Chinese-Indonesian restaurants have been a widespread concept in the Netherlands and Flanders for over seventy years. Who doesn't have childhood memories of their local Chinese restaurant?! In 2021, Chinese-Indonesian restaurant culture was even added to the Inventory of Intangible Heritage.
The Chin. Ind. Rest. cookbook contains all the classic recipes from Chinese-Indonesian restaurants, from babi pangang to the perfect bami, from foe yong hai to koe loe kai. But it also includes recipes from behind the serving hatch: what do the kitchen staff eat themselves, which dishes did they bring from the East, and what do they like to cook at home?
Using the family history of the owners of restaurant Fook Sing in Amsterdam, the authors tell the history of Chinese-Indonesian restaurants in the Netherlands. Stories from other restaurants across the country are also shared. Chin. Ind. Rest. cookbook is a beautiful and delicious reference work and an ode to Chin. Ind. Restaurants.