Understanding a Culture through Food - What's Inside of Padang Cuisine
INDONESIA | Sunday, 7 April 2013 | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry
Padang food derives from Minangkabau, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. This cuisine is mostly spicy flavor. Everyone who likes having an agreeably pungent taste food, they definitely should have a sojourn at Padang eatery. This culinary art is renowned throughout Indonesia and even CNN had put rendang (one of Padang food) at the peak of World’s 50 most delicious foods on September 2011.
We can easily identify Padang cuisine restaurant for typical characteristics, the variation of the food which is displayed at once in the window display. Just pick out an interesting menu and then enjoy the delights of taste.
Padang foods comprise chicken, beef, eggs, cassava leaves, vegetables, cabbage, and hot chili as the main menu. It has a special sauce called sambal ijo.
Its presentation is extremely unique where the servants would carry 20 plates of foods menu to visitor table in a single inter directly. It becomes a fun acrobatic performances presented with food and piled two levels.
Padang cuisine is considered as a symbol of community or kinship, as it is usually used as an area where families collect in one place to eat together. Minang’s ethnic have a culture of togetherness and commonly habituate to solve problems while eating whether it just keeps in talk or creating an exchange of thoughts. From children to grandparents and so are the grandchildren. Its spicy taste symbolizes the bravery of Minang ethnic as well. On the other hand, it is about to introduce heritage to the younger generation.
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