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Bismillahhirrahmannirrahim..... Samarinda, part 2. Let us talk about my favourite topic. Food. I dunno why but everytime I write food would be my chosen topic. Anyway... Samarinda like any other place in Indonesia have a lot of dishes that you need to try. Well I didn't try everything but I did sample some of the best dishes there. We started our culinary adventure in a place (some sort of RnR) along the way from Balikpapan to Samarinda. The place is famous with "Tahu Sumedang". What is tahu sumedang? It is actually fried beancurd that you eat with a special sauce and very tiny and very hot chillies. There my hubby ordered his first "sup buntut" or actually oxtail soup with rice. The soup was so nice I feel like asking the chef for the recipe. As for me, I prefer "ikan mas goreng". I dunno what type of fish actually but the fish is being deep fried and added with some shredded coconut, some cucumber, cabbagge and long beans to be eaten with rice and sa...

Samarinda, namanya indah. Seindah kain sarung Samarinda yang sering dijajakan di negeri kami. Perjalanan dan pengalaman di Samarinda juga tidak kurang indahnya bagi kami yang pertama kali menjejak kaki ke bumi Bung Karno dan Pak Harto ini. Perjalanan kami begitu panjang dan memenatkan. Kami memulakan perjalanan meninggalkan Kepulauan Borneo menuju ke Pulau Jawa ketika jam menghampiri tengah malam. Perkenalan kami dengan Kota Jakarta hanya sempat dibuat di Bandaranya sahaja. Esoknya, seawal 6.30 pagi kami akan bergerak kembali ke Kepulauan Borneo iaitu ke Kalimantan Timur. I t was funny to think that you are actually hopping from one island to another island and then back to the first island. Kami disambut dengan kesibukan bandara atau "airport" Balikpapan. Manusia begitu ramai berjalan ke sana sini. Tidak cukup dengan mereka yang ingin menyambut teman dan saudara yang tiba atau menghantar keluarga yang berpergian, lapangan terbang kecil itu juga banjir dengan kehadiran porter...