Can a Chef Cook THIS Random International Dish? | A-Z Challenge I: INDONESIA

It’s challenge time! Chef Ben must spin the wheel and cook a dish from a Mystery country! Today’s country begins with I!!

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[SortedFood]

... And you thought we'd forgotten about this series!! What other video series are you waiting for us to bring back?!?!

[nsxz]

Being Indonesian, I've now realized that we do have our own scotch egg, thanks Jamie 🤣

[tiinah]

I used to watch you guys religiously for years, but then developed an eating disorder and had to cut down on watching food content for quite some time. Fortunately I’m finally in a point where I can say I’ve recovered, and I’m back to waiting for the channels notifications + watching allll the videos I missed during my off-time! Thanks guys for cheering me up and continuing to make amazing videos <3

[rianguffran]

As an Indonesian, ebbers are scarily good at making pempek from the ingredients alone! Good job guys

[KilanEatsandDrinks]

Yay ꤶꥉꤸ꥓ꤶꥉꤰ꥓ (pempek) 🇮🇩 ! 👍 Ebbers, you’re spot on. Apparently, real _pempek_ from Palembang were not supposed to be fried but then when the dish was spread across Indonesia, those who are not from South Sumatra preferred the fish cakes to be fried.

The rest of the country also like to submerge the fish cakes in the sauce, but originally they were only for dipping. We outsiders also like to add noodles to make it more filling, but according to the people of Palembang, that would effectively turn it into a completely different dish.

People from South Sumatra would always roll their eyes whenever they see how the rest of the country eat _pempek_ so adaptations have always been the name of the game. So all things considered, you guys did great! 👏

[maxsaboofpiu]

I'm from the region! the name is slightly off, it is Pempek Kapal Selam, 'Kapal Selam' being 'diving ship' aka 'submarine'. I'm screaming at the comment of 'Indonesian Scotch Egg' because it kinda is and now I can't see pempek the same way again. While it's obviously not the same as the ones we have, given the circumstances, I'd say it's not bad and I would definitely wanna give this version a taste haha

[literallykevina]

I don't think I ever seen foreigners cooking pempek and its cuka sauce before. I'm not from Palembang but thank you for cooking these! What I love about this is that Ben was able to guess the way pempek is made and Jamie described pempek kapal selam as scotch egg, which is clever. Thank you guys once again, I hope you can visit Indonesia one day❤

[TheDarksunRises]

It's always nice to watch Ben flex his knowledge muscles. He is so on point throughout these episodes

[_DaemonCleaner]

The moment Ebbers understands how to use the egg, you can see his eyes light up and he dashes to try it. That is so fricking wholesome, and honestly a perfect example of why I watch you guys: genuine love for food and love of exploration. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to lose that in the hubbub of video production and YouTube necessities, but you guys have kept it alive all these years. Love this series and this channel!

[joe]

RIP the Ginger Era (3rd - 28th April '24). We will never forget you.

[toni_go]

OMG yes... this is one of my favorite formats... So happy to see this back!

[ayampopski]

Guys, this is scarily close to what I always eat whenever I am back home in Indonesia. Only the pempek cuko (read: choo-ko) is still a bit brown-ish and needs to be developed a little bit darker (also it should be a bit spicy and has got a kick to it).

About kapal selam, imagine if the egg is the contents of a submarine, hence why it is called "kapal selam", which literally translates to English as "submarine".

What a video and I've been waiting for a long time for this one!

[cathpalug]

That scotch egg analogy actually blew my mind since when I stop and think about it, it is basically egg covered with meat mixture. Also pempek can be made using any part of fish (and no fish at all). My favorite would be the one made from fish skin since it's verrry crispy when fried

[myjewelryu]

I did think this was abandoned. I’m so glad it’s back!

[hanifsans]

As an Indonesian who’s been watching you for the last 7 years, and now living in the UK, this is a great deal. Well done and thanks a lot guys!

[canagi]

The fact that you upload this on the day Indonesia fail to reach the AFC U23 Finals against Uzbekistan gives me my patriotism nationalism as an Indonesian to be proud for our achievement just as how we should be proud for your attempt to make an Indonesian cuisine.

[raditya]

Finally, a dish from my home country Indonesia. Congratulations guys for making Pempek, cause that's a really difficult thing to make. It has simple ingredients but needs fine tune skills to make that into a perfect dish.

If you want to explore another dish that uses Tapioka flour, you can search for Indonesian street food like Cireng, Cilok, Cimol, Bakso Goreng, etc. There are a lot of dishes that use Tapioka as the main ingredient.

[Timmycoo]

10:08 lmao Jamie saying "Eggers" instead of Ebbers had me laughing pretty good. I love the mystery dish challenge and Indonesian style cooking is one of my favorites!

[whiteshoos]

Whenever I don't know what to do with myself, I come to this channel. I've followed many food channels over the years and got bored with most of them after a while, but here I watch every single video and binge watch older stuff when I have time. It's just the perfect mix of education, deliciousness, fun, friemdship and chaos. Thank you guys for your great work! ❤

[jauharaisha]

Cried because you guys introduced and cooked something from my hometown 😭😭
You should go to this coffee shop called "Ngopi" in Dalston btw, they sell pretty authentic Pempek!!!