Hilton Colombo Residences recently concluded its Indonesian Food Promotion, “Indonesia Enak” at its main restaurant, FLOW. The promotion featured two guest chefs Edi Yulianto and Asep Ramdani from Hilton Bandung to offer authentic cuisine buffet dinner, exclusive chef’s table, and fun cooking masterclasses.
Indonesia Enak dinner buffet was priced at Rs. 3,900 nett per person. Some of the dishes that were featured were appetisers such as tahu goreng medan (shrimp fritters), lumpia basah (soft spring roll stuffed with sautéed bean sprout, egg, chives), and pepes ayam (grilled chicken in banana leaves); mains such as pecak ayam (sweet basil chicken), rendang daging (Sumatera signature beef stew) and kering tempe (caramelized soya bean cake) and Indonesian desserts such as dadar gulung (coconut pancakes), pisang goreng (fried banana fritters), martabak mini (sweet dough topped with grated cheese).
Edi Yulianto is a graduate of the Tourism Academy of Sandhy Putra Hotel Management Indonesia, Edi’s international experience spans in Dubai, Australasia, and Bermuda. With international exposure to his credit, he returned to Hilton Bandung in 2012 and currently holds the title of sous chef in the hotel’s main kitchen. As a Demi Chef de Party of Hilton Bandung, Asep Ramdani is passionate about delivering new and invigorating cooking methods. His culinary specialisation includes western, Asian, Mexican, and Indonesia. Asep has represented his country at regionally at Hilton’s F&B Masters in 2015.
Speaking of the event, Linda Giebing, general manager of Hilton Colombo Residences said, “The star attraction for the food promotions are our guest chefs, Edi and Asep from Hilton Bandung. Belonging to a chain of almost 6,000 hotels around the world enables us to bring authentic experiences to our diners. Indonesia Enak will reiterate that FLOW is a multi-cuisine All – Day – Dining in Colombo. We are proud to have the support of the Embassy of Indonesia for the promotion to help promote the cultural and culinary nuances that are unique to them”, said Giebing.
Speaking of the collaboration for “Indonesia Enak” food promotion, His Excellency I Gusti Ngurah Ardiyasa, Ambassador to Sri Lanka said “We are happy to partner with Hilton Colombo Residences to promote an Indonesian culinary experience as it would be opportune to introduce Colombo to our country’s heritage and culture. Hilton will be bringing down two chefs from Indonesia which will add to the authenticity of the food offering. Indonesian food is a careful culmination of over three hundred ethnic influences and we are delighted in being able to partner with the hotel to introduce diners to these flavours”, said Ambassador Ardiyasa.