- So what is this? - Ooh.
- Oh, that's delicious.
- Ooh, that's about... - Ooh!
- Ooh, that's about to be good!
- (PvF) What do you know about Indonesian food?
- Sadly, not much. (laughs)
- Not a thing.
- Nothing, and that makes me happy,
'cause when I don't know anything about the food,
I get to try it without a penalty.
- Do you know where Indonesia even is?
- South... - (both) East Asia.
- Yeah, in-din-knee-a. (laughs)
Indo-nia. (laughs)
- (PvF) Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia
that consists of over 17,000 islands.
- That's a lot. - That's a lot.
- That's a lot.
- (PvF) So a lot of dishes do share a common history with that region.
- Ooh.
- (PvF) Jaime, what's the capital?
- Jakarta?
- (PvF) Yes! - Oh, you got it!
- Ooh, oh my God, I was so worried! - Oh, oh my God!
- Bangladesh. (buzzer rings)
- I was about to say Bangkok, that's not the right place.
- No, I have no idea. - Uh...
- Look, I'm not, I never try and hide how stupid I am.
So when you, like, come into the comments,
and you're like Sharon's really stupid American.
Yeah, we know that already. Yeah!
- It's kind of a given.
You know? - Yeah!
Hey, you don't need to jump on that bandwagon.
I can say that about myself.
- Is that butter? - Ooh!
- Well, if that's butter, I'm in already.
- You start off with butter, you already know this is gonna be good.
Look at... - I mean, butter, it's cool.
Skillet, butter, heat.
- I don't know what this is.
- That's green onion, rice. - Rice!
- Okay, we just got a very saucy rice, I'm in.
- You know that's gonna be fresh.
It's gonna be aromatic.
It looks a little bit like it'd be spicy though.
- Ooh!
- Oh, it's egg and, oh, it's like the Japanese thing.
- Ooh! - The omurice,
where they put the egg over the rice,
but now it has meat!
- Ooh. - Wow!
- Oh! - Aww!
- So pretty! - So yummy looking!
- Ooh, this looks great.
- (PvF) Nasi Goreng is a Southeast Asian fried rice dish,
and it's one of Indonesia's national dishes.
It's characterized by its distinct, smoky aroma,
and caramelized savory undertones of flavor.
- Love anything caramel, so absolutely, mm-hmm.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- It's good! Indonesia, you got something here!
- Mmm! - You really got something here.
- Oh, that's very flavorful. - Oh my God, that's really good.
- The chicken's like nice and juicy.
You got spices that are really going through.
- (PvF) The hot sauce is called Sambal.
Sambal is perhaps the most famous Indonesian condiment.
- It's definitely very spicy, but I really like it.
- I can understand the love and the usage of rice,
because rice feels like it's a very international food.
'Cause like, in Brazil, and Hispanic and Latin cultures,
big rice girlies, I know Japanese, Korean, like, Indian,
like, we all rice girlies.
The world unites with rice.
- Very, very pleased with this one.
And I'm sorry if I'm smacking, because...
(Ed laughs) It's just this good.
- Little bit of yolk on this.
- Get that yolk in there! - Alright, okay.
- It is...
- Are you trying to explain to me how to eat?
- What do you think, though?
- I think if you would shut up for two seconds,
I'd be able to enjoy my meal.
- Alright.
- Ooh, what is this? What are they doing here?
- Was that... - What is that?
- Peanuts?
- (Jaime) Timun. - Timun, oh, cucumber?
- I don't know.
- Okay, I'm not even... Wow.
- I don't know what they're cutting.
- I know, I can't tell.
- They look like all the same thing, but they're different names, so...
- Ooh.
- Damn, they're putting a lot of ingredients in here.
- I'm loving the mixing of things. I'm a huge texture person,
and they're just like let's take all of this [censored],
and just throw it in, see what happens.
I'm very big that. Very big that.
- Okay.
- Woah! - Ooh!
- Ooh, what? - (gasps) Ooh.
- That did not, that looked like, I couldn't see it!
- Gado-gado is an Indonesian salad, with veggies, egg, potato,
tofu, tempeh, lontong, and served with a peanut sauce dressing.
The sauce is made of crushed peanuts, sweet palm sugar,
garlic, chili salt, tamarind, and a squeeze of lime.
- That tastes like peanuts. (laughs)
- Mmm! - It's refreshing.
- Wow!
- I wanna taste the spicy version, because this is really sweet.
I'm not a big like sweets with veggie person.
- Mmm, that peanut sauce is fantastic.
Oh my goodness.
- Mm-mm. - Not liking the consistency?
- Mm-mm, mm-mm. - Texture?
He's not a fan of texture.
- I will say, for me, not quite my thing.
I'm not, specifically, the peanut sauce,
and I know peanut sauce goes with a lot of things,
because I mean, I don't like peanut butter.
Obviously it tastes a lot like peanut butter,
'cause of peanuts, but...
- It was a texture that had no flavor.
- (Ed) Mm-hmm. - So I was like...
- You're eating texture. - Yeah!
But with the sauce... - If you try it with the sauce,
it's actually fantastic.
- It makes all the difference in the world.
- (PvF) So I will warn you,
if you do ever go to Indonesia,
and they ask you the spice level...
- Oh yeah. - (PvF) One is super spicy.
- Mm-hmm. - (PvF) Two is like even spicier.
Three is burning your mouth, and four is only for Indonesians.
- (Jaxon) That's fair. - Can I do a level zero?
- (PvF) You want like level negative.
- What is that? Ooh!
Oh, what is that?
Bakso, bakso?
- (man) Kecap, sauce, cabai, cabai.
- (woman) Is that spicy? - (man) Yeah.
- (woman) No spicy. - No!
- No, get the spicy one! - Get a little bit of sauce.
- (woman) Yeah, that one. - (man) Kecap.
- (woman) Kecap. Oh, peanut sauce.
- Oh. - Okay, peanut sauce.
- Give me some more peanut sauce.
- Mm-hmm!
- (man) Telor eggs.
- Eggs? - Eggs?
- (woman) No telor, no egg.
- No egg? - Girl, I want an egg!
Don't be shy, add an egg!
- She's choosing like nothing, it seems like.
(Jaime gasps)
- (exhales) Ooh!
- Oh, it's a soup!
- (PvF) Bakso is an Indonesian meatball,
that is an interesting texture, similar to a fish ball.
It's often served in a soup with rice noodles and other toppings,
and is one of the most popular street foods in Indonesia.
- Yep. - I'm not mad at it.
Yep, mm-hmm.
- Ooh, yeah! - Mmm!
- That's interesting, yeah! It's like really dense,
and then you bite through a certain point,
and it just gets like really soft.
- Mmm! - Right?
- Mmm! - Right!?
- Mmm?
- (PvF) Did you try the meatball?
- Mm-hmm, that's what's in here right now.
- I'm so surprised by this broth.
This is like blowing my mind.
It literally, I thought it was just gonna be kinda simple,
'cause it's so clear. - Mm-hmm.
- But there's so much flavor going on in this broth.
- (PvF) So fun fact, the traveling meatball vendor
is often associated with
the intelligence undercover operations in Indonesia,
because they're very easy to move around the city,
and a lot of them carry walkie-talkies to communicate with each other,
they are used by members of the Densus-88
to spy on terrorist activities or other suspicious criminal activities.
- Oh my gosh. (laughs)
- Serving justice and deliciousness.
- Mm-hmm!
- Oh my gosh, you...
- I love this food.
- I could literally just drink a whole bowl of this.
- (Corey) Me too, I just wanna, you know what I mean?
- Just this broth, yeah, I just want like a big bowl.
- (PvF) You can, go for it.
- Yeah, I'm eating it. - I knew this was the time.
(noodles slurping)
- (both) Ooh!
- Okay! - Ooh, okay.
- Yes!
- Creamy! - (laughs) Creamy.
- That's gotta be coconut milk or something.
- Oh, is it, oh please tell me, this is like a curry.
- Ooh!
- What is bubbling and brewing. - Yeah!
- I'm excited to eat it.
- That is beautiful. - Yes indeed.
- Look at it sizzling. - Yes indeed.
- You know it's gonna smell great too.
- Oh my gosh.
- I have no idea. - I forgot what those are.
- It doesn't look like there's a curry in it, but...
- Ooh! - They're cooking it for a while!
- I know, I don't know what's happening,
but I want it.
- Ooh! (Ed exhales)
- (both) Ooh!
- So what is this? - Ooh.
- (PvF) Rendang is a rich, coconut beef dish
that's been slow cooked with an herb and spice mixture.
It's another one of Indonesia's national dishes,
and easily one of the most delicious dishes in the world.
- Ooh.
- Coconut. - I told you, the coconut.
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- I was thinking the exact same thing.
- Mmm! - Mmm, I like this!
- I will let, yeah.
- I'm not usually a fan of coconut flavored stuff,
but I don't know what it is about this.
- That beef is so tender.
- No, I know, I had the potato first,
and I was like that's really good,
but then the beef kicks in, and you're like hold on.
- Ooh! - Right?
- Ooh! - Ooh!
- Ooh! - Oh! (laughs)
- Oh, that's delicious!
- This is breaded so great,
and the sauce sits on it perfectly.
- Yeah, it's not like overly salty.
- It's not!
- So far this is my favorite. This is my favorite, mmm.
Oh, what is this?
- What is that?
- That's what I'm trying to figure out.
- Alright, we know we got some eggs in there, okay.
- Eggs, yeah.
- Ah, caramelize something! Mmm, mmm!
Locked in. - Ooh!
- What kind of skillet is that? Good gracious!
- What is this? - It's like lava.
- (Ed) Ooh, okay!
- Oh! - (Jaime) Ooh!
- And we're done! - Obviously...
- That fast.
- Thank you. Ooh, this is cute!
- Oh, she's colorful! - Ooh!
- Ooh!
- (PvF) Mie Tek Tek is a stir fry noodle dish,
often sold by street hawkers and is the ultimate comfort food.
The hawkers will tap their woks making a "tek tek tek" sound
to let people know that they're nearby and ready to sell food.
- Ooh! - Tek tek tek tek tek!
- Ooh! - That's smart!
- Mmm. ♪ (angelic music) ♪
- Okay, sweet. - Mmm, mmm.
(Ed laughs)
- I'm thoroughly enjoying this, like more than...
Like, I need to calm down.
- Hmm.
I wasn't expecting that.
- The sweetness, like the hint of sweetness.
- That's what it is!
- Like the hint of sweetness really ties this all together.
- I say this for every single thing, but it's so good!
It's so comforting, too.
- I can see why this would be a comfort food.
- Like, every time I hear the tek tek, I'm coming!
- (laughs) Be like tek tek, where, where?
- What, where, hmm, where is it? - Huh, huh, where?
(crowd applauds) (bowls clinking)
- Okay. - Ooh, okay, what is going on here?
- Presentation, I love this!
- Okay, there's a lot going into this dish.
- There's so many things that I don't know what's happening.
- I mean, we got a little rice in there,
we got some cooked vegetables in there.
- Okay, see this is what I like to see.
A bunch of different [censored] in a bunch of different colors,
in one plate.
- Ooh! - Woah!
- What is going on?
- I see fish with eyeballs.
- (PvF) Nasi Lemak is a fragrant rice
cooked with coconut milk and pandan leaves.
It's often served with Sambal, as well as other proteins,
cucumbers, peanuts, and pickled vegetable or a char,
and small fried anchovies, called Ikan Bilis.
- Cheers. - Cheers!
(Ed laughs)
- It tastes like rice,
but with like a suggestion of coconut milk.
- Mmm.
- It's like if you were eating rice,
and someone screamed coconut milk in a different room,
and you were like oh yeah, coconut milk.
(Jaime laughs)
- That rice and peanut combo, I mean, that's...
That's good stuff right there.
- The other dishes had like a lot of other seasonings
and spices that all like blended together.
This feels more simple.
- (PvF) Alright, you ready for dessert?
- Yes! - Yay!
- Okay, pancakes. - Ooh, okay, okay, okay.
What's he doing there? - Big pancake vibes.
Okay, all of this looks doable so far.
- (Ed) Ooh, okay, okay.
- Oh? - Ah, butter?
- It looks like a crepe.
- Oh, come on. - Oh, that's more like a crepe.
Oh my gosh!
- Chocolate? - (laughs) Chocolate?
- Some peanuts, more coconut milk.
No, no, no, no, that's condensed milk.
- (Jaime) Condensed milk.
- Oh, he's folding it up. - Ooh!
This gonna, ooh! - Ooh!
- That's about to, ooh, that's about to be good!
- Wow!
- It's like a pancake! Look how thick that is!
- Oh, this is cute! - Okay.
- Martabak Manis is a sweet dessert pancake,
often filled with peanut, chocolate, and cheese!
- Mmm. - Woah!
- I don't know what kind of cheese,
but it's good! (laughs)
- It's not what I expected.
- Yeah, it definitely wasn't what I was expecting
before I bit down into it. - Mmm.
- I've never had this texture before.
- Me neither. - What?
It's also not really like a pancake,
so I don't know how to describe it, really.
- 'Cause when you think pancake, you think like really fluffy and airy.
There is no air in this.
- The best way to compare it to American food,
it tastes like a stack of pancakes
with a nice sauce in it.
It's fluffy like a pancake, but it's very buttery.
- It has some... (spoon thuds)
That's a thick [censored].
- You can taste some coconut, you can taste some love.
It feels like if you were eating a grandma's hug.
That's what this tastes like.
- (PvF) Well, that does it for today.
How do you feel about your trip to Indonesia?
- Thank you, Indonesia.
- I am content.
- Honestly, this was really good. I'm glad you don't punish us.
You know? At least for these episodes,
these are, it's nice. I love the world, it was great.
(laughs)
- I will say this is probably one of the best ones that we've done.
Like, I've never tried a lot of these things,
but like, everything here was like fantastic.
- Hell yeah, Indonesia. - Mm-hmm.
- Hell yeah.
- (PvF) You moving to Indonesia?
- No, but I'm gonna go visit. (laughs)
(Ed laughs)
- Here, see,
the love connection that we have. - That's the love of his life.
- Listen, I'm going to learn how to make this,
so future wife, if you're listening,
and I just so happen to piss you off one day,
(laughs) I got the remedy. (Ed laughs)
(Corey laughs)
- Mie Tek Tek? - You Tek Tek?
- Mie Tek Tek.
- (laughs) Thank you guys so much for watching this episode.
Let us know what other foods you want to see us try
in the comments down below. Let's try these noodles.
(PvF mumbles)
- Mmm! - Mm-hmm!
- Mmm! - Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm! - Uh-huh.