Indonesia famous in the World Food

In addition to the wealth of art and culture, Indonesia is known to have the culinary diversity that makes the tongue swaying. Satay, fried rice, nasi padang, nasi rames, and rendang is a list of the famous archipelago serving in foreign countries.

"In Holland, there are nearly 1,000 restaurants serving Indonesian cuisine. In New York, rice fields and rice rames the most developed and known," said Director General for ASEAN Cooperation, Djauhari Oratmangun, in a conversation last week. "In Europe, many Indonesian restaurants in the list of best restaurants."

Chef Yonki Gunawan, coordinator of the Indonesian Chef Association (ICA), agreed that many Indonesian cuisine is known the world community. "Cuisine of Indonesia's most well known rendang and fried rice. The most famous cake layer bluder legislators and bread, which was popularized by the Dutch," he said.

Relying on the power of spices, culinary Indonesia often have a claim as the most spicy dish to-2 after India. Shrewdness spice blend is then made Indonesia seem unique cuisine and difficult to imitate.

No exaggeration to culinary archipelago receive serious attention in order to be sustainable. Promotions should not be broken in order to culinary archipelago was 'stolen' by other nations. One effective promotion including through involvement in international culinary festival.

"We often participate in international food festivals abroad, usually done by friends of the embassy. Finally we join the festival of international cuisine in Thailand," said Djauhari.

The participation of an international food festival to be important in the proliferation of restaurants serving international cuisine in the homeland, as well as many international chefs who come to study the culinary archipelago. This could be a threat if we are reluctant to preserve it.

However, Djauhari optimistic that Indonesia will remain cuisine known as the cuisine of Indonesia, without fear of 'stolen' in other countries. "It is registered on UNESCO's very necessary, but the most important is that we preserve it and promote it as part of Indonesian culture," he said.

In addition to always participate in the festival of international cuisine abroad, the foreign ministry is also trying to hold an international culinary festival in the country. The goal, to spread culture to the people of Indonesia and representatives of other countries.

Nearest festival is the 'ASEAN Plus Culinary Festival' which will be held at La Piazza Kelapa Gading, 16-18 September. In addition to menus archipelago rich spices, the festival also serves cuisine from countries such as ASEAN and dialogue partners China, Japan, Pakistan, New Zealand, and India.

Despite the intention of preserving the traditional foods of each country, international culinary festival also aims to further strengthen the public relations world. Perhaps the term, from belly up to the liver. "Her love can come from food," said Djauhari.