Before I go to China, I never imagine
what kind of food will I eat and how it taste. I tell myself that everything
is okay as long as it is not pork, blood or some food that forbidden to
eat (based on my religion). I thought, I would find the taste as same as
Indonesian foods but in
fact, I never found the ‘Indonesian taste’ in Chinese food up to now. There are
maybe some similar kinds of food but it tasted totally different since I hardly
find any Chinese food using sweet soy sauce here, in China.
Indonesia
has many kinds of foods. There are thousand islands in Indonesia, and each of
them has different style and taste. There are national and regional dishes that
are all unique and taste well. The Unique part of eating in Indonesia is it is
common to see people eating with their hands while others using spoon and fork.
In China, people using chopsticks every time and in every food. They also eat
porridge with chopsticks. They use spoon only for soup and I can’t find fork
except in Pizza Hut restaurant. This is different with Indonesia. In Indonesia,
people use chopsticks when they are eating noodles.
Indonesian
food often put salt, or other spices on its food because Indonesia known as “Spice
Island” that’s why European take over our country in the past. Indonesian food
is influenced heavily by coconut milk, soy sauce and peanuts. Chinese foods
usually use less of sauce and more use of straight forward or raw ingredients. If
in Indonesia people use coconut milk for ingredients in their food, people in China
drink the coconut milk like they drink orange juice. I also experience to drink
coconut milk juice and feel strange because it is beyond my imagination but
that is still delicious. Because the use of
spices
make Indonesian food taste better in my mouth than Chinese food because most of
them are tasteless for the vegetables and seafood or other than that, Chinese
foods are spicy and it is spicier than spicy foods in Indonesia.
Both
Indonesian and Chinese food have their own culture, their own uniqueness, and
their own characters. It is a good experienced for me to taste the real Chinese
food in China and recognize the differences with Indonesian food. I like China
and Chinese foods but I prefer to choose Indonesian foods anyway
here are some pictures~~~
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| The never ending foooods (a.k.a. welcoming party's food) |
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| Muslim restaurant, Halal food |
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| closing party still with the never ending foods |
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| Daily meals. fruits are my fav! |
