How a 77-Year-Old Indonesian Chef Cooks 300 Lunches Every Day — The Experts

Credits:
Producer: Carla Francescutti
Director: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Associate Producer: Julia Hess
Camera: Carla Francescutti, Murilo Ferreira
Editor: Mike Imhoff

Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Associate Director of Audience: Terri Ciccone
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Eater is the go-to resource for food and restaurant obsessives with hundreds of episodes and new series, featuring exclusive access to dining around the world, rich culture, immersive experiences, and authoritative experts. Binge it, watch it, crave it.

[Mireuharu]

Appreciate how the translation isn’t too far off. Good job to the team! And hope she stays healthy!

[ajengratnapratiwi]

I like the way she cooked, "sat set sat set" only her and God knows the actual measure ingredients, typically Indonesian mom.😊

[Wariki]

There's a lot of Indonesian community people in California & I'm glad Eater featured this Indonesian restaurant. Hopefully people from around the world can try the true authentic Indonesian food especially for this restaurant 👍🏻

[ahmadiarismaharto]

She left Indonesia in '97. A very dark & shameful point in Indonesian history. It's so good to see her fulfilled cooking for her business. She has the most beautiful smile. Hope nothing but the best for them, I hope I can visit there to try out their food one day, as they all look delicious! So proud! 🇮🇩

[jaligoeshiking]

You know it's really good when a 77 year old grandma is cooking.

[mahfudmustaqim]

Bahasa Indonesianya masih fasih, so proud of you Oma Siu Chen. Semoga semakin sukses usahanya, terima kasih sudah membawa masakan kita kesana

[jayleejiawan]

Mad respect to the one doing subtitles, Hokkien dialect with Bahasa Indonesia. I'm a Malaysian and I understand both languages and it surprises me that the subtitles are accurate haha!

[grock]

This lady is awesome Indonesian, she still have Indonesia in her heart, still using Bahasa (Indonesian language) when explaining, thought she also fluent in Chinese Hokkien and English.
Meanwhile in Malaysia Chinese is really really rare fluent in Melayu. 🤭🤭🤭

[GianTehGreat]

damn this hits hard, she loves cooking, being with her family and make other people happy with her food which makes her happy. shes living her life. I wish I can live my life when I get old

[rektl]

Never underestimate a grandmother's ability to create dishes for 100 out of a small kitchen in a short time.

I swear its practically a magic skill they gain.

[Abelion_Jayakerto]

i'm happy to see this. as a hafu, half (tionghoa) indonesian and half japanese my childhood in japan was really special cause my mom always cooking all the dishes in this video, nasi kuning nasi goreng beef rendang ayam goreng with sweet soy sambal kentang kacang tempeh tahu is on my bento till highschool. also learn how to cooking it from my mom, also she teaching me to speaking indonesian. now i'm going to married and will pass the recipe to my future child. sungguh senang melihat nenek ini bicara tentang memasak, begitu bahagia bersama keluarga membuat kenangan indah. tysm Eater for makin it happen, cheers from kobe, japan

[mackstacks]

Even with the help she gets from her kids in front of the house and I assume prepping, cooking that much food on your own is insanely impressive. Doing it at her age seems damn near impossible

[ShinwayX]

She opened a restaurant during the pandemic, through uncertainty she prospered, what a great inspiration.

[mammontustado]

She's the quintessential Asian grandma - hardworking, tough as hell, and loves feeding people. If you don't love her by the end of the video, or at the very least respect her, then I question your humanity.

[tempota]

She's one of the few who have found her happy place. She's surrounded by her family, culture, a clean kitchen, appreciative regulars, and most importantly her love: amazing food. Her kingdom might be small in square footage, but it's immeasurable in wealth. What more is there to ask for in life?

[jimhim]

Indonesian food is amazing, complex with deep earthy flavors - so satisfying! You can taste the influences of the sea, jungle, mountains, and low lands. Her food looks incredible.

[wenderis]

Dare I say, Medan has the most diverse local cuisines in Indonesia. It came from many diff cultures and places (Malay, Batak, Dutch, Hokkian chinese, Han chinese, Tamil, Bengali, Minang, Javanese, etc), but then in Medan these cuisines interacted and influenced each other for centuries. I couldn't think of any other city in Indonesia, heck maybe the whole south east asia, with that kind of advantage. No wonder her repertoire is so diverse.

[willgoz]

Im so proud as an indo hokkian chinese to see her spirit in the kitchen. 🌈

[jas_bataille]

This lady remind me of another asian chef, who was cooking for all the students at my college. I went to Saint Laurent college in Montreal city, and 2 minutes away was a small restaurant simply titled, "Resto asiatique" (Asian restaurant). All students went there because you could get a really good and generous meal for 8 bucks! Every friday after school the line could be 12-15 people at a time. There were only two employees there, and older couple. The lady did all the cooking. It was amazing, and I've eaten a lot of great food in my life, but this was a whole other level. One day I noticed a sign that said : "Certificate in gastronomic cuisine - Le Cordon bleu Dusit - Bangkok". This lady have the training of a Michelin star chef, yet chose to price her meals so that the local students were her customers! What generosity. I wonder what happened to this place. I hated college, got bullied and ended up dropping out. But I would come back there just for the General Tao chicken :D

[NeDesitVirtus]

I’ve been there few times and I have to say that it is one of my favorite Indonesian restaurants in So Cal. She sell delicious and authentic Indonesian dishes and goodies. Come early though, because food sells out quickly. Thank you for doing a piece on her.