For a number of different reasons, I have decided to leave Europe and move on to some Asian cuisine. Because of the understandable similarities in cuisines, I was finding it difficult to get excited about selecting my menu. Not that there aren't still some delightful cuisines there that are still to be experienced, but I am looking for a bit of a change. Plus, I have decided that I need to diet, to lose some weight before summer, so for the next month or two I need to be able to select cuisines that will work with the particular diet I have in mind. Stirfrys, which involve lots of cleansing vegetables, will work just dandy. I will eventually wend my way back to Europe, back to England for some fish and chips, Norway and Slovenia, among others. A friend of mine suggested that I look to current events for help in selecting a country, and I was sorely tempted to do Japan in view of the recent tragic earthquake, but I knew the kids would want to be here, so it will have to wait until next weekend.
So, here I am in Indonesia (following in line with my "Eat, Pray, Love" theme, I guess). I was totally delighted with my choices, particularly the Nasi Goreng, which comes close to being the national dish of Indonesia. That is an especially hard thing to pin down, because there are some distinct regional differences. But it is a delicious dish, and probably would have been enough by itself. I started the meal off with a Soto Ayam, a yellow chicken soup (thanks to the addition of tumeric), and a chicken satay with peanut dipping sauce accompanied the Nasi Goreng. While there are Indonesian beers (made by the same company that makes Heineken in Indonesia), none were available at the MLCC, so I went with a Tiger beer from Singapore, which was a pleasant lager. All in all, I am quite happy with my decision and I am quite sure I'll enjoy the next leg on this journey!
Selamat makan!
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