Report on Correspondent Tribunnews.com, Richard Susilo from Japan
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, Tokyo – A famous Japanese media ASCII displays writing about Indonesian specialties, rendang.
Rendang was known in 2016 CNN was chosen as the most delicious food in the world.
“I bought it at an Asian restaurant in Japan with the price of around 700 yen. It is quite expensive as a retort food, but seeing from the list of ingredients, only beef with vegetables and herbs with extracts extracted from food, interesting to eat,” Kaizuka ASCII wrote in the published writing on Wednesday (12/30/2020).
According to him, rendang food is a specifications that do not use seasoning or chemical flour, so it is more like a retort food that can be found in the store.
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Retort food is a packaged food made from concentrate packed flexible plastic and aluminum foil.
“Have you ever heard of a dish called rendang? It is a local dish that is liked in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and so on,” he added.
Meat dishes where beef, spices, coconut milk, and others are boiled for a long time.
“Looks like curry or beef soup,” he wrote.
According to him in 2016, Rendang was ranked first of the 50 best foods in the world according to the US CNN.
This ranking is announced every year.
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Besides being called the best food, it is also referred to as the most delicious food in the world.
From the history of the victory, the writer wants to try it.
“This time, I bought food retort called Beef Rendang, supervised by Ellen,” he said.
Marai Fumitsu Gastronomy is a Malaysian restaurant in Ogikubo, Tokyo and Ellen is the owner and chef of Marai Fumitsu’s gastronomy.
The reporter also revealed immediately tried it.
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He called the firmness strong and it tastes like ethnic dishes.
Beef beef beam is soft and can be cut with a spoon.
It feels well absorbed.
“Served like curry. It seems served locally as a single dish or combined with Thai rice. This has a taste that matches japonica rice,” continued in the writing.
The part that is similar to the soup according to him is very soft and has a low viscosity.
“Meat can be considered as the main body. Visually similar to curry, but it tastes different from curry,” the writing continued.
It seems that spices such as Galanger, Anis Stars (Eightly), and lime, which are rarely seen as ingredients in Indian curry.
Locally, he added, it seemed to be treated like a treat for eating at every celebration.
“Certainly, if you use so many spices, it will be difficult to collect its ingredients, and you can expect to spend a lot of money. It takes time and energy to cook,” the writing continued.
According to him, if you get used to Indian curry and Thai food, you can enjoy it in the same way, but what if you are not good at cooking that is very flavoring?
“I think some people might not be good at that. Personally, I really like the scent of various types of spices, and this time I want to go to the shop and eat it.”
A former Minister of Trade to Tribunnews.com some time ago had also eaten Rendang in Tokyo.
He hopes that Indonesian restaurants can develop in Japan.
“Why can Japanese open 600 Japanese restaurants in Indonesia and Indonesians can’t open many Indonesian restaurants in Japan?” asked the former minister to Tribunnews.com.
After being explained, the import of Indonesian raw materials is quite expensive when entering Japan and it is difficult to sell it at a high price in Japan, finally the former minister only realized the obstacles.
The number of Indonesian restaurants in Japan is less than 50 shops today.
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