Du du du du, Me and My Little Backpack

What is it like to be in a ‘mixed’ relationship?

Well, my guy is French, and if there’s an award of The Most French Person, I think he has a big chance to win at least the second prize (while me, maybe I’ll get the two millionth position or something). So, as a French who is very proud to be one, he thinks like a French, he watches those weird European movies (one day I’ll have to talk to you about it), he speaks French (d’oh…), and he EATS like a French. He likes those bleeding steaks, creamy pasta, onion cheesy soupe, blue cheese with I-don’t-even-wanna-know-thing on top of it… While me, I’m okay to eat French food, but I always say no to those things mentioned above… (just imagining the smell of that blue cheese makes me sick… God!)

But, what I love about him is, he actually LOVES Indonesian food (who doesn’t, btw? Hehehe). The only problem is: he can’t eat Indo food three times a day. While I can’t eat French food three times a day. So, we created this system: what we will eat depends on who cooks it. But when we cook together, we combine things. As a result, some new interesting recipes are born. But our most successfull one is this: The Beef Steak.

This is what you need to make it (for two people):

• two beef steaks (you can find it easily in the supermarket)
• two or three medium potatoes
• two carrots
• three cloves of garlic, chop them
• black pepper
• canned peas
• Indonesian sweet soy sauce (kecap manis) – can be found in big supermarkets, or in Asian markets, or surely in Embassy of Indonesia.
• olive oil
• salt

And this is how you make it:

• Make some small punctures with the tip of a knife in the beef steaks. Then, inside each of these punctures, insert the chops of garlics. Put some sweet soy sauce on top of them, followed by black pepper. Leave them to marinate for twenty minutes.
• Meanwhile, peal the potatoes and carrots, cut them the way you like them, and boil them with a small amount of salt until they’re half done. Drain them.
• On a pan, warm a small quantity of olive oil. When the pan is really hot, put in the beef steaks, followed by the potatoes and carrots. Add some salt, black pepper, and sweet soy sauce.
• Cook the beef steaks on both sides. The time of the cooking depends on how well-done you want them cooked. Before you serve them, add the canned peas and let it warm.
• Serve with fresh baguette.

So, do you want to try it? It tastes very different from the normal French beef steaks!