Nasi Goreng

Nasi Goreng, literally meaning "fried rice" in Indonesian, can refer simply to fried pre-cooked rice, a meal including stir fried rice in small amount of cooking oil or margarine, typically spiced with kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), shallot, garlic, tamarind and chilli and accompanied with other ingredients, particularly egg, chicken and prawns. There is also another kind of nasi goreng which is made with ikan asin (salted dried fish) which is also popular across Indonesia and this salted dried rice taste is very rich and very crispy.
Nasi goreng has been called the national dish of Indonesia, though there are many other contenders. There are many Indonesian cuisines but few national dishes. Indonesia's national dish knows no social barriers. It can be enjoyed in its simplest manifestation from a tin plate at a roadside warung, travelling night hawker's cart; eaten on porcelain in restaurants, or constructed at the buffet tables of Jakarta dinner parties.^[3]
In 2011 an online poll by 35,000 people held by CNN International chose Nasi Goreng as the number two of their 'World’s 50 Most Delicious Foods' list after rendang.

Nasi Goreng Ingridients

• 400g (2 cups) long-grain white rice
• 1 tbs vegetable or peanut oil
• 2 (about 275g) chicken thigh fillets, excess fat trimmed, cut into 2cm pieces
• 1 175g pkt shortcut bacon (Primo brand), thinly sliced crossways
• 5 eschalots (French shallots), thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1 carrot, finely diced
• 1 celery stick, trimmed, finely diced
• 200g small cooked peeled prawns
• 40g (3/4 cup) loosely packed finely shredded Chinese cabbage
• 80g bean sprouts
• 2 tbs bought fried shallots (Maesri brand)
• 2 tbs kecap manis
• 1 tbs soy sauce
• 4 eggs  

In Sydney, nasi goreng could be find anywhere at south east asia restaurant, one of them is at Mamak restaurant which is a malaysian restaurant.
There are many types of nasi goreng, which as chicken, beef, lamb, fish, crazy fried rice. Usually, crazy fried rice is very spicy that could make you sweat a lot.

Introduction to Mexican food

Mexico locates at central America, it is a historcial country which is famous for its culture: on 14th century, the Aztec established Aztec civilization, after that, it was conquered by the Spanish, so the food culture in Mexico is colorful: a mixture with Aztec and Spanish food culture.

The Comida dominates Mexican's daily life. It is the most important component in Mexican food culture. It accounts for the lunch in USA and Australia(because it is the most abundant meal and always be eaten between 2pm and 5pm). It starts with a soup which contains onion or other vegetables, following with a piece of roast meat(such as lamb or pork) with special and delicious sauce, also including vegetables). After this, some chocolate drinks will be provided.

Espcially, corn plays an extremely significant role in Mexican food. Due to North America continent is the most feracious area for corn, people in Mexico prefer corn in their daily food. Corn recipe is sufficient in there: grilled corn, corn pancakes, pickled corn,tortilla...... Tortilla is a kind of fried food, it is made by corn floor, and always have a triangled shape, people always eat it with spicy sauces. It is quite similar to the traditional chips, the only difference is chips is made by potato, tortilla is made by corn, generally, corn is healthier than potato.

In Australia, Mexican food is easy to be found anywhere.Mad Mexico is a famous and popular Mexican fastfood restaurant, it locates on the majority of big shopping malls in Sydney.