Food

One of the major adjustments of being overseas is the food experience. I can say that the food here is great, for the most part... South East Asians will almost always eat rice (nasi) with every meal, and this is something that I was not used to back at home. The portion sizes are a lot smaller as well. Hopefully I can bring this trend back to the States!

Our team is really blessed with some great women & men who can cook. You have to get creative to make American dishes over here but it can be done! I have found that a good mixture between South East Asian food and some comfort food from home is a good mix. Here are some photos of things that I have eaten and also a couple of things that I have yet to try.

This fruit is call dorian. The people here love it! Me, not so much... It has a strange smell, texture & taste. Being off on all three of these is a deal breaker.

The smile went away from my face soon there after trying this exotic fruit. You have to cut it open with an cleaver type instrument. Once you do, let the fun begin!

This is called ABC. Not sure what exactly that stands for and I have heard every place that sells this has a different twist on it. There is usually sweetened condensed milk, ice, peanuts, sometimes corn, a fruit jam/jelly and you may get some red beans in there too. Very popular here and I haven't tried one yet. Soon though!

Our short-term team that came will recognize this food. It's called Roti, which is also known as bread in english. This is a breakfast food and it is really good. Basically it's fried bread with either eggs or bananas or just sweetened condensed milk combined with it. I only use the dip stuff (on the left) when I eat it with eggs inside. 

Coconut juice straight out of the tap. Kind of warm but it's good when you put ice in it.

This is called Nasi Campur. Basically it's a plate of rice with several of these meats and vegetables that you choose on top. This is a typical meal if you want local South East Asian food. For example there is fish and chicken cooked several different ways, eggs, beans and other vegetables here. A lot of it is spicy and there are so many different flavor and meat combinations! Good stuff.

Now we are shifting gears, and here are some examples of the good food that is we are more familiar with. An awesome couple, who are also our teammates makes us food all the time. Such a blessing!

We had these made-from-scratch cinnamon rolls while we watched the Super Bowl. Wasn't missing cheese dip and hot dogs. They tasted as awesome as they look!

This pizza was homemade too. So good and it did not last long!

I am working on making banana pudding while I am here. I will post about it when it happens and let everyone know how it turns out. Food is such a blessing from God and I am very thankful that we have good food to eat here. I am grateful for the hands that prepare this food as it gives us nourishment to go into the harvest field.