Sydney hosts 'A Taste of Indonesia' culinary festival

From Aug. iv to 12, Shangri-La Hotel inwards Sydney, Australia, is hosting a culinary festival titled “A Taste of Indonesia.”

Indonesian dishes are notable for its usage of spices. (Shutterstock/File)

“We’re bringing ii chefs from Shangri-La Djakarta who are experts inwards cooking Indonesian food,” said the ministry's deputy government minister for Overseas Promotion I Gde Pitana.
Among the dishes existence presented are soto ayam (chicken aromatic soup), daging konro Makassar (Makassar-style rib soup), rendang (beef simmered inwards kokosnoot together with spices), bebek betutu (Balinese slow-cooked duck), ayam bakar jawa (Javanese-style grilled chicken), telor balado (egg with balado sambal) and udang goreng sambal balado (fried prawn with balado sambal).

The festival also invites move agents to sell tour packages to destinations such equally Djakarta together with Bali together with features an orchestra surgical operation of gamelan Bali.
“We are targeting for to a greater extent than than 1,000 people to cause got purpose inwards the festival,” Pitana said, adding that the target is quite realistic considering Indonesian nutrient is quite pop with Australians, peculiarly those who alive inwards Sydney.

“Just hold back at the NZAC Parade area; at that spot are 10 restaurants located side-by-side that serve Indonesian nutrient such equally Fajar Restaurant, , Ayam Goreng, Penang Bistro, Indo Rasa, Sedap Rasa, Ubud Fine Dining, Pempek Palembang Clovelly together with nasi padang. These restaurants are ever filled with people; together with then many Sydney residents bask the diversity of Indonesian cuisine, peculiarly students together with workers from Republic of Indonesia who alive there,” added Pitana.

According to Tourism Minister Arief Yahya, culinary is a neat tool to promote Wonderful Republic of Indonesia tourism build to the world.

Indonesian nutrient itself has been recognized inwards the international market, including intelligence website CNN that listed sate (skewer), nasi goreng (fried rice) and rendang in its listing of the World’s l Best Foods (http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/world-best-foods-readers-choice/index.html). (JakartaPost)

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