J. Kenji López-Alt, who runs the Food Lab blog at Serious Eats, occasionally sheds light on some questionable concoctions. He once wrote a piece recommending deep-frying quesadillas stuffed with deli ...

Walk the streets of Jakarta or Surabaya in Indonesia and chances are there’s a vendor cooking up martabak. The ubiquitous sweet treat features two thick slabs of spongy, buttery, honeycomb-creviced ...

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In this short, I try martabak telur, a popular Indonesian street food filled with eggs, meat, and spices. The crispy outside ...

Not for the fainthearted, this dish is spiced with sambal oelek for a hit of nose-tingling heat. Spread liberally with sweet onion sambal for a perfectly balanced sweet-and-spicy delight. Motabbaq, or ...

This martabakis one of my favourite snacks to eat. With coriander- and cumin-spiced lamb encased in pastry, it’s Indonesia’s answer to a Cornish pasty. makes The traditional version is made with a ...

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A popular street-side snack in Jakarta, variants of martabak manis are also found across the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The folded pancake’s stuffing is different in different regions, but this ...

I’ll admit that I’ve never tried martabak before, but Smile Martabak certainly piques my interest. With their new flagship store being conveniently located in Funan Mall, perhaps it’s a sign that I ...