Rendang Goes to Europe
March 15, 2010
Padang-style dishes line a restaurant window in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta. (JG Photo/Trish Anderton)
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363943"Every Indonesian ambassador, he said, should have a standardized recipe for it and popularize it in his or her host country."
Standardisation of cooking something? Surely that just means lack of experimentation on a dish for ever more.
"It will help make Indonesian food famous and prevent Indonesian food from being claimed by other countries," he told Metro TV.
Jeez, enough with the Malaysian paranoia!
I have used 'stuff' in an informal offhand manner as it was an informal offhand remark on a thread I wasn't especially interested in. You asked my opinion, remember? As for correcting others, I didn't realise you would take such umbrage at being given some friendly helpful English tips. Helping others can sometimes be lethal, eh? Or should that be fatal?
I hate to say this, but Rendang is found the world over already....in Malaysian restaurants (as is sate with peanut sauce), and has been for decades.
For someone who corrects others, I find it odd that he chooses the word "stuff" in relation to food.
Marmz, I know it can be used in an informal manner but to refer the Rendang as "stuff" is certainly unbecoming of a food inspector. No more?
I might just get a Padang "bungkus" for lunch. Suddenly I came over with a desperate desire for Rendang after reading this.
Rendang, the star of West Sumatra’s
renowned Padang-style cuisine, is being featured at the world’s biggest tourism
expo.
Indonesian culinary expert William
Wongso brought the long-simmering beef curry and other dishes including smoked meat from East Nusa Tenggara to the Internationale
Tourismus Borse (ITB) expo in Berlin, Germany.
"It will help make Indonesian
food famous and prevent Indonesian food from being claimed by other countries," he
told Metro TV.
William wants to make rendang Indonesia’s
signature dish overseas. Since January he has promoted it from the Netherlands
to Australia. Every Indonesian ambassador, he said, should have a standardized recipe
for it and popularize it in his or her host country.
He said many food fans at the expo wanted
to learn how to cook rendang.
Culinary expert Bondan Winarno defined rendang as beef
curry simmered until the meat has soaked up all the sauce and become caramelized.
"The word caramelized must be stressed. Unless it is caramelized it cannot be called rendang. Half-cooked
rendang is called kalio," he told the Jakarta Globe.
"My favorite beef rendang is
from Bukittinggi, with small potatoes added in the last hour of cooking," he
added.
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