Report on Correspondent Tribunnews.com, Richard Susilo from Japan
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, Tokyo – A famous media in Japan, ASCII displays writing about Indonesian ‘rendang’ food which in 2016 was chosen by CNN 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, delicious to eat,” Kaizuka, ASCII reported his 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, which can be found in the store.
Retort food is a packaged food made from concentrate packed flexible plastic and metal 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.
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Meat dishes where beef, spices, coconut milk, and others are boiled for a long time.
“Looks like curry or beef soup, and in 2016, ranked first in” 50 best foods in the world “by US CNN. This ranking is announced every year, but also called the slogan” The Most Delicious Food in the World “from the history of the victory,” he said.
That is why the writer tried it.
“This time, I bought a retort food 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 immediately tried it, the seasoning was strong and it felt like an ethnic dish.
Beef beef that, tastes 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,” he added.
The soup similar 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. It seems that spices such as galanger, anis stars (octagon), and lime, which rarely seen as ingredients in Indian curry,” he said.
Locally, treated like a meal treat at every celebration.
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“Certainly, if you use so many spices, it will be difficult to collect its ingredients, and you can hope to spend a lot of money. It takes time and energy to cook,” he said.
In conclusion, if you are accustomed to Indian curry and Thai food, we 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 also eaten Rendang in Tokyo and its owner developed many Indonesian restaurants 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 was quite expensive if it entered Japan and it was difficult to sell it at a high price in Japan, finally the former minister was just aware of these obstacles.
The number of Indonesian restaurants in Japan is less than 50 shops in Japan today.
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