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Nasi goreng

Nasi goreng made with basmati rice, chicken, sausage, beef, prawns, soy sauce and oyster sauce.

Potato soup

A simple potato soup of potatoes, milk, onion and olive oil, cooked for 10 minutes and enough for 2 people.

Tuna roll

A cooked tin-fish mixture with onion, tomato and githeyo chilli is filled along hot dog buns.

Chilli paste

Dried chillies, hard dried fish, soy sauce and sugar are cooked into a chilli paste kept for many days.