3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Diverse collection of Indonesian food secrets !!!, 14 Feb 2003
By greg pearlman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Indonesian Street Food Secrets: A Culinary Travel Odyssey with CDROM (Hardcover)
I love this book. Having traveled in Indonesia I found the foods particularly unique. Its great to have this book as a resource to make some of the wonderfull I experienced there. The book, has wonderfull photos and descriptions of each individual element that goes into a dish. It was very helpful to get the descriptions of various obscure nuts and fruits and such that go into an Indonesian dish. The diversity of dishes is great too, there are vegetarian dishes as well as meat, appatizers, entre's and drinks. The books also came with an interactive cd rom that actually has videos of the dishes being cooked. A great resource for any kitchen. Thanks to the author, Keith Miller !!!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The food ROCKS!!!!!!, 14 Feb 2003
By brian s bracelin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Indonesian Street Food Secrets: A Culinary Travel Odyssey with CDROM (Hardcover)
This is one of my greatest finds. It is written extremely well and the recipies are outstanding. If you like to cook or have an interest in asian food this book is a must. *****
Brian S. Bracelin
Leadership Training Inc.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No "secrets", but plenty of good recipes, 28 Dec 2005
By Eric Rose "Bookworm" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Indonesian Street Food Secrets: A Culinary Travel Odyssey with CDROM (Hardcover)
This is a wonderful book for fans of Indonesian culture and cuisine. It comes with an interactive CD-ROM that augments the content with music, videos, scalable recipes and ingredient pronunciations! Any Indonesian traveler will immediately recognize favorites such as gado-gado, tempe kering and opor ayam. The recipes are easy to follow and result in authentic-tasting food.
On the downside, the CD-ROM has a few minor problems. Navigation is slow and cumbersome, the graphics are grainy and there are spurious characters in some of the descriptions. (Perhaps due to my running it on a PC.) The content focuses mainly on Central Java, the cultural heartland of Indonesia, interesting for beginners but leaving many other areas, such as Bali, barely touched. Hardcore Indonesiaphiles will be disappointed. This also goes for the recipes - few from Lombok, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Kalimantan or the Moluccas. Some of the photos in the book are grainy, poorly reproduced or just not very good.
Despite the downsides, the book is well worth the price. Enjoy!