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Food for Thought: Gado-Gado Ulek With a Modern Twist
Deconstructed gado-gado. (JG Photo/Petty Elliott) Gado-gado is a classic Indonesian dish originating from the Betawi, Jakarta’s original inhabitants. It traditionally consists of mixed vegetables —...
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Ubud Classes Bring Creativity in Bali Beyond Devotees of Its Arts
A cooking class at Paon Bali. (JG Photo) Ubud is renowned for its creative energy, and visitors will find an abundance of classes here to help them unleash their creativity. From Balinese cooking and...
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Bartender Bayu Wins Top Title
Dadan Agisna from Ayana Resort & Spa’s Rock Bar in Jimbaran, Bali. (JG Photo/Sandra Siagian) For Bayu Wiseso, making a cocktail is more than just mixing a few ingredients together. The Balinese...
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Polish Snail Farms Inch Towards Huge Potential
Snails are pictured at the ‘Snail Garden’ farm in Krasin, northern Poland, on May 29, 2013. At a snail farm in lake-rich northern Poland, one of a growing number of breeders across the country, it is...
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Food for Thought: Betawi Cooking Meets Italian Fare
For most of us, pucung is an unfamiliar word as it is known by a more colloquial name. Pucung is a Betawi name for keluak or black nut. The black nut is usually mixed with many different spices to...
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Italian Island Jail Hosts High-End Vineyard
Brian Baldissin, prisoner in a penal colony, holds a bottle of Gorgona wine by Frescobaldi’s vineyard on Gorgona island June 11, 2013. Gorgona, the smallest of the Tuscan archipelago that also includes...
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Six of the Best Coffee Places in Jakarta
1/15 Coffee. (Burufly Photo). The coffee scene in Jakarta just keeps getting better with a flurry of exciting new openings, many with impressively dedicated baristas. As the capital of a nation that...
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Yunnan Red, Anyone? Chinese Wine Heads to Europe
Visitors examine wine at Vinexpo, the world’s biggest wine fair, in Bordeaux, southwestern France, June 18, 2013. (Reuters Photos/Regis Duvignau) Bordeaux. For years the Chinese have been buying up...
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Enjoy Betawi Specials on Jakarta’s Birthday
A variety of Betawi dishes will be available to celebrate Jakarta’s anniversary at JW Marriott in Kuningan. (JG Photo/Maya Martini). Traditional Betawi food is typically served on the side of the road...
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US TV Drops Celebrity Chef After Racist Remarks
Food Network personality Paula Deen laughs before throwing out the first pitch prior to the Washington Nationals versus New York Mets MLB baseball game in Washington in this May 19, 2010 file photo....
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Balboni Puts a South Asian Twist On Italian Fare
Classical Italian with an Asia twist at Balboni (JG Photo/Tunggul Wirajuda) Italian food is an increasingly common site on Jakarta’s culinary landscape, in part because its offerings range from the...
View ArticleSome Impressive Spanish Reds Put Their Counterparts in the Shade
Regular readers of this column will know I am not a fan of heavily oaked Spanish reds, especially Riojas, due to the excessive taste of wood the wines leave in one’s mouth. It is like chewing bits of...
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Fine Wines Flourishing in Muslim Morocco
A man walks through a vineyard in the Moroccan town of Benslimane in the Casablanca region June 12, 2013. (AFP Phioto/Fadel Senna) Benslimane. Vines stretch to the horizon under the hot summer sun in a...
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5 Great Satay Places in Jakarta
For many people, satay conjures up an image of chicken meat skewered on a thin bamboo stick and glazed with sweet peanut sauce and spices. But this vast archipelago is home to all sorts of ethnicities...
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Food for Thought: South Sulawesi’s Coto Makassar
(JG Photo/Petty Elliott) Soto is a ubiquitous Indonesian soup or stew mostly found in Java and is most popularly prepared with beef or chicken. There are also other varieties that are found outside of...
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‘Knights of the Golden Empress’ Premiere a Royal Affair
The premiere of the classic Javanese opera ‘Knights of the Golden Empress’ brought together six royal families of Java. The Opera honored the life of famed batik designer Iwan Tirta, who died in 2010,...
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Kathmandu’s Hidden Diners Offer the Real Deal
A Nepalese Newari Bhatti vendor watches over food prepared for customers at his shop in Kathmandu on January 9, 2012. (AFP Photo/Prakash Mathema) Kathmandu. Down a narrow, stone-paved alley a few...
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French Chef Puts Crickets on Menu in Push to Use Insects as Food
‘I had this idea for several years, after travel to continents where it’s normal to eat insects,’ French chef David Faure says. ‘It’s really a question of taste.’ (AFP Photo/Valery Hache) Paris. French...
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Bandung Cafe’s Nazi-Kitsch Theme Sparks Some Uncomfortable Questions
Henry Mulyana, foreground, operates the Soldatenkaffee in Bandung, which is decorated with Nazi paraphanelia and has staff dressed in costumes reminiscent of the SS. (JG Photo/Yuli Krisna)...
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A Relaxing West Java Escape Where Fresh Air Meets Tranquil Dining
The Kintamani Resto & Cafe features calming pools as a pleasant accent. (JG Photo/Simon Marcus Gower) The journey from Jakarta to Bogor may cover quite a few kilometers, around 50, but it is...
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