Chef Pappa in a new location. Indonesian food part I

Chef pappa is now in this new location. I have been very inactive in the last months. That does not mean I have stopped cooking or experimenting with food. Au contraire, I've picked up Indonesian food again. The last time I did something with rijsttafels and such was in high school, but once I started cooking again the smell and taste was still the same.

Thanksgiving this year was a "small" rijsttafel consisting of only 10 dishes. I spend a good 4 hours creating all the dishes. Even the peanut sauce started out as shelled raw peanuts which I roasted in the oven first. Only the kroepoek (shrimp crackers) were store bought. Frying kroepoek yourself is not easy; temperature control is very important and it is basically too much work.

On the picture a sample of the Thanksgiving dinner dishes:

• Atjar Tjampoer
• Nasi Kuning
• Gado Gado with Peanut sauce
• Sambal Goreng Telor
• Beef Rendeng

It was a lot of fun cooking this and even more fun eating it with friends and family. Can't wait to cook another meal for friends...