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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 11d

Celeriac is one veg I have no idea what to do with. Next time it's in season here I'll try to make a mash

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 15d

Loved following your Indo adventures!, Would you recommend the tour you did? I'll DM you if that's ok

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 15d

Fair. I also didn't realise till last year that allspice is a berry

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 15d

It's pumpkin spice latte season in the northern hemisphere and only a few years ago I found out that the lattes are not pumpkin flavoured but spices that would go into a pumpkin pie eg nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon. American garam masala if you will

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 17d

I've been playing The Door in loops

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 18d

I do appreciate this line:
"Germany's kebab industry would have been particularly skewered, as the quintessential high street doner has evolved over the decades to be rather different than the original from Turkey"
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Turkey abandons food fight to force doner kebab rules on Europe

The case had alarmed Germany's kebab industry in particular, who make doners very differently.

www.bbc.com

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 19d

I wrote about bakso, a very underrated and versatile Indonesian meatball dish
www.sbs.com.au/food/article...

What is bakso? A guide to Indonesia’s iconic meatball

Whether eaten as a snack or a complete meal, bakso's versatility is what makes it a beloved comfort food for many Indonesians.

www.sbs.com.au

Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 20d

I've always detested cauliflower until I realised roasted cauli with tahini dressing is bearable

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 21d

How good is North of North??

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 25d

Is it the humidity, the 6 meals a day or the travel mates?

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 26d

Restauranter, restaurantuer restauranteur
What a needlessly useless U at the end

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 28d

I never thought I'd say this but udon carbonara is amazing

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 28d

Australia's citizenship ceremony is my real life version of the Love actually opening montage (which technically was also real life)

Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 29d

Still can't get over how beautiful that building looks

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · 29d

My French friends swear that drinking boiled coke cures colds and fevers

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 13

And yet so many people have told me to 'if you're there legally, you don't have to worry'

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 13

And hawker stalls and food courts which allow people to meander, meet spontaneous, pull up a chair etc without needing booking and planning

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 13

Does He wasn't man enough for me by Toni Braxton count ?

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 12

Oooo is it mooncake season already? Lotus paste with egg yolk is my absolute favourite

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 9

One of the things on my bucket list is to go to Padang and learn more about Minang culture and architecture

Dorothy Porker @dorothy-porker.com · Sep 9

We went to the Rumah Gadang (traditional Minangkabau home) museum today and they were super interested in my grandfather and started looking up papers from his birth year for me, learned so much again today (including maybe the other half is also Minang) 😭🥰

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very thrilled for you! I absolutely love Minang house design which I just learnt is modelled after bull's horns (dunno why I couldn't figure out that one)

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 8

I grew up in a tropical country so when I watched Titanic it didn't occur to me Jack died of hypothermia

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 8

I really enjoyed reading this. Also there's a sculpture of amahs in Penang to commemorate? them
mypenang.gov.my/all/director...

One Leg Kicks All (Marking George Town)

The ‘Black and White’ Amahs were Cantonese domestic servants from Guangdong who did all kinds of household chores, and would refer to themselves with wry humour as ‘’Yat Keok Tet’’ (One

mypenang.gov.my

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 8

I know this sounds very defeative but I've come to realise that people can enjoy the food but loathe the people who make it

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Annie Hariharan @anniehariharan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Reading things like this makes me wonder about my own google maps dependency. How did I survive backpacking in the 2000s with a tattered map that hasn't been updated in a decade?
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/05/t...

Why doesn’t Google Maps work in one of Asia’s most developed, tourist-friendly countries? | CNN

Millions visit South Korea each year, a tech-friendly tourist haven. There’s just one problem: Google Maps doesn’t work there.

edition.cnn.com

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