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Cooking up something very sweet with .i.n.y.studio 🍭 hold tight

Things I ate in the Southern Hemisphere that weren’t small plates

1. Zila (Melbourne)
2. Pisang goreng di curug (Tabanan)
3. Lapo Marpadotbe (Jakarta)
4. Zabb Nua (Melbourne)
5. Warung Sika (Bali)
6. Breakfast @ home (Batangas)
7. Ala Ehnimals Buko HaloHalo (Batangas)
8. ITC Kuningan (Jakarta)
9. Pasar Badung (Denpasar)
10. Depot Umum Batan Sabo (Denpasar)
11. Breakfast before foraging (Tabanan)
12. Gentong Mas (Bali)
13. Warung Nasi Bali Bu Ketut Nari (Bali)
14. RM Aryani (Bali)
15. Es Campur SS Apjay (Jakarta)
16. Mata Karanjang (Jakarta)
17. Sop Konro Karebosi (Bali)
18. Xuan Anh Banh Cuon (Melbourne)
19. Bahn Xeo Tay Do (Melbourne)
20. Smokotoro

I 💙 U Bali, I 💙 U .bymade

I ❤️ U Melbourne, I ❤️ U

Brown butter KATirisala (haha 🐾) - a Bugis–Makassar steamed cake from Sulawesi Selatan 🖤

Black glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and perfumed with pandan, layered with a palm sugar coconut custard, finished with brown butter (my take)

Recipe on Substack via link in bio 🔗

Last week we cooked and ate together around a long table in solidarity with Gaza. Together we raised £3,303.19 for

Sharing this now, in the middle of a festive season built around comfort and abundance, feels like a reminder that gathering, eating, and celebrating doesn’t exist in isolation. While many of us are able to enjoy warmth and ease, there are still lives being shaped by violence and loss elsewhere.

This dinner wasn’t charity, and it wasn’t resistance. It was simply a group of people coming together to eat, enjoy each other’s company, and play a small part in raising funds for a mutual aid fund on the ground in Gaza.

Thank you to everyone who showed up. Huge thanks to and the team at for so generously hosting, and for contributing 50% of drink proceeds from the evening.

Endless gratitude to those who supported the food so we could maximise what went to the fund:

.ldn



F**k the occupation. Free Palestine.

For the latest print issue of , I got to write about a Batak dish I grew up with – and the very un-Batak way I now cook it in London.

The piece is rooted in arsik dali ni horbo, the buffalo-milk version my mom used to call “yellow tofu” for its soft, cheese-like consistency. Diaspora cooking means working with what’s here, naming what’s missing, and adapting without pretending things are the same. Hence: burrata. A choice that would raise eyebrows in a Batak kitchen – and likely irritate a few Italians too.

Edited by Sharanya Deepak
Photography by 
Testing and styling by

In the latest print issue of , I got to write about a Batak dish I grew up with – and the very un-Batak way I now cook it in London.

The piece is rooted in arsik dali ni horbo, the buffalo-milk version my mom used to call “yellow tofu” for its soft, cheese-like consistency. Diaspora cooking means working with what’s here, naming what’s missing, and adapting without pretending things are the same. Hence: burrata. A choice that would raise eyebrows in a Batak kitchen – and likely irritate a few Italians too.

Edited by Sharanya Deepak
Photos by 
Testing and styling by

GAZA SOLIDARITY DINNER by Rahel & Sarah
15th December · · 7pm
Link in bio for tickets

A communal feast in solidarity with Gaza
All food and half drink proceeds will be donated to the Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity Fund

Seating limited · £55/person (exc. admin fee)
Welcome drink included (Gaza Cola + Arrack)

As food is prepped in a small, busy kitchen by a small team, we’re not able to cater to any dietary requirements or allergies.

With generous donations from .ldn

NO SMALL PLATES. F**K SMALL PLATES. F**K THE OCCUPATION. FREE PALESTINE.

Beautiful flyer and menu design by

 After Dark warm up dinner

The spread is inspired by the food I grew up with in Jakarta - loud, generous, and always shared. For this menu we’re forgetting about hyper conceptualised dishes; this is no-frills cooking from the heart. A kind of rebellion through comfort food that resists being diluted through concept. From my hometown to yours ❤️

Pics by

On the stage speaking about culinary influence, cultural context, and the politics of food in mainstream media.

I love telling Indonesian stories – but I also hope to be given the same universality that Western chefs and cuisines are automatically granted.

Grateful to share this conversation with and .nahdi, and to be part of the incredible 10th-anniversary lineup of speakers and global icons.

Dream Indonesian seafood menu with

Finest British seafood channelled through the flavours of Java, Sumatra, and Bali

The day I stop blowing kisses from the pass is the day I die