Masakan Padang

Indonesia is made of innumerable islands, languages, peoples, and of course, cuisines. “Today, we will talk about the Padang cuisine” (with the tone of the lame conductor of a lame food TV show”).. It is one of the most famous and popular, there are talks of making it the “official” Indonesian cuisine. Padang restaurants are easily recognizable, from the array of plates, like a castle of cards. Then, you sit down, they bring a little bowl of water to wash your hands, then your rice, and then the array: two pieces of each dish. You pick and eat as much as you want. Then, when you ask for the check, a person comes, and stands by the table, staring and counting, you feel like a young student being evaluated (or a voracious white person being judged), and then the verdict is pronounced (when you eat a large grilled fish, some spicy meat, a vegetable soup, fresh vegetables, three small bananas and iced tea to drink, you can expect to pay almost 1.5$..)