but he didn’t tell the whole truth (so unlike now *-*).

Then in late 2004, my mom came to Sydney for holiday. I felt sorry for her because she didn’t have anything to do. I offered her to do small catering business. She was happy with her new busy routine, but she could only stay here for 3 months because of her visa limitation. Then with heavy heart, we had to stop the business because she had to go back to Indonesia and I still had a final university project to finish (I was taking interior design). In those three months, I really speed up my cooking skills and learned a lot about cooking various Indonesian dishes.

Despite the discontinued catering business, I still did some occasional small party catering and baking Indonesian Lapis Legit and other traditional cakes that I put in several Asian groceries stores. Every Christmas, Chinese New Year, and Idul Fitri, I still receive order for cakes (Lapis Legit is the most popular one). For enquiry or quote on the cake, please email me at [email protected].

This website was created because of my husband’s support. He advised me to do that so I have something to look forward to in my spare night times (after my toddler is asleep of course). I am delightful and excited that I could share the recipes that I tested myself to all my friends and food enthusiasts. Furthermore, I could practice my photography (although it hasn’t yet achieved the quality that I hope for) after the cooking is done.

Please respect my hard work, as all of this is worth countless time I spend standing in the kitchen preparing, cutting, cooking, styling, photographing, and blogging. If you would like to use or re-post the content or photographs in this blog, please give the credits back by including a link back to me. Last but not least, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a comment on my blog if you find them useful or you may share a better version of the recipe.

Cheers,

Linda