What Do Indonsians Order at Indonesian Restaurants? 🇮🇩

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WHAT I ORDERED:
Tempeh Mendoan (Deep fried tempeh with spiced batter)
Gado Gado (Mixed steamed vegetable)
Mie Goreng Tek Tek (Fried noodle with egg, chicken, vegetables, fried shallot, and scallions)
Bakso Beranak (Big meatball filled with small meatballs and quail eggs in soup)
Nasi Bungkus Padang w/ Beef Rendang (Rice in banana leaf wrap padang style)
Soda Gembira (Soda water, condensed milk, syrup, and ice)
Tape Singkong Bakar (Grilled fermented cassava with cheese and chocolate)
OTHER RECS:
Pempek (Fried savory fish cake)
Tongseng Kambing (Curry goat)
Bakmi Ayam Jamur (Chicken with noodles and mushrooms)
Krupuk Bawang (Onion crackers)
Es Kelapa Muda (Iced young coconut)
Jus Sirsak (Soursop juice)
Teh Kotak or Teh Botol (Iced jasmine tea)
Pisang Goreng (Fried banana)
Es Cendol (Coconut Milk, sugarcane syrup, green rice flour jelly, jack fruit and ice cube)
Es Teler (Avocado, coconut, basil seeds, jackfruit, sugar palm fruit, grass jelly, condensed milk and shaved ice)
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Tempeh Mendoan
02:42 Gado Gado
04:36 Mie Goreng Tek Tek
06:52 Soda Gembira
08:39 Bakso Beranak
12:15 Nasi Bungkus Padang w/ Beef Rendang
15:37 Tape Singkong Bakar
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[@cel2460]

"Not the healthiest but it tastes good" pretty much sums up indonesian food in a nutshell 😅

[@melaniedejonge5234]

Ha! I made that same joke to myself! Love it! 😁

[@fsmnt]

Not the prettiest but damn it taste good!

[@lianevandongen6923]

According to the WHO Gado Gado is THE Best meal you can have, has everything you need to eat healthy

[@Daph112]

That's true! The Tape in itself can have like 400 calories per piece or something like that. And I doubt you'd eat only 1 piece!

[@auleaf1210]

@@Daph112 oh too bad my guilty pleasure is battered fried tape lol whoever interested in tape really have to try it

[@sweeteclecticlife]

I would not be mad if this became a permanent series on your channel...

[@BerylShereshewsky]

I think it might be a once a month thing and I was originally thinking about like the most common delivery cuisines but now I’m seeing it as a way to learn about many foods from local people and ignite curiosity to explore a cuisine either at home or out!

[@slumber8120]

saaaaame, i have a tendency to stick to what i know when it comes to ordering food or going out to eat, and this series has taught me a lot about unfamiliar cuisines and even new foods to try in familiar ones. it's inspired me to try a couple new things so far and given me inspiration for future takeout meals. i get super excited every time a new delivery video comes out ♥

[@biendereviere]

Same here 😱

[@Dxco31]

yasss

[@lunascomments3024]

@@BerylShereshewsky 5993 Indonesian cuisine left to taste!

[@zephdo2971]

As a Filipino, I have been WAITING for this episode. I have been obsessed with Indonesian cuisine ever since i tried Indomie.

[@tigerlily5236]

You can try the different Indomie flavors, they are region locked also for some region. :)

[@justgado2772]

Come visit Indonesia, neighbor😊

[@Banurasmi_]

I'm obsessed with indomie.. And my dream is i want to try all of the variants flavour of indomie in arround the world 😭✊

[@rizkyhardiansyah1978]

@@tigerlily5236 just bypass it with vpn bro lol

[@tigerlily5236]

@@Banurasmi_ The rarest one is Indomie satay flavor, which isn't available in Indonesia since they decided to make it export only 😭😭😭 my favorite flavor

[@shrutidas144]

I had rendang once and oh boi i can say it's the tastiest dish in the world. It's soooooo good i still haven't been able to shake my mind off it even after 4 years. I m from India and we have b0mb meat dishes here but rendang, i have to say, just takes the trophy

[@TheIndonesianPride]

Perhaps Beryl got the westernized version and not the authentic one. Some native spices are missing overseas.

[@shrutidas144]

@@TheIndonesianPride maybe. I had it in Indonesia itself

[@naysilla14056]

@@TheIndonesianPride It's called kalio, semi-finished rendang.

[@amitranjan3541]

@@shrutidas144 do they have chicken rendang too? I don't eat beef.

[@shrutidas144]

@@amitranjan3541 there is chicken rendang but traditionally it's made with beef. Chicken rendang tasted phenomenal too🤌. Taste gets enhanced if you have it the next day.

[@adriantonoval]

Congrats you just tried 7 types of Indonesian cuisine. And there are 5,993 more Indonesian food you’ve had to try 😂

[@lilyanne2676]

No no At least 9999

[@kiandita]

Beryl had reviewed tons of Indonesian foods for years.

[@bcoveplmene9791]

Because Indonesia have different types of cuisine based on ethnic group/ culture, I suggest you Beryl to make it like Indonesian food "Balinese cuisine", "Javanese cuisine", "Minangkabau cuisine', ... etc 🤗

[@oo8962]

New quest unlocked: Try the rest of Indonesian food

[@ramochii1324]

We need bingo for this lmao

[@rahmahdiadi7689]

Me when see beryl eat gado-gado my inner uncle roger wanto to scream " why you add the peanut sauce so little beryl!" When eat or buy Gado-gado, you pour a lot of peanut sauce into the salad and mix it until all of the peanut sauce covered every inch of the veggies. But i also thinks that the amount of peanut sauce in the cup is too little compared to what you will get in Indonesia ( especially if you buy it on traditional store)

[@chamallow989]

You forgot the « haiyaaaa »

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

@@chamallow989 and the "fui-yohhh"

[@forgotmyun]

This was literally me watching it!

[@shortymcfox2251]

Lmao😂

[@arshiarohmat4376]

Yeah when you have gado-gado you need to cover all the things with peanut sc so you'll got the best salad ever

[@zugabdu1]

One word of caution about trying to eat Indonesian food as a vegetarian (or keep kosher) - there's shrimp paste in a lot of foods and it's not always obvious. If you dont want that, it's worth asking if the restaurant uses it. Indonesian cuisine is the most underrated in the world. I'm so frustrated there aren't more Indonesian restaurants in the US.

[@getdem5712]

Yeah, the problem is not much of us really like to migrate. There is a proverb in Indonesia "With feast or without feast, get together with your family first" (Mangan ora mangan sing penting kumpul). We will miss our hometown so much if we go migrate and eventually will come back home. So you will expect only a little Indonesian to go US and sell our cuisine.

[@sweetajeng]

@@getdem5712 yup, orang indonesia pasti balik pulang. Jarang ada yg menetap di negara orang & buka restoran

[@gdottothegamer1001]

@@getdem5712 yea. We get homesick real quick, lmao. I mean, just look at the amount of people going back to their hometown during mudik

[@houseoftyrell1544]

Glad you mention about kosher and pay attention to the details about shrimp paste, that mostly contain in sambal so probably ask not to order shrimp paste (terasi) sambal one cause there's so many type of sambal or avoid sambal at all since it's only additional and sometimes serve separately from the food.

[@peacechan4500]

Oh also vegetarian people you literally kinda didn't miss a thing if you skip on the shrimp paste. Even my non vegetarian me usually do ask to not add shrimp paste

[@nellfoulke5297]

The pregnant meatball deserves honorable mention on the "rainy day foods" video.

[@jjryan1352]

It's an uncommon dish. Most are having regular meatball soup.

[@nellfoulke5297]

@@jjryan1352 meatball turducken!

[@jjryan1352]

@@nellfoulke5297 ok. Just saying that type of bakso dish is rare in Indonesia.

[@wibs0n68]

@@jjryan1352 idk man every bakso (rarely in cart) I find offers pregnant bakso, or similar variants

[@jjryan1352]

@@wibs0n68 not really. Most shops sell: regular, small, large (sometimes called jumbo or super), beef tendon, and egg filled. The balls within balls is still a specialty and rather rare. If you include street vendors (pushcarts) then it is exceedingly rare. Also "pregnant" is a mistranslation. It's not called bakso hamil but bakso beranak which means "has children" (offspring).

[@EnglishwithCaca]

Yes, fermented cassava (tape) contained alcohol. Its about 6% if fermented for 4 days, and 13% if fermented for 7 days.

[@lydiaklotz7479]

how do those strict muslims eat it then or even recommend it

[@igovalentino7561]

@@lydiaklotz7479 well, in Islam, you can't eat or drink something that will make you drunk, but the alcohol in the tape won't make you intoxicated. so because of this Indonesia Muslim association say it's good for consumption, just don't eat too much because the alcohol might add up and you will be drunk

[@-Shibbi]

@@lydiaklotz7479 I also wonder. After a little googling, it turns out that alcohol itself is not a haram/halal reason. It's haram if something you consume will make you "drunk". Some fruits also contain alcohol, such as durian and all fruits is halal.

[@dnitisastra]

@@lydiaklotz7479the alcohol produced by the fermentation process are mostly in the liquid that came as a side product of the fermentation. The sticky rice/cassava usually still only has a little of it and it's negligible (CMIIW), while the liquid is essentially a wine

[@rahmahdiadi7689]

@@lydiaklotz7479 that's actually one of the biggest misunderstanding in Islam regarding halal/haram product. To make it simple, any kind of food,drink, or stuffs that make you intoxicated, drunk, heavily addicted of it, or make you lose all of your rational thinking is haram no matter how little you consume. That's why narcotics and weed is haram in Islam despite of it doesn't have alcohol content

[@mann_robbuka]

The issue with your gado-gado felt a little bland is because you're supposed to mix and drench all those veggies and protein with the peanut sauce, it becomes more kind of full dish than just a a regular "salad". Also love Ms. Evelyn's Javanese accent mixed with English tho haha ✌

[@Lokesvararaja]

This is the issue in Indonesian culture. We tends to be dishonest coz we are using "polite words". It run in our blood. OP would take as really only "a little" bland. Kasian OP would not know how the real thing tastes. As I said in my other comment, the peanut sauce needs to be 15-20x more to be a proper Gado-gado.

[@RESTU934]

Gua gak bisa bahasa Inggris bang lu ngomong indo kek🗿

[@alyanblaa6403]

agreeeddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ghyn3410]

​@@RESTU934 u didn't just commented that shit on an english video🤡

[@sugar33spice]

I've never had any bland Indonesian food before. The word bland doesn't even exist when it comes to food there 😆

[@kiaa1229]

I must say, when it comes to a foods, Indonesia people insanely creative, not just with the flavors but also with the visuals and the names, and their street food is AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS

[@CharDhue]

In Indonesia If u want a normal taste food u can go to fancy restaurants but if u want a f delicious food u must find a good street vendor, well street foot have 50:50 (good/bad) chance and fancy restaurants have like 80:10:10 (normal/good/bad)

[@LelakiKerdus]

"bakso setan" 😂

[@bangwanalfian6673]

FYI, I think there is no concept of appetizer or starter dish in Indonesia. We just straight to the main dish. Usually there is a dessert or in Indonesia we call it "pencuci mulut"/ mouth-cleanser dish. So if you ask, what Indonesian foods are suitable for starter? That would be confusing to answer. But in this vlog, I think mendoan is kinda good for starter, better than pempek personally. Those foods actually just snacks like afternoon snack or for breakfast. And for grilled tapai, That's the star 🤩😆. Thank you to recommend and Introduce Tapai/Tape to the world 😆😁.

[@kaekaeoshi69]

Pencuci mulut is dessert Walau emang di inggris ada lagi istilah palate cleanser buat mencuci mulut

[@simplyyellow6240]

gak pernah prasmanan ya ngab? 😂 Ada lah...cuma ortu kita terlalu malas bikin makan kek gtu...kecuali Bulan Puasa.

[@CarstenHazz]

​​@@simplyyellow6240 Emang makanan Indonesia apa yang di khususkan untuk appetizer? 😅

[@simplyyellow6240]

@@CarstenHazz bakwan,segala jenis gorengan

[@CarstenHazz]

@@simplyyellow6240 Wah, saya kira gorengan cuman buat jaburan sama temen ngopi aja. Ternyata itu appetizer

[@amyschneidhorst1384]

I was introduced to Indonesian food through a pop-up kitchen in the early 2000s in Chicago. I adore Indonesian food and wish I had easier access Indonesian restaurants.

[@yanuhardi77]

How lucky you are

[@MekDi10]

Do you remember the name of the restaurant?

[@CarstenHazz]

​@@MekDi10 pop-up kitchen itu kaya pasar dadakan gitu kayanya. Jadi cuman ya tenda tenda doang

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

None around here either.

[@Snake-tz5rg]

Yeah tape have a really boozy taste. we made it in middle school for a science class once we left it to ferment at school for one day, one of my classmate team have made it at home and brought it to school so theirs is fermented for 2 days. On the next day sience class, we use the tape that we made to make cendol we eat the cendol with our teacher while listening to our teacher PowerPoint lecture. The team that have the tape fermented for 2 days actually made booze that we call tuak in Indonesia that team boys actually drink some of the booze got a red face and a little drunk 🤣🤣🤣.

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

Kid this day 🤣🤣

[@addindantari]

Sorry, what...? Middle school? 🤣🤣 Nakal yaaaa 🤣🤣

[@hitamitu]

i did the same experiment too in high school. tho we tried making it from various type of carbohydrates so i got to make one with talas/taro instead of cassava/sticky rice. my teacher specifically loved the boozy taste tho lol

[@itsvan5791]

Ah.. this tape experiment, i did it in highschool instead making tape somehow we ancidentaly making Arak, the teacher not so happy about it but my classmates treat us like a rockstar. Anyway Tuak only made from Palm sap, if it's made from rice or other fermentation it's called Arak.

[@Daph112]

Indonesian food has influences from many other parts of the world: India, China, The Netherlands, even Portuguese. All these create a very diverse cuisine. Not to mention the islands that were once isolated meant that people from certain islands only have a limited number of resources so they had to be creative with their cooking. Now, these region-specific dishes have been introduced and are well-loved all over Indonesia (like Pempek, the one that all your subscribers suggested).

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

Also some middle east cuisine too has been merged into indonesian dish.

[@marymadelleine]

Spanish dish too had been integrated into our Indonesian cuisine 👍 You should try the panada from Manado, Indonesia.

[@Daph112]

@@marymadelleine possibly. Portuguese too. In some parts of indonesia. But Indian and Chinese influences are like in the NATIONAL DISHES lol

[@CharDhue]

Most of it influenced by china and India because we are at their cross trade-road, and yeah Portuguese and dutch for they govern our archipelagos for centuries

[@agusfirmansyah35]

Indonesians is looks like chinese but darker like indian, so does the food

[@pandhuvandhita6192]

Here's a few notes: Gado-gado: The rice cake you mentioned is called ketupat, which is 100% rice and how they are made is very interesting (you should look it up). Also, you need to pour and mix ALL of the sauce when eating it lol. Soda Gembira: Is a crazy sweet drink. I'd recommend you to put some ice cubes in it, and add the ingredients to taste. Fun fact, soda gembira is usually sold as an unmixed soda water, condensed milk and syrup, they let the customer mix them. Bakso Beranak: If you're wondering who has the idea to made this in the first place, probably some positively unhinged person in west java. They're known for their wacky food inventions and adding processed cheese to everything Nasi Padang: The potato thing you ate is called Perkedel. It's just some sort of deep-fried balled mashed potato. I think it might have been an adaptation to Dutch food. Something missing in your nasi padang is probably the cassava leaves and sambel cabe ijo (green chilli sambal). Finally, Tape Singkong: Yes, you are correct. It is booze or, to be precise, on its way to become booze. If you let a tape sit long enough, their alcohol level will rise and the water they left out is actually something that Indonesian drinks, i think it's called Arak. There is also another type of tape, which is made with black sticky rice, which is also on its to become alcohol and is a lot more common to be made into Arak.

[@wibs0n68]

Lmao. There's always that one wacky guy that "adds mozzarella" on everything

[@samcam3169]

Biasanya gado2 terbuat dari lontong bukan Ketupat

[@mohammad-titan]

Couple things to note: You know how people fight over crunchy vs smooth peanut butter? Well Indonesian fight over crispy vs limp(? I don't know the word. Basically the opposite of crispy) tempe mendoan. Although the controversy isn't as big as the peanut butter one. Also the batter usually has green onions added to it for an extra something something. Gado gado is usually SMOTHERED in the peanut sauce so you SHOULDN'T skimp up on the sauce. In many of the hawker places thats where the flavours mainly came from. As for the happy soda, my family used to make it like yours but then shared and added some ice so the ice would water down the sweetness.

[@Rose-jz6sx]

Soggy would be the opposite of crispy but maybe a bit too much for what you're talking about?

[@anathema2325]

Lightly fried versus crisp. I also like mine fried so hard they can hear the crackle two houses down when I chew it

[@pepeokatze]

I guess its more light soft batter vs light crispy batter?

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

It is soggy, drenched in wet oil for mendoan, real mendoan is maybe a 1/4 of the time to cook the crispy one, and it will still have white batter not yellow and not stiff at all.

[@ariadisasmito9592]

Tempe mendoan.. In it's origin, mendoan means half cook.. so if you like it crispy, you can't call it tempe mendoan, because mendoan means half cooked.. A crispy fried tempe is called tempe kemul..

[@Unknown-jg4uq]

hope you enjoyed this one! Indonesian cuisine, well Indonesia as a whole is really underrepresented in the west. When people say south east asia most people would say thailand or vietnam and almost nobody knows Indonesia even exists haha

[@patgarcia2010]

I would think of Indonesia! My beloved brother-in-law (RIP) was born there and even before he married my sister, he and his family introduced our family to much of Indonesian culture, including their food. Much of it became our favorites. Still miss you, Bro!!!

[@telebubba5527]

Not in the Netherlands😉. But then we colonized those gem islands. Indonesian food is eaten in every house here, though not daily of course. There's even a Dutch spin-off which is "rijst tafel" (rice table), which is a sprawl of 10, 15 or even more dishes at the same time. It's very popular.

[@hunchbackaudio]

In the Netherlands it’s totally integrated in the local cuisine. A lot of Dutchies eat nasi, bami, saté on a weekly basis. We even serve fries with saté sauce.

[@kittenmimi5326]

Isit tho? Idk bout you but like to me indonesian stuff is quite popular enough in the west...

[@gdottothegamer1001]

It is pretty weird that one of the biggest countries in the world, the biggest archipelago country in the world, a country with the most volcanoes, a country with tons of weird endemic flora and fauna, and one of countries with tons tons tons of people from different ethnicity and culture is basically invisible in the eye of the western people. You probably already know this but the best example of this is the fact that a lot of people from the west only know Bali and not Indonesia. I think the main reason for it is because of how too chill we are, as in, we don't care too much about trying to introduce ourselves to people outside the country. We're already comfortable and happy just being here

[@CurseOxuin]

Fun fact : Indonesian is so accustomed eating with rice they consider you're not eating if there's no rice, in fact we have a word for just that which is Gado (to eat without rice) so you can guess where's the name Gado-gado comes from :D (the rice cake usually optional) and yes as other has mentioned it's drench situation not drizzle xD (also add sweet soy sauce/kecap on top of it to really seal the deal)

[@tanyah.9131]

Now I'm off to google Indonesian restaurants in Seattle! 👀👀🤤

[@dailywwin]

I’m Indonesian living in Seattle area. Unfortunately there are not so many Indonesian restaurants in Seattle. There is only one in North Seattle called Indo Cafe but I’m not that impressed. It’s kinda bland for my Indonesian taste. I always cook Indonesian food at home and people I share the food with always love it. If you were still around Seattle, I would be happy to share my Indonesian food with you sometime.

[@windy8139]

The rendang looks so good! Btw the rendang with "broth" that you eat on the video is called Kalio. It's cooked in a shorter time than rendang. Rendang is drier and darker than kalio as it's cooked longer, and it has stronger smell (or taste? idk) of caramel (maybe u know abt Maillard's reaction). Hope you can taste the dry rendang as well 😄

[@mooran]

The "randang" looks a bit off to me. Maybe because they made the color of the sauce is pretty similar to mushrooms sauce, idk. Also I've never seen any "randang" that have black dots (black pepper maybe?) kinda thing in the sauce.

[@melaniedejonge5234]

Ok, yes! Thank you! I was like…that rendang is the wrong color. 😁 Glad I’m not going crazy.

[@anathema2325]

O no even more dissapointment coming up , I m here watching the gado gado , my little heart ..

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

@@mooran well you can say that rendang that berryl eat is half cook of the usuall rendang 😂

[@heldahelda1314]

True. I always try to hold back not to scrdam about it. Usually in the mostly visited restaurant in Indonesia even, they make rendang still wet, as kalio, coz they probably to the liking for the westerners taste. Or becoz it looks more descent as the westerners are sometimes health freaks, n would decline to eat the original look of rendang. Idk, me just assume it that way...🤷‍♀️

[@rubysoffner4557]

When you said that the noodles have a bit of a fish/umami flavour, you were correct. They likely added terasi ( ‘belacan’ in Malaysian), a fermented shrimp paste that is very pungent, but adds a wonderful umami-ness to food and is a staple of Indonesian food. And the sauce is sambal Oelek, which is commonly made with birdseye chillies, so yes, it is pretty spicy 😅

[@untadagang6172]

Either terasi or fish sauce because lot of traditional fried noodles and kwetiau use that sauce.

[@teknoid5878]

Terasi? no, you can skip that. We got Ajinomoto baby!

[@marymadelleine]

Mie tek tek may contain fish sauce or kecap ikan actually

[@callmeyourbae2859]

I'm impressed with the fan choices and proud of you guys. Tape Singkong Bakar was a brilliant idea.

[@Loveismyteacher]

I love this! Now I have to find an Indonesian restaurant 😂 Please do an episode on Jamaican food. It was the first food that made me love spices and spicy foods. ❤

[@alysoffoxdale]

I am so envious that you live in such a cosmopolitan urban environment that has so many different cuisines available to you for delivery! I will be happy to keep watching videos in this series until you have completely exhausted every single one of the cuisines you can get delivered to you! So many of these cuisines you try simply do not have restaurants where I have lived. I love learning about all these amazing dishes from you, so I will know what I _must_ try (and what I personally should avoid despite all recommendations) if I ever have the opportunity.

[@abovesealevel5202]

Right? I wonder how she could get something so specific like pregnant bakso.

[@kikisakamoto]

@@abovesealevel5202 its on awang kitchen menu

[@mahmeme]

Nooooo never stop this series! As a fellow foodie who has always wanted to try global cuisine that people from those cultures would actually pick out, these videos have been so helpful.

[@melaniedejonge5234]

Agreed!

[@lisahinton9682]

Beryl, I used to live next door to some people that were from Syria. (They escaped the wretched war, still ongoing, and moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and their very first apartment outside of Syria was right next door to me!) For the two years we shared a common wall, I ate some of the most delicious food I've ever had. Cannot tell you a single name of what to order, but perhaps your viewing community could give you recommendations. And in honor of them, I recommend you eat approximately three times your typical portions, as that is what they _insisted_ I eat! I would waddle out of there, barely able to walk the 15 steps home! I miss those meals! I hope you'll try their cuisine - it is absolutely delicious!

[@jeffreyjahja7]

The rendang that you've got is creamier than most Indonesian rendang. Most Indonesian restaurants overseas (specifically in the Netherlands and Malaysia) would intentionally make it creamier to suit the local taste.

[@sugar33spice]

The rendang in Indonesia is like a flavor explosion like no other 🤩

[@rosieliem_]

As all other people commented here, yes Beryl you poured a little too....little amount of gado-gado sauce there which is why the gado-gado tasted bland to you. We just usually drenched the vegs with as much sauces as we can get 😂. For the bakso as well, maybe you need to put more soup inside but that looks good and i'm surprised they sell bakso beranak there. For the tape-dessert, yes, there's "no booze" there (actually if you lab-tested it well yea around 3-6% but weirdly it is considered halal here) 😂 People here have so many types of "tape" from cassava, to even sticky rice. Happy to see my country got the turn! ❤

[@tarysunshine3878]

The tape was grilled. So it has no alcohol in it but it smell & taste boozy

[@rahmahdiadi7689]

FYI. The tapai/tape that beryll eat is actually a tape that already processed into another dish. The tape itself is pure white in colour and while the tape itself is safe for children, the water you get from the fermentation process is not for children as it's indeed an alcoholic beverages

[@bcoveplmene9791]

Because Indonesian have different types of cuisine based on ethnic group/ culture, I suggest you Beryl to make it like Indonesian food Balinese cuisine, Javanese cuisine, Minangkabau cuisine, ... etc 😍

[@whatwilliwatch3405]

Things were going along like a typical video, watching you plate the dishes as the subscribers describe it, but then that meatball came on screen at 9:10 and I was like, "Holy cow! That thing is HUGE!" It totally caught me off-guard, lol.

[@widiakharisma7735]

For the tapai or tapé, the cassava (sometimes also sticky rice) is fermented for 3-4 days, so it contains at least 3% of alcohol. While booze is haram for Muslims, tapai is considered halal despite the alcohol content because it won't get you high.

[@Lokesvararaja]

Try to eat 1-2 USD cost of Tape all at once.

[@shakiramaranta]

@@Lokesvararaja did it work?

[@lasera5667]

@@Lokesvararaja I've tried eating about 1kg of tape. And I'm not drunk. But bloating and then the ulcer recurred. Just don't try it.

[@dennyfw]

Well to put it as disagreement, you could let it in fridge storage (closed jar) for a longer time, say... 1 week .. it will become watery.... voala... It will become like her saying "booze" 😂😂😂

[@hch1821]

We are so lucky to live in the NYC area. I'm in Middlesex County NJ which has over 50 different ethnic cuisines (that I've visited). Extending outside those boundaries by 40 miles, and I have close to every country's cuisine available to me. It's something I try to take advantage of often, especially when it involves festivals (so food AND dance, dress, music, art).

[@Lou-bv1ex]

What impressed me from the video is that sambal goreng. That reminds me of when i was a kid and was left alone at home. My mum would always prepared sambal goreng on the dinning table and every time i was hungry, i would just gonna get warm rice, sambal goreng, sweet soya sauce, and kerupuk udang. Dayymm i miss Indonesia 🥲👌🏼 Edited (addition) : -the potato is called perkedel/frikadel (dutch) -the tape (fermented cassava) has history about slavery back to colonial era as well as kerupuk and some other Indonesian foods.

[@Flickaholic888]

12:01 "The Meatball Inception" joke just cracked me up. Lol. I love Beryl's witty sense of humor. 🤣

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

When i first hear she said meatball inception what came to my mind is a unique restaurant name 🤣 maybe some one who want to open a bakso restaurant can use it 🤣

[@Flickaholic888]

@@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770 Good idea! And their signature dish would be three layered pregnant bakso, which is a pregnant bakso inside another jumbo bakso, just like what Beryl suggested. 😂

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

@@Flickaholic888 🤣🤣🤣

[@sarawinardi6745]

Tip: Gado-gado is basically cooked salad. So, basically treat the peanut sauce like a salad dressing, and mix it up. Tape is an acquired taste.

[@risannd]

And the uncooked one is karedok. Same sauce btw.

[@junirenjana]

The thing is, the term "salad" in western countries is usually associated with lightly dressed dishes, not those drenched in the dressing like gado-gado or Indonesian-style "salad buah".

[@amoralegria]

I've currently searched Tapay Singkong (Fermented Cassava) that is made by fermenting the cooked cassava by using rice yeast. The process takes about 4-5 days, depending on how warm it is. The longer you ferment it, the stronger the alcohol taste is going to be.

[@KajiRider1997]

I'm only a tiny bit indo but I can still make suggestions right? Next time try to get Nasi rames because you can choose your own ingredients. I always get daging smoor, tempeh, Sajur Lodeh and ayam cashew with an egg. My mother always get lontong (the rice cakes you ate) with peanut satay. she only likes the sauce so I usually get the satay to eat the day after. This is usually a two day dinner for us. Also you should try Ketjap Manis. I love it with boiled eggs on bread. Us Dutch people always get indo, they have the best kitchen so we don't even bother with our own cuisine xD

[@nameunavailableorbeentaken6770]

Maybe you mean lontong? If it is hard then just say kupat, basicly it is same, only different is the casing to cook the rice 🤭

[@moniquea2497]

"tiny bit indo" so cute. Dnt b discouraged by that. Claim as much/little of Indonesia as you want, embrace the culture cuz lots of interesting things. Happy exploring! :D

[@moniquea2497]

And vice versa, am a bit Dutch. My grandma is half indo-dutch. :)

[@KajiRider1997]

@@moniquea2497 We got 1 ancestor from the 1700s but that's it lol. I'm more Sicilian than Dutch too. And with the last name Salario we get more pinoy family xD

[@me-zb7qm]

kecap manis is the best, i put it on every single savory fried food and it always elevates the taste

[@justvermend5180]

From the name itself, gado-gado means mixed, so you have to pour the peanut sauce and then mix all the ingredients until it mixed perfectly. I suggest using a spoon so you can take several ingredients together n eat them in one bite. Usually Indonesian eat this dish with some crackers

[@eeang3]

17:29 because for all types of tape (the most popular are cassava and sticky rice) almost all of the alcohol has been drained into liquid during the fermentation process, and you can drink it if you want... Indonesians call it "Air Tape", which translates directly as "Tape's Water" (7-10% alcohol in it)

[@mokumboi19]

I can't believe no one suggested Ayam Kecap. For me, that dish is essential. :)

[@pinkgangsta6157]

Ayam kecap is simple chicken dish but really delicious. When I'm lazy to cook or don't have so much time, I just cook Ayam Kecap.

[@ThisIsTheRemixte]

Honestly such a great series because we all get to find out multiple dishes from a singular cuisine together and there's less of a mess for you to make as well.

[@ninakaiser2930]

The dessert sounded amazing! 😊 So glad and happy you will continue this series!

[@solasidope]

The tempe usually also has coriander seeds in the batter. Maybe that's the one you're tasting 😋

[@bennett8535]

Beef Rendang actually is one of the tastiest dishes in the world. It is astonishing.

[@Witchy_Woman55]

I absolutely Love this series!!!!

[@mackenziemagic8132]

These are the most interesting episodes to watch! Keep them coming!!!

[@micwill1419]

Halo beryl, try pouring the peanut sauce more so you could taste a stronger and richer taste in that gado gado. In here, we usually pour it so much until the salad is literally drenched in the peanut sauce... Hope you have a great day and try many more of Indonesian dish, thank you.

[@mchess7987]

Everything looks delicious! Going to have to find an Indonesian restaurant now.

[@darumdarimd4]

I love the way you review the foods

[@febbyarifin6736]

Thank you for this series finally reach at Indonesian food! 1. The spice that you taste in mendoan maybe from coriander seeds 2. Yes tape contains alcohol and yes it is safe for kids lol 3. Little tips, you can eat your mendoan as a side dish for any savory food

[@odi-michelle]

you can indeed get drunk if you eat too much that fermented cassava. The longer it gets fermented, the higher alcohol content

[@cthulusauce]

Wow I’ve never tried Indonesian before but now I really really want to! Looks amazing!

[@sarahwatts7152]

I like this format, glad there's more to come!

[@lauragrandgenett]

I have a few of that exact same plate you put the cassava on. I love that vintage flower pattern. Got mine at a thrift store when in college in the ‘70’s. It was like seeing an old friend in your video. Thanks!

[@ravenalchemist18]

When you're watching this in current Indonesia timezone which is around 10 pm - midnight and it makes you hungry lmao 🥲

[@mikejohn_s]

OMG SAMEE😭

[@starsinthesky1433]

WIB

[@Damian-xu5uu]

The fermented casava indeed has alcohol in it. But the amount of it is too little to make you drunk unless you eat a ton of it lol.

[@alfblack2]

Hi Beryl! (love your unique name-is that legal name). This topic is so appropriate. As I am super unfamiliar with Indonesian cusiune and want to dive in. This will serve as my guide.

[@BerylShereshewsky]

Yes! My name is actually a Yiddish name, my grandfathers nickname when he lived in Poland. It means little bear 🐻

[@robylove9190]

Happy New Year to you and your family, Beryl. I hope you have the best year of your life ❤️

[@cekk92]

Please please please continue with this series!! I'd love to see more menus! What about a Levantine menu (Lebanese/Jordanian/Palestinian/Syrian)?

[@Rose-jz6sx]

This looks so good! I definitely want to find an Indonesian restaurant near me now The only thing is that gado gado isn't vegetarian if it comes with prawn crackers. I find that a lot of Asian countries count things with fish or oyster sauce or even dashi with bonito in it as vegetarian.

[@ariframasatria179]

many type crackers in indonesia,you can use garlic cracker if you want

[@Ix-.-xI]

Seafood-based toppings is optional, but the main Gado-gado itself is basically vegetarian. The real crackers that commonly used in Gado-gado actually is the rice & garlic-based crackers not the prawn-based one! The prawn-based crackers usually served for another cuisine, but y'know some restaurant just use whatever crackers they had, so Indonesians didn't really consider the prawn crackers as part of their vegetarian dietary. 😅

[@anugrahsetyawibawa4449]

But we dont use oyster/fish/dashi in gado-gado

[@Rose-jz6sx]

@@Ix-.-xI oooh good to know!

[@ibrahimukrinpad3115]

your description of our most common daily food is really interesting, i never describe ketupat (the condensed rice) like you did, and you reaction to the fermented cassava, i never thought about it that way, thanks for making the episode

[@sharingringanseputarkesehatan]

Another version of the tape , fermentad cassava is burnt lightly in a bbq gril and add a bit layer of butter with a bbq brush, then place on a plate, drizzle over it a sauce made by cooking together : coconut /arenga sugar- dessicated coconut /preferably fresh grated coconut - and a bit of ginger and salt and bit of water as needed until it looks like a thick brown sauce, better make the sauce before grilling the cassava❤️

[@withTOKKI]

I’m early Beryl!!! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Still love love love this series! So glad I got to be a part of it before. You’re community is next level. Sending lots of love during the holidays!

[@VerhoevenSimon]

I really love this series, I'd love to try a good version of Gado Gado myself.

[@ivorygirlwest]

glad there will be more in this series!!

[@RedHeadAgent]

I love the "ToGo" videos. They are educational and allow me to know what to order when I am curious about a new restaurant offering a new cuisine. Fun!

[@nicolletiti]

Every Indonesian does Gado Gado differently... my mom includes blanched green beans, crispy fried tofu, carrots, tomatoes, bean sprouts, blanched savoy cabbage, hard boiled eggs and tempeh.... always use lots of peanut cause!

[@SetuwoKecik]

Ikr, like there's no absolute rule regarding the veggies, so you can use whatever veggies you have in your fridge. But the peanut sauce is a must.

[@wibs0n68]

@@SetuwoKecik dont forget drench everything with sauce

[@EmiLovesHamiAnBambii]

Definitely getting inspired!! Want to go and find some Indonesian food near me now!(: Thanks Beryl!

[@annbrookens945]

I love this series! I think you should continue until you run out of cuisines to try!

[@GryphonDes]

This was insanely fun as usual!!!! I loved it!

[@JustaWatcheronYTube]

Can't wait to see Beryl visit Indonesia and taste the food on the spot and truly taste the authenthic flavor of Indonesian cuisine.

[@wanderandlinger]

You’re supposed to put all the sauce and mix the peanut sauce to the all the veggies when you eat gado gado - that’s why it seems a bit “lonely”! But tbh that the sauce is actually super legit.

[@gilnazpourhossein2728]

Hey Beryl First of all tnx for all the interesting episodes, u really r one of a kind KZbinr, and secondly, it would be nice if u can have such an episode on Persian cuisine. 🤩

[@kiyarolynn]

I’ve loved this series! Unfortunately, I don’t have many restaurants to choose from , but it’s been wonderful seeing the foods from other cultures I don’t know much about Can you do a Greek order soon?

[@mightaziez]

Thankyou so much for bringing our cultural dish to international audiences. Seriously, I really want everyone to know more about Indonesian culture because we are so culturally rich, and I think food is the no.1 vehicle for it. Absolutely enjoy your reaction as well as always 😂❤❤❤

[@mrsclausoc3]

GadoGado is just glorious on a hot summer day. Thesauce adds a rich depth to basic blanched veggies

[@donnytw]

this is actually a great episode 🤤 full of joy

[@idkmanlolpeace6597]

YESSS TEMPEH MADOAN AND PEMPEK are my MUST haves when I’m in Indo as well as their siomay and murtabaks (both sweet and savoury) Urgh Indo food is just tooo goooood

[@Caveman712]

You should eat rendang and rice with spoon and fork. Eating with hand is challenging as the rice is drenched with the rendang sauce.

[@cerealsareawesome]

oh and the potato fritters in the nasi padang, is a dutch influenced dish called perkedel kentang. my grandma makes it with corned beef in the middle and fried with an egg so that you get that lovely crispy fringe…

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

Beryl it’s quite delightful to watch your videos!

[@dewinurdianita1223]

Thank you for the review for Indonesian dishes in this video. Love it

[@SqRTofShawol]

Love Awang Kitchen!!! also funfact, Gado-gado is actually literally mix-mix but in a dialect! You shouldve mixed in all the peanut sauce lol and all the recommended stuff is great- including the ones you have yet to try! Def recommend either the Es Campur or Es Teler the next time you try!

[@kngiht84]

Beryl, please make a Vietnamese feast episode. I'd love to participate!!

[@darcyjorgensen5808]

I love these episodes!!

[@redtankgirl5]

Good God I love Indonesian foods. I’m on a Ketavore diet now and I still watch you Beryl bc this show remains as my food porn lol. So many foods I just can’t eat now but I salivate and sometimes get ideas that I can adjust to my dietary needs. Like the nesting doll of meatballs, yum, I will try that. Thank you for this. And oh heck yes that topping sounds fantastic and worth a try.

[@natasyadelasari4900]

i love how you respect the dish eventhough some were not to your liking. i love this video! oh and for the record, the way to eat gado gado is to mix all the peanut sauce to the veggies. make sure its all covered very thickly! please try again💕

[@PrayaMudya]

Well as Indonesian I'll say "the better look of your gado gado means it not good enough in term of taste" 😂

[@jejejourney1727]

I love the way you described the foods 😍

[@yanipark2429]

Gado-gado's taste point is on its peanut sauce. You should pour all the sauce until all the salad (except the crackers) are soaked in it.

[@TheNinnyfee]

No nasi campur? ❤️ That's my fave, it also has rendang curry in it, so good!

[@tonychen76]

The rice cake is lontong and it's just as you said--rice pressed into a container. The trick is that you don't press cooked rice into the container. Rather, you cook the rice grains inside the container. The container used to be banana leaves folded into a locked pocket (other leaves can be used too), but these days they usually use plastic (a ziplock bag may work). You have to put enough just enough rice and water that it's too tight for the bag and thus compresses itself but not too much that it bursts through. Once it's cooked you just open up the leaves or the plastic bag, take the rice cake out, and cut to bite size.

[@haxter3]

Awesome video Beryl 😊👍👍

[@rojanhk7268]

Love your content ❤ It would be great if you do a Persian version of this too✨✨

[@enisetiyowati6673]

The most favorite episode. Thank you so much Beryl. I waiting for part 2. Try batagor please😂😂 Part 2 Part 2 Part 2

[@winniethepooh9149]

the potato in the nasi padang is called perkedel!! I believe it has roots from the dutch colonial era (cmiiw) 🙏🏻

[@tigerlily5236]

Frikadeller but with potatoes instead of meat

[@Ix-.-xI]

_Perkedel_ is Indonesian invention of patty, and yea you are right, it is inspired by the Dutch _Frikadelle_ In Javanese language, it is also might known as _Bergerdel_ in some dialect due to Dutch of German-origin terminology of the patty for burger

[@winniethepooh9149]

@@Ix-.-xI yes yes Bergedel is a veeeery native (?) pronunciation of it, sometimes my grandma even gets it mixed up and says Gerbedel 😆❤️

[@muhamadmiftahurrizqi5909]

Yeah

[@Nazliaawlia95]

Makes more :)) i love this series 😊

[@adityapriyahutama8900]

Happy new year from Indonesia! 😊