Adiós Domingo

We like easy, fresh meals particularly for Sunday dinners. 

A little simplicity in between the gluttony of the weekend and the misery of Monday.

Tacos are just the thing.

A filling of 50% meat, 50% veggies (this time it was diced green beans, carrots and the usual red onion and garlic) cooked with some  olive oil, cumin, paprika, chilli powder, salt and black pepper. Garnishing of baby spinach, diced roma and grape tomatoes, cheese. Hard taco shells (this one is Old El Paso) in the oven for 5mins to crisp them up.

A splash of Tabasco is a must.

A good Sunday night movie wouldn’t hurt either.

The excessive splashes of Tabasco necessitated a cooling dessert in the form of a mucho grande R2E2 mango from Carousel Asian fruit and veg shop and blended watermelon to wash it all down.

How’s that to end a lovely weekend?

Tête-à-tête at Tasik

One of our favorite restaurants in Perth is Tasik on Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, liked by 95% of 141 people on Urbanspoon. Not bad.

The ambiance is homey (in fact, it is a house turned restaurant) and there’s an allocated prayer area.  The Indonesian vibe of the place is resonant in the batik cloths on the tables, the traditional Dewa masks on the mantelpiece and of course, the smiley waiters with the unmistakable Indo lilts in their speech.

The menu is fairly extensive and unlike most Indonesian restaurants, there is no bainmarie of mixed dishes. We like that.

Now on to the food.

To be honest, we are not terribly adventurous in our food choices once we have found something we really like. At Tasik, what we like are pangsit goreng (fried wonton with chicken filling served with sweet chilli sauce) as an appetizer, followed by mains of rice with sup buntut (oxtail soup) and sambal goreng udang petai (fried prawns with bitter Parkia bean and chilli).

Delicious.

Winter or summer, those dishes hit the spot.

We have, on other occasions, tried almost the whole menu especially when dining there with friends… and have been satisfied with everything.

If not for the parking, it would be at the top of our date night destinations.

Yes, we eat petai* on our date nights.

*Petai is also known as stink bean

Appetizer

Halal is an Arabic word meaning lawful or permissible according to Islamic law.

It’s probably easier to definite halal foods by what is not halal, or haram i.e. forbidden. 

Pork, animals not slaughtered in the prescribed Islamic method, intoxicants, carnivorous animals, birds of prey, carrion, blood and foods contaminated with any of the aforementioned products are forbidden.

To be halal, the animal for slaughter must be healthy. The Islamic method of slaughtering dictates humane slaughtering of animals in the name of Allah, by severing the carotid artery, jugular vein and trachea by a sharp blade. The blood must be allowed to drain out of the carcass.  These are the basic principles; further rules apply.

Mr and I started this blog to share our food experiences with those seeking the enjoyment of halal food, particularly in Perth.

Let the stories begin!

Bismillah.