About Me

Hello there ! Welcome to my homely cooking hut, the place where I keep the recipes of fresh foods that coming out from my kitchen.

Who am I ?

Feel free to call me Tika, the owner and author of Cemplang Cemplung, the food stylist and food photographer of all photos in this blog (unless stated otherwise). I am happily married with an awesome man I've known from High School and a proud mother of a young boy. My life is busy (but not chaotic !) with homeschooling my son, doing house chores, blogging, photographing and make money by working as a Software QA Engineer in one of Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Distributor in Jakarta, Indonesia.

I call myself as foodie blogger by accident ! At first, I didn't enjoy cooking nor writing (I'm a terrible writer !) as much as I enjoy food photo shoot. The magic that I see through the lens has brought me to the world of food photography. It was started at the end of 2009 with a Samsung S830 Point & Shoot (P&S) camera as my tool had introduced me to aperture, ISO, shutter speed and another strange words of photography. I was instantly hooked up. As my fervent passion in photography grows, my passion in cooking also grow at the same time.

My favorite food
Without any doubt I will say "CHOCOLATE" ! I would love to try brownies recipes especially when it looks dense and moist. I also love hot and spicy food, ice cream, green tea and a big fan of mineral water. 

My photography equipments

My friend once said, "You're a late bloomer in photography". But hey.....never too late to learn something new. I never regret knowing photography in my mid-thirties. Now, with a Canon Rebel XS in my hand, playing with light, colors, shadow and time, I capture and freeze moments. My other useful equipments are my Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro. The last two are lenses I often use in my food photography. Both of them have their own specialties, I can't mention which one is the best !

Describe myself
- I wear my glasses only when I'm driving and ironing (I love ironing and watching TV at the same time :p) and to prevent anything from getting into my eyes when I'm on the road
- No make up
- Hate high heels
- Cats lover
- Fan of big bag (so I can toss everything inside it !)
- Love to spend time in the toilet with my laptop and WIFI !


Why Cemplang Cemplung ?
I didn't think too much what name I want to use for my food blog. Then the words Cemplang Cemplung which means "if you cook something but you don't have the recipe then you can grab whatever ingredients you have and put them together to make the food tasty" came across my head. The keyword is "sense". We need to use our senses in cooking, right ? :)

I hope once you come to my cyber home, you can feel as comfortable as I do. Just take a look at my photos and imagine how yummy the foods are. Have a nice journey on my food blog !! See ya ....