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Kitchen night delectable
Indonesian Kitchen full of inernational flavors
By Crystal Meyer
Published:
Monday, October 21, 2002
Media Credit: Jason Risberg
Yoke Fang Teo (right) explains some of the different Indonesian items to Julie Ringsmuth (left) in the Atwood Brickyard Saturday night for Indonesian Kitchen. Teo, a third year advertising student, stayed at Ringsmuth’s house two years ago for Thanksgiving.
Indonesian Kitchen took place on Saturday from 5-9 p.m. The concept behind Indonesian Kitchen was to create an environment similar to one of an Indonesian restaurant you may see back in Indonesia or in the United States.
Participants conversed as they enjoyed coconut rice, kalasan chicken balando eggs and cucumber juice.
Pictures of Indonesia and and Indonesian fact sheet helped students understand the country’s culture.
“With the pictures we are trying to get people to look at Indonesia as a whole. We show cities and everyday people’s lives who are not even in big cities,” said Randall Paath, student president of the Indonesian Student Association.
Pictures showing various Indonesian tribes as well as a photo of a becak (a form of bicycle). The Borobudar Temple, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was shown in another picture.
A display table contained several traditional Indonesian items. One of the items, a Wayang Kulit, is a form of shadow puppet uniquely designed to tell stories about the history and customs of Indonesia. The Kebaya, a traditional dress worn by men and women for special occasions, was also on display.
Non-traditional but enjoyable Indonesian music entertained the night’s attendees with its modern, more cultured flavor.
“The night went really well,” Paath said. “I wasn’t expecting this many people to come. We sold 112 tickets last week, plus about 60 tickets just tonight as well, for a total of over a 180 tickets in the end, which was really great.”
Erik Schmitz of St. Cloud seemed to echo Paath’s feeling about the night.
“My wife is from Indonesia, so it is so nice to see other Indonesians all at the same time. The night went really well and the food was wonderful. The chicken was especially great, nice and spicy,” Schmitz said.
Well as they do say, variety is the spice of life, and Indonesian Kitchen did justice to the saying.
