CMN Video: Indonesian Cooking – Pepes Ikan dan Udang

Chef Mark’s Indonesian Adventure concludes with a trip to the Wayan Cooking School in Bali, where Chef Mark learns how to make Pepes Ikan dan Udang, or fish and shrimp steamed in a banana leaf. The most aromatic blend of spices makes this dish amazing! (And yes, that is prodigious perspiration on Chef Mark’s shirt! It was HOT!)

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CMN Video: Indonesian Cooking – Kelepon

Chef Mark learns how to make Kelepon, rice flour dumplings filled with palm sugar syrup, at the New Treasure Island Cultural Center in Bali, Indonesia.

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CMN Video: Chef Mark’s Indonesian Adventure, Part 3: Jakarta

The Road to Pesta Blogger ends in Jakarta, the Indonesian Capital, where we discover old Batavia, eat Nasi Padang, climb to the highest point in the city, and go out for a late night snack. Watch Chef Mark eat brains!

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CMN Video: Chef Mark’s Indonesian Adventure, Part 2: Central Java

Chef Mark’s Indonesian Adventure continues in JogJakarta, in Central Java, discovering the ancient temples of the great religions of Indonesia. The Prambanan Hindu Temple, the Borobudur Buddhist Temple, and the Sultan’s Palace, along with some GREAT street foods.

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CMN Video: Chef Mark’s Indonesian Adventure, Part 1: Bali

My Indonesian Adventure begins in Bali, where I visit the Bali Bird Park, The New Treasure Island Cultural Center, Pura Uluwatu Temple, and other sites. Along the way, I sample the great foods of Bali and even get a few lessons in Balinese cooking. Look for more of my adventure later as I visit the Island of Java.

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I’ve been posting videos from my trip to Indonesia and Pesta Blogger here and at Remarkably Mark, and I thought I’d share the reflections of the other people who participated in the group. As you know, I tend to share my thoughts via audio and video shows, and these other folks do a nice mix of blogging and video posts.

Mr Brown, that irreverent guy from Singapore, vlogged thoughout our entire trip. Being relatively close to his home country, he was able to take advantage of his small handheld video camera and his Nokia N96 to update from his cell phone connection:

www.mrbrown.com

Mike Aquino from the Phillipines write one of the more interesting sites I’ve come across for Asia travel resources. He’s the official About.com guide for Southeast Asia, and his reports from the road so far have included some great wrap ups of the Pesta Blogger event, and of the Ramayana performance in JogJakarta:

www.goseasia.com

Jeff Ooi, who started out as a blogger critical of the Malaysian government, and ended up representing Penang in the Malaysian Parliament, is one intrepid photographer. I learned so much watching him work, and he really has an eye for catching those human moments:

Jeff Ooi’s Travelogue

And Anthony Bianco of Australia just published his full account of the trip at:

NickBowditchTravel.com

Besides us “foreign bloggers” who participated, here are a bunch of other great links to coverage of Pesta Blogger:

Pesta Blogger Flickr Photo Feed

The Unspun Blog

And of the course, the Pesta Blogger website itself.

ReMARKable Palate #171: African Spices & Tea and My Indonesia Trip

This week, it’s a show about Africa. We speak with 2 producers of African products: Remi Aderogba from Winfoods & Spices of Nigeria, and Alexander Kay from Satemwa Tea in Malawi. We learn about some of the special spices from Africa, and about how tea is processed. Then I come back and tell you all about my recent trip to Indonesia.

www.winfoodslimited.com
www.satemwa.com

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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CMN Video: Quick Bites – Chef Mark in Bali

I’m in Indonesia as a guest of the Ministry of Culture for “Pesta Blogger 2008“, a large gathering of bloggers from the whole country. We’re on “The Road to Pesta Blogger”, seeing many of the cultural and culinary highlights of this beautiful country. I visit the New Treasure Island Cultural Heritage center in Bali and learn how a proper Balinese man dresses, then I dance with a beautiful girl.

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I continue my trip to Indonesia, visiting JogJakarta, where we see Prambanan Hindu temple and Borobudur Buddhist temple, both within sight of the magnificent Merapi volcano.

Here are links to more facebook albums:

Borobudur Buddhist Temple Photo Album

JogJakarta Photo album part 2

JogJakarta Photo album part 1

Bali photo album part 2

The Road to Pesta Blogger 2008 begins for me in Bali, where a group of Indonesian bloggers and 5 foreign bloggers meet up to discover the wonders of Indonesia. These are photos from the first 2 days in Bali.

Click the photo or HERE to see a photo album on facebook