Betawi Cuisine: Jakarta's Native Tradition
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Description
Betawi — the indigenous people of Jakarta — have a culinary tradition that reflects the city's history as a colonial trading port: Malay, Chinese, Arab, Indian, Portuguese, and Dutch influences layered over a Javanese-Sundanese base. Betawi food is the original fusion cuisine of Indonesia.
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The Thread
—Peranakan cuisine (same multi-cultural fusion — Chinese-Malay-European), Macanese cuisine (same colonial-port fusion)
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