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Indonesian food with a colonial twist: how the feast of rijsttafel, or rice table, became a social tool and status symbol
Silvia Marchetti life@scmp.com
A rijsttafel prepared by Dutch-Indonesian chef Jeff Keasberry. The feast became a social phenomenon and much-enjoyed ritual in the Dutch colonial world after it was adapted from traditional Indonesian communal gatherings. Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Keasberry
An overloaded table in a restaurant in the Dutch capital Amsterdam is covered with plates of succulent Indonesian food: gado-gado (a cooked vegetable salad in peanut sauce), rice, pickled vegetables, satay skewers of fish and chicken, prawn crackers, spicy beef rendang, curries, and of course, the ever-present sambal, or chilli sauce. ....

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