First of all, let me say it out loud: HAPPY NEW YEAR, luvly dumplings!! May God bless us with obvious enlightment to inspire us to finally start that diet program we have been planning since 5 years ago. Amin. 

Hi there lovely dumplings, I am back!

Let me tell you a secret (yep, if I say a secret, its usually about whats on my mind and it is often silly); I have been always a big fan of berries and back then when I was little (yes, I was little once, long long time ago), and was still living in Indonesia, I used to think that this berry fruits were on the verge of extinction because it was very rare to find, even in the stores and it was super expensive. I adored anything made out of berries or berries flavoured, from cakes to toothpaste. I thought that my land was a super fertile land and you should be able grow anything on the soil, so why berries were rare? Extinction must be the answer!! Apparently back then I was not only small but also rather innocent minded, I didn't know berries aren't tropical fruits. D'oh!

Only until I moved to Quebec, which was only few years back that I found out that berries are okay, they are not on the verge of extinction like at all. In summer you can find strawberries, blueberries, raspberries at any park and they grow as wild bushes and yep, I went berserk the first time I saw this and I still does. Only now I don't pick as much, it is not fair for the birds and other animals to compete with me for food. Especially they can not go to grocery stores and shop. 

Summer berries are the best, they are much more flavourful. Perhaps because they are grown outside in the sun instead of being grown inside of a green house garden. I bought a basket full of juicy strawberries the other day and made a fruit pie before I finish them as a snack at work. I posted a fruit pie recipe before, here. All I did in the recipe today is a tiny tweak on the custard. It might be a tiny tweak, but it does give one heck of a big difference in flavor! 

Okay, once again I upload food that is not from my home country, but this potato salad is just soooo good I feel bad not sharing it with you. I made this last month for Octoberfest, everyone just loved it. Its super easy to make and tasty. As a big fan of potato salad, this definitely a cool choice to make, especially it has a good mix of sweet and sour taste and not as heavy as creamy potato salad. It won't override your main meal. 

When I was a kid, pastries with cream puff and chocolate was expensive, I didn't eat much of those fancy food, but I did munch a lot on this one particular bread: ROTI GAMBANG. The taste was simple, its sweet, moist, molassesy, spicy and bready. Its been years I dont find that bread anywhere, yet I never forget how it tastes. One day I stumbled upon a German cookies Recipe called Pfeffernusse, and yes, it tastes exactly like my childhood memory Roti Gambang! umm.. well, I must admit this cookies taste a bit richer and more complex then Roti Gambang, I take it as a fancy Roti Gambang.
Euphoria!!!