As the city’s icon of luxurious hospitality, the recently crowned Best Luxury Hotel, InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah aims to provide its affluent guests with unrivalled experiences, including during the month of Ramadhan.
More commonly known as afasting month, Ramadhan is the most important month for Muslims around the world. While its core rituals are similar everywhere, Ramadhan is celebrated invarious ways by different Muslim community diasporas all over the world.
In Indonesia, thefasting month is a festive month that involves ubiquitous food feasts. Every day, Muslim Indonesians celebrate Ramadhan by showing off the prowess of their many culinary cultures.
During Ramadhan, as a Muslim, you are required to fast and observe restrain, but at the sametime, it is also the month where you are spoiled with delicious food every where during the breakfasting time.
The Best of the Cuisines of The Far East
Not just one or two, but as many as four well-respected masters of the culinary arts will beinvolved in InterContinental Jakarta Pondok Indah’s star-studded Ramadhan celebration.
Themed “Cuisines of The Far East”, the world-class hotel has prepared a widerange of premium food treats for its sophisticated guests and customers created by these four kitchen wizards.
Germany-born and Europe-trained Chef Attila Körmöczi will lead the all-star team assisted by his equally skilled and experienced Executive Sous Chef Bedjo Sudiyono, who has been responsible for many of the most popular Indonesian bites served up at the award-winning Suga r& Spice.
Last year celebrity guest chef, one of the leading authorities of Indonesian cuisine who was also a Best Asian Chef nominee at the 2012 World Gourmet Summit in Singapore, and a judge in popular reality TV show Master Chef Indonesia, the renowned Chef Degan Septoadji, is also coming back to wow Jakarta’s knowledge able foodies with some of his finest creations.
Think premium-grade salmon fillet served with coconut milk, turmeric, pickled vegetables and fried shallot; or wok-tossed marinated wagyu rump with green chilli sambal, tomato, and lime leaf.
These two fine dishes will be part of a big showcase of extraordinary food creations that will also include fine culinary treasures from East Indonesia, West Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Thailand.
