Padang Cuisine; 20 Plates in One Hand Presented In a Time

Padang Foods Presentation

If you visit Indonesia, dont miss to taste the Padang Cuisine. Padang foods is foods that comes from the Minangkabau, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The cuisine is generally spicy flavor. If you like spicy food, then Padang restaurant is the perfect place for you to visit. Typical of Padang cuisine is very popular throughout Indonesia even in the world.

Almost  cities in Indonesia, there are always found Padang cuisine restaurants .. It is show how popular this dish in Indonesia. You can easily identify Padang cuisine restaurant because of unique typical characteristics of padang, the variation of the foods is displayed directly in the glass display case. You just choose an interesting menu and then enjoy it.


Padang cuisine often use chicken, beef, eggs, cassava leaves, vegetables, cabbage, chilli colaborated as the main menu. Padang cuisine has a special sauce called "sambal ijo" (the green sauce).

Some famous menu of Padang restaurants include: rendang (from beef), soto padang, satay padang, jerky, Gajebo curry and snapper fish head curry, accompanied by Balado sauce. The most fun while enjoying the cuisine of Padang is guessing what the secret seasoning used. Culinary of Padang is full of spices.

How beautifull Padang cuisine and very unique presentation where the servants would carry 20 plates menu food to your table in a time. It became a fun acrobatic performances presented with food and piled two levels. You choose the menu which suits your taste and just need to pay for the food that you eat.

Padang cuisine is considered as a symbol of community or kinship, Padang restaurant used to be place where families gather to eat together. Minangkabau society has a culture of togetherness and solve problems together with eating, from children to grandparents and grandchildren come together. Beside that it is educational as well as Padang cuisine introduced as a heritage to the younger generation. It can be kind habbit to assure the Padang cuisine.

There are many restaurants Padang, which until now remains to bring the ingredients and seasonings directly from Minang aspect. To maintain the distinctive flavor of the food, the chef usually also directly imported from West Sumatra or at least they ask for help fellow West Sumatra to maintain the quality of the cuisine.