Indonesian food promo ongoing at Heritage
MANILA, Philippines - For the third year in a row, the Indonesian Embassy and the Heritage Hotel Manila, in partnership with Cebu Pacific Airlines and Millennium Hotel Sirih Jakarta, have flown in popular Indonesian Chefs Augustinus Alfredo Sega and Primadi Herwantoro to cast their magic spells in the kitchen for “Indonesian Spice and Everything Nice,” an Indonesian food promo until this Sunday.
Whet up your appetite for exotic flavors at the Hot Sambal Dipping Bar and Traditional Indonesian Crackers station. Then lavish on Daging sambal matah (pan-shirred beef tossed with Balinese spices), Rujak buah (young fruit with sweet peanut dipping), Daging besengek (stewed beef in coconut coriander sauce), Ayam ganemo (stewed fried chicken in green chili spicy), Rajungan bangka (stewed crab in hot tomato ginger sauce), NasiMie goreng jawa (Javanese fried noodle), Ayam bakar rujak (candlenut roast chicken), Sate ayam (chicken skewer with peanut sauce), and Bandeng woku belanga (steamed marinated milkfish).
More diverse and intriguing flavors await at the interactive kitchen for Kue terang bulan (Sumatranese pancake), Martabak telur (egg in hand-folded dough), Tongseng kambing (sweet dark lamb curry), Lumpia semarang (Semarang fried vegetable roll) as well as at the Noodle Nook for Cwimie malang (minced beef noodle), Soto mie bogor (noodle soup with spring roll), and Laksa betawi (shrimp coconut noodle soup).
Meanwhile, vegetarians will be elated with classical Indonesian gastronomic delights with unique herbs and aromatic spices: Rujak buah (young fruit with sweet peanut dipping), Selada tondano (young mango and papaya salad), Tahu telur (fried egg tofu with sweet soya), Orak arik (traditional scrambled vegetables), Karedok (mixed raw vegetables with peanut sauce), Selada padang (Indonesian vegetable salad), Acar kuning (yellow pickled vegetable), Asinan Betawi (Batavians sweet pickled) and Gado-gado (blanched mixed vegetables with peanut sauce).
For sweet and happy endings, the Es cendol (rice spetzel cocktail), Kue lapis Surabaya (Javanese chiffon cake), Kue Lumpur (mud cake), Bubur sumsum (rice mousse in glass), and Es teller (young coconut and avocado cocktail) are simply to die for.
Chefs Agustinus and Primadi are both from the Millennium Hotel, Jakarta, a sister property of the Heritage Hotel Manila.
Lunch or dinner guests have a chance to win the grand prize of a Jakarta vacation package — three-day, two-night stay with breakfast for two at the Millennium Hotel and two Manila-Jakarta roundtrip tickets — and other prizes.
For inquiries or dining reservations, call the Heritage Hotel Manila at 854-8888 or e-mail at foodbev@heritagehotelmanila.com.
The Heritage Hotel Manila is managed by Millennium Hotels and Resorts, which has more than 110 properties worldwide.
