From a spicy fish stew to a bowl of goodness from the big city – the chef and author shares her culinary highlights
t has been more than four decades since I left the city, yet I still think of Manado, in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, as my home. Those precious early food experiences have had a powerful impact not only on the way I cook but also on my whole approach to food – and the catalyst was my maternal grandmother, Oma. How I miss her.
‘We are in total unison on one subject: we believe Indonesian food is the best’: Petty Pandean-Elliott, chef and author of The Indonesian Table.Tropical seas surround Manado, so naturally one of my favourite foods is fish. We love to barbecue and serve it with dabu-dabu, a relish of fresh tomatoes, shallots, chillies, calamansi and mint. This and many other Manadonese recipes are a world away from the most ubiquitous Indonesian dishes such as chicken satay, nasi goreng and beef rendang.
My school friends and I would sit on coloured plastic stools, chatting and laughing over steaming bowls of Jakartan chicken noodles, siomay dumplings or rice noodle soup with meatballs.
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