Health benefits of eating seafood

Research over the past few decades has shown that the nutrients and minerals in seafood can make improvements in brain development and reproduction and has highlighted the role for seafood in the functionality of the human body.

Heart health
Doctors have known of strong links between fish and healthy hearts ever since they noticed that fish-eating Inuit populations in the Arctic had low levels of heart disease. One study has suggested that adding one portion of fish a week to your diet can cut your chances of suffering a heart attack by half.

Fish is thought to protect the heart because eating less saturated fat and more Omega-3 can help to lower the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood – two fats that, in excess, increase the risk of heart disease. Omega-3 fats also have natural built-in anti-oxidants, which are thought to stop the thickening and damaging of artery walls.

Regularly eating fish oils is also thought to reduce the risk of arrhythmia – irregular electrical activity in the heart which increases the risk of sudden heart attacks.

Brain functionality
The human brain is 10-12% lipids, including the Omega-3 fat DHA. Recent studies suggest that older people can boost their brain power by eating more oily fish, with those who enjoy it regularly are able to remember better and think faster than those who eat none. Other research has also suggested that adding more DHA to the diet of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder can reduce their behavioural problems and improve their reading skills, while there have also been links suggested between DHA and better concentration. Separate studies have suggested that older people who eat fish at least once a week could also have a lower chance of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Joint benefits
Including fish as a regular part of a balanced diet has been shown to help the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis – a painful condition that causes joints to swell up, reducing strength and mobility. Studies also show that sufferers feel less stiff and sore in the morning if they keep their fish oil intake topped up.

Recent research has also found a link between Omega-3 fats and a slowing down in the wearing of cartilage that leads to osteoarthritis, opening the door for more research into whether eating more fish could help prevent the disease.

Iodine, Selenium, Vitamin A, Zinc
Fish is high in minerals such as iodine and selenium, which keep the body running smoothly. Iodine is essential for the thyroid gland, which controls growth and metabolism, while selenium is used to make enzymes that protect cell walls from cancer-causing free radicals, and helps prevent DNA damage caused by radiation and some chemicals.

Fish is also an excellent source of vitamin A, which is needed for healthy skin and eyes, and vitamin D, which is needed to help the body absorb calcium to strengthen teeth and bones.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See also: Ice cream, sate

Singapore's Satay

Satay is one of the earliest foods to be associated with Singapore; it has been associated with the city since the 1940s. Previously sold on makeshift roadside stalls and pushcarts, concerns over public health and the rapid development of the city led to a major consolidation of satay stalls at Beach Road in the 1950s, which came to be collectively called the Satay Club. They were moved to the Esplanade Park in the 1960s, where they grew to the point of being constantly listed in tourism guides.

Open only after dark with an "al fresco" concept, the Satay Club defined how satay is served in Singapore since then, although they are also found across the island in most hawker stalls, modern food courts, and upscale restaurants at any time of the day. Moved several times around Esplanade Park due to development and land reclamation, the outlets finally left the area permanently to Clarke Quay in the late 1990s to make way for the building of the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.

Several competing satay hotspots have since emerged, with no one being able to lay claim to the reputation the Satay Club had at the Esplanade. While the name has been transferred to the Clarke Quay site, several stalls from the original Satay club have moved to Sembawang in the north of the city. The satay stalls which opened at Lau Pa Sat are popular with tourists. Served only at night when Boon Tat Street is closed to vehicular traffic and the stalls and tables occupy the street, it mimics the open-air dining style of previous establishments.

Other notable outlets include the ones at Newton Food Centre, East Coast Park Seafood Centre and Toa Payoh Central.

The common types of satay sold in Singapore include Satay Ayam (chicken satay), Satay Lembu (beef satay), Satay Kambing (mutton satay), Satay Perut (beef intestine), and Satay Babat (beef tripe).

Singapore’s national carrier, Singapore Airlines, also serves satay to its First and Raffles Class passengers as an appetizer.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See also: sate, ice cream, seafood

Cafe Kita Seru Loh...

A café or coffee shop is an informal restaurant with full-service tables and counters and broad menu offerings over extended periods of the day. In hotels, the coffee shop is a more popular-priced alternative to the formal dining room. Coffee shops often encourage families and provide special menus for children. To establish a family-friendly atmosphere, in many localities they do not serve wine and beer.

Notes

The most common English spelling, café, is the French spelling, and was adopted by English-speaking countries in the late 19th century. As English generally makes little use of diacritical marks, anglicisation includes a tendency to omit them, especially in less pretentious contexts. Thus the spelling cafe has thus become very common in English-language usage throughout the world, especially for the less pretentious, ie "greasy spoon" variety (although orthographic proscriptivists often disapprove of it). The Italian spelling, caffè, is also sometimes used in English. In southern England, especially around London in the 1950s, the French pronunciation was often facetiously altered to /ˈkæf/ and spelt caff.

The English words coffee and café both descend from the continental European translingual word root /kafe/, which appears in many European languages with various naturalized spellings, including Italian (caffè); Portuguese and Spanish (café); French (café); German (Kaffee); Polish (kawa); Ukrainian (кава, 'kava'); and others. European awareness of coffee (the plant, its seeds, the beverage made from the seeds, and the shops that sell the beverage) came through Europeans' contact with Turkey, and the Europeans borrowed both the beverage and the word root from the Turks, who got them from the Arabs. The Arabic name qahwa (قهوة) was transformed into kaweh (strength, vigor) in the Ottoman Empire, and it spread from there to Europe, probably first through the Mediterranean languages (Italian, Spanish, French, Catalan, etc.) and thence to German, English, and others, though there is another well-based theory that it first spread to Europe through Poland and Ukraine, through their contacts with the Ottoman Empire.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See also: ice cream, sate

Nasi Lengko

Sega lengko (nasi lengko dalam bahasa Indonesia) adalah makanan khas masyarakat pantai utara (Cirebon, Indramayu, Brebes, Tegal dan sekitarnya). Makanan khas yang sederhana ini sarat akan protein dan serat serta rendah kalori karena bahan-bahan yang digunakan adalah 100% non-hewani. Bahan-bahannya antara lain: nasi putih (panas-panas lebih baik), tempe goreng, tahu goreng, mentimun (mentah segar, dicacah), tauge (direbus), daun kucai (dipotong kecil-kecil), bawang goreng, bumbu kacang (seperti bumbu rujak, pedas atau tidak, tergantung selera), dan kecap manis. Dan, umumnya kecap manis yang dipergunakan adalah kecap manis encer, bukan yang kental. Disiramkan ke atas semua bahan.

Tempe dan tahu goreng dipotong-potong kecil dan diletakkan di atas sepiring nasi. Mentimun dicacah, lalu ditaburi pula di atasnya, juga toge rebus, serta disiram bumbu kacang di atasnya, dan potongan daun kucai, lalu diberi kecap secukupnya sampai kecoklatan, dan di taburi bawang goreng. Dan sekeping kerupuk aci yang putih, yang bundar atau kotak, menjadi kondimennya. Sebagian orang suka melumuri kerupuknya dengan kecap, sebelum mulai dimakan. Beberapa orang suka meminta nasi lengkonya diberi seujung sutil atau dua minyak yang dipakai untuk menggoreng tempe dan tahu.

Untuk menambah selera makan, biasanya makanan ini disajikan dengan ditambah 5 atau 10 tusuk sate kambing yang disajikan secara terpisah di piring lain.Makanan ini dapat di nikmati di Restoran atau tempat makan yang menyajikan nasi lengko
Sumber: wikipedia

Are You Seeing Sate at Restaurants?

Satay (pronounced /ˈsæteɪ/ SA-tay) or sate is a dish of marinated, skewered and grilled meats, served with a sauce.[1] Satay may consists of diced or sliced chicken, goat, mutton, beef, pork, fish, tofu, or other meats; the more authentic version uses skewers from the midrib of the coconut leaf, although bamboo skewers are often used. These are grilled or barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire, then served with various spicy seasonings.

Satay may have originated in Java or Sumatra, Indonesia [2]. Satay is available almost anywhere in Indonesia; it has become a national dish of Indonesia[3]. It is also popular in many other Southeast Asian countries, such as: Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, the southern Philippines and in the Netherlands, as Indonesia is a former Dutch colony.

Satay is a very popular delicacy in Indonesia and Malaysia; Indonesia’s diverse ethnic groups’ culinary art (see Cuisine of Indonesia) have produced a wide variety of satays. In Indonesia, satay can be obtained from a travelling satay vendor, from a street-side tent-restaurant, in an upper-class restaurant, or during traditional celebration feasts. In Malaysia, satay is a popular dish - especially during celebrations - and can be found throughout the country. Close analogues are yakitori from Japan, shish kebab from Turkey, chuanr from China and sosatie from South Africa.

Turmeric is a compulsory ingredient used to marinate satay, which gives the dish its characteristic yellow colour. Meats commonly used include beef, mutton, pork, venison, fish, shrimp, squid, chicken, and even tripe. Some have also used more exotic meats, such as turtle, crocodile, and snake meat.

Satay may be served with a spicy peanut sauce dip, or peanut gravy, slivers of onions and cucumbers, and ketupat (rice cakes).

Pork satay can be served in a pineapple-based satay sauce or cucumber relish. An Indonesian version uses a soy-based dip.

Satay is not the same as the Vietnamese condiment sate, which typically includes ground chili, onion, tomato, shrimp, oil, and nuts. Vietnamese sate is commonly served alongside noodle and noodle-soup dishes.

Source: www.wikipedia.com

See also: restoran, makanan

Masakan Khas Jawa Tengah

Berikut adalah makanan khas yang terdapat di Jawa Tengah, menurut kabupaten/kota:

Purwodadi: swikee, nasi becek, kecap, sale pisang
Banjarnegara: dawet ayu, buntil
Semarang: Lunpia/lumpia, soto ayam, sate sapi, bandeng presto, nasi goreng babat, ayam goreng kraton tulang lunak, kue-kue pia, sate kambing bumbu kecap, martabak malabar, kue bandung, tahu petis, tahu gimbal, wingko babat
Boyolali: marning (jagung goreng), paru goreng, brem cap suling gading, krupuk rambak
Blora: Sega Pecel, sate ayam blora, soto ayam blora, tahu campur
Brebes: telor asin, sate kambing (di Tanjung. Brebes hingga kini dikenal sebagai sentra penghasil bawang merah
Demak: nasi garang asem, sambel blimbing wuluh, kwaci (Demak pernah terkenal sebagai sentra penghasil semangka)
Jepara: es gempol (es pleret), rondo royal (tape goreng), klenyem (ketela parut goreng isi gula merah), kuluban (urap: nangka muda, kacang panjang dan daun mudanya, tauge/kecambah mentah, buah petai cina mentah), pecel ikan laut bakar dengan sambal santan kelapa, sate udang, terasi jepara, tempong (blenyik) ikan teri, durian petruk
Klaten: ayam goreng kalasan, bebek goreng, emping mlinjo
Kudus: soto ayam, sate kerbau, lentog, dodol, jenang kudus, madu mongso
Pati: nasi gandul, sate ayam,
Pekalongan: nasi gandul, soto tauco (tauto), nasi megono
Pemalang: nasi grombyang, lontong dekem, sate loso
Purwokerto: tempe mendoan, gethuk goreng, soto sokaraja / sroto sokaraja, nopia
Purworejo: kue lompong, clorot (semacam dodol yang dibungkus daun kelapa secara memilin), gebleg (baca ge- seperti e pada kata senang dan -bleg seperti e pada kata becek), kue satu, dawet hitam, lanting
Purbalingga: rujak kangkung, tahu gecot, soto kriyik, es duren, klanting
Rembang: bandeng duri lunak (di Juwana), sirup kawis-ta
Salatiga: bakso urat, bakso babat, kripik paru, ting-ting gepuk
Solo: gudeg, sate kambing, thengkleng, srabi solo, nasi liwet, timlo solo, racikan salat, krupuk karak/gendar, bakso popular ukuran bola golf, tahu acar, sayur tumpang
Sragen: nasi garang asem, sate sragen,
Sukoharjo: welut goreng
Tegal: "teh poci" (teh yang diseduh dalam poci tanah liat kecil dan diminum dengan gula batu), sate tegal (sate kambing muda khas Tegal), sate bebek majir, pilus, krupuk antor, nasi bogana (nasi megono), Sauto (soto ayam/babat khas Tegal dengan bumbu tauco). Tegal hingga saat ini dikenal sebagai sentra penghasil teh.
Wonogiri: gaplek, tiwul
Wonosobo: mie ongklok, sagon, tempe kemul, geblek, wedang ronde, manisan carica, keripik jamur, dendeng gepuk
Ungaran: tahu baxo, sate kempleng, krupuk bakar
sumber: wikipedia

Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki (すき焼き, スキヤキ ?) adalah irisan tipis daging sapi, sayur-sayuran, dan tahu di dalam panci besi yang dimasak di atas meja makan dengan cara direbus. Sukiyaki dimakan dengan mencelup irisan daging ke dalam kocokan telur ayam.

Sayur-sayuran untuk Sukiyaki misalnya bawang bombay, daun bawang, sawi putih, shungiku (nama daun dari pohon keluarga seruni), jamur shiitake, dan jamur enoki. Sebagai pelengkap ditambahkan ito konnyaku atau shirataki yang berbentuk seperti soun berwarna bening atau sedikit abu-abu.

Sukiyaki memiliki dua versi, Sukiyaki versi daerah Kansai dan Sukiyaki versi daerah Kanto yang berbeda cara penyajian, jenis bumbu dan rasa.

Menurut Sukiyaki versi Kansai, Sukiyaki hanya dimasak dengan bumbu kecap asin dan gula pasir, sedangkan Sukiyaki versi Kanto dimasak menggunakan saus Warishita yang merupakan campuran dashi, kecap asin, gula pasir, dan mirin yang dimasak terlebih dulu.

Menurut cara Kansai, potongan lemak sapi dicairkan di dalam panci sebelum memasukkan irisan daging sapi. Bumbu berupa gula pasir dan kecap asin dituangkan sekaligus dalam jumlah banyak di atas daging yang sudah matang lalu diaduk-aduk dengan sayur-sayuran hingga matang. Menurut cara Kanto, bumbu warishita dididihkan dulu di dalam panci sebelum semua bahan dimasukkan.
sumber: wikipedia
lihat juga: wine, soto, restaurant

ChatterBox

sebelumnya: pizza, sate, soto, wine
Promo bertajuk “Sing…Sing…Sing …Singapore food@Chatter Box ” belum lama ini digelar di Chatter Box Grand Indonesia memperkenalkan menu-menu andalan Chatter Box dengan tema makanan khas Singapore yang menggoda selera. Beberapa menu unggulan khas Singapore tersebut seperti Roast Duck with hainan Rice, Walking Hainan Chicken Rice , Fried Hokkian Mie dan Rojak Singapore. Semua hidangan bercitarasa otentik tersebut diracik secara khusus oleh chef asal Singapura, George Lee yang sekaligus merupakan Executive Chef Chatter Box.

Untuk makanan pembangkit selera Anda bisa mencoba Chatter Box Prawn Laksa, laksa special yang disajikan dengan lontong dan mie hongkong dari Chatter Box ini punya rasa gurih yang kental dan lezat. Laksa Chatter Box memiliki perbedaan dengan laksa yang yang pernah kita temukan selama ini. Selain menggunakan susu segar sebagai campuran kuahnya, laksa ini dan semua makanan di Chatter Box dijamin bebas MSG.

Buat pecinta Rojak bisa mencicipi rujak khas Singapore yang dikenal dengan sebutan Rojak Singapore. Meskipun tampilannya mirip dengan rujak buah tetapi racikan bumbunya sangat berbeda dengan rasanya yang pedas, manis dan segar.

Chatter Box menggelar promo “Sing…Sing…Sing…Singapore food” ini di 8 outlet Chatter Box di Jakarta hingga 15 Juli 2010. Selama masa promo pengunjung bisa menikmati ½ harga untuk setiap pembelian menu ke-2 khusus bagi hidangan Singapura.
sumber: openrice

makanan itu unik

Makanan pasti dimakan oleh seluruh manusia di dunia ini. Kebutuhan makanan setiap orang di dunia ini berbeda. Orang yang tinggal di Kutub Utara dan Kutub Selatan, membutuhkan banyak makanan untuk membantu menghangatkan dirinya agar suhu tubuhnya tetap normal. Sedangkan bagi orang yang tinggal di daerah tropis, mereka justru membutuhkan banyak minuman dibandingkan dengan makanan. Selera makanan orang di setiap negara pasti berbeda, sehingga setiap negara mempunyai makanan khas sendiri. Di Amerika Serikat, rata-rata penduduknya memakan pizza, hamburger dan hot dog sebagai makanan pokok mereka. Di Indonesia, rata-rata penduduknya memakan nasi sebagai makanan pokok mereka. Begitupun dengan Eropa dan negara-negara lainnya. Jadi, dapat dipastikan, bahwa setiap negara mempunyai makanan khas masing-masing.
sumber: wikipedia
lihat juga: sate, sushi, seafood, pasta

makanan manju

Manju Adalah tradisional Jepang yang populer . Ada banyak jenis Manju, tetapi kebanyakan memiliki luar dibuat dari tepung terigu, tepung beras dan gandum dan pengisian an (pasta kacang merah), terbuat dari kacang Azuki rebus dan gula. Mereka direbus bersama-sama lagi dan diremas. Ada beberapa jenis pasta kacang yang digunakan termasuk koshian, tsubuan, dan tsubushian.
lihat juga: nasi goreng, sate, seafood
Sumber: kotak game

doooooraaaaaayyyaaaaaaaakkkkkkiiiiiii :q

Dorayaki adalah kue yang berasal dari Jepang. Dorayaki termasuk ke dalam golongan kue tradisional Jepang (wagashi) yang bentuknya bundar sedikit tembam, terdiri dari dua lembar kue yang direkatkan dengan selai kacang merah. Dorayaki memiliki tekstur yang lembut dan mirip dengan kue jepang yang disebut Kastela karena adonan yang mengandung madu.Makanan doraemon nie, hehehe
liat juga: seafood, wine, sate
sumber: kotakgame