MY BANDUNG GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE - SANGKURIANG RESTAURANT

fresh vege/salad

15th September 2016 ~ For our first dinner in Bandung, we were taken to this Sangkuriang Restaurant. There were many types of dishes served and we just ate with no complaints at all, as usual. We were stuck for quite some time in the bad traffic jam, we got really hungry we could eat a horse.

fish soup

"sambal" [ground chilies]

white rice

fried fish

fried egg

fried vegetable

internal organs :)

the aftermath

the gazebos

the main hall

Too much food is not good for you. No wonder I am getting fat already.

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VIDEO: KULINTANG, ANGKLUNG AND ANOTHER HUGE BAMBOO INSTRUMENT

Another musical performance was done with the combination of angklung, kulintang (the ones that look like xylophones but made of bamboo) and another musical instrument made of bamboo I don't know its name. I wish I could also have kulintang for my angklung group in school but then we will need a big room to store it.

By the way, the musical instruments are called Arumba - from "Alunan RUMpun BAmbu" [TRANSLATE: Melody of the Collected Bamboo]

This show was performed on the 15th September 2016 at Saung Udjo Angklung in Bandung (in front of live studio audience). :)

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VIDEO: "TARIAN TOPENG" [MASK DANCE] AT SAUNG UDJO ANGKLUNG

"Tarian Topeng" or Mask Dance is a popular traditional dances in Indonesia. One of the most difficult tasks for the dancers to do was to bite the masks from the inside so as to make sure the masks would stick to their faces throughout the performance.

Other than angklung performance, the audience were also presented with folk dances of Indonesia.

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VIDEO: A CIRCUMCISION'S POST CELEBRATION SESSION

Long time ago, circumcision was done in a very traditional way. The bamboo was cut and sliced until it became sharp and that was used as the knife. With no anesthetic, the boy who had been circumcised, would be put in a cold river so as to stop the bleeding and the cold water would numb the pain for a short while. At the same time, he was carried around the village with people singing and dancing so as to make him forget the pain. Thank god I was born in the era where I did not have to go through all this for circumcision.

This was the opening number during the performance at Saung Udjo Angklung when I was there om 15th September 2016. I wonder would this be enough to entertain the poor little boy. :)

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MY BANDUNG GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE - NASI PADANG

omelette

15th September 2016 ~ When we arrived in Bandung, we were first taken to a "Nasi Padang" (rice that originated from a place called Padang in Indonesia). Knowing that there would be variety of dishes that would be served on the table, we requested to choose them ourselves.

sambal ijo [green squashed chilies]

chicken curry

bergedil [fried mashed potato with meat]

jackfruit in coconut milk gravy

grilled chicken

We were happy with our very first meal in Bandung.

We were not fussy eaters. :)

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A LATE LUNCH AND EARLY TEA AT EJOHNG CONCEPT

refreshing lemonade

24TH SEPTEMBER 2016 ~ This week's Saturday was considered a working day. We then had no choice but to entertain ourselves from the sorrow by visiting an eating place. This time, I was introducing the two ladies from the Eat-First-Worry-Later Club to Ehjong Concept for a late lunch but early tea kind of eating style.

salmon something

lamb pizza

bento

my latte

tuna sandwich

ice-cream cake

a cake from strangers who were celebrating
a birthday party from a table nearby

the two birthday girls with their belated
birthday presents

happy tummies

Good food, a good place to sit and talk and we went home with happy tummies. The meeting was adjourned at about 4:00 p.m. and we hope to see more people in our next "case studies" session.

WATCHING ANGKLUNG PERFORMANCE AT SAUNG UDJO ANGKLUNG FOR THE SECOND TIME

15th September 2016 ~ We were seated again in this very hall in Saung Udjo Angklung in Bandung. The last time we were here was two years ago, but with a bigger number of people from school. Even though we had watched the performance before, we decided to be immersed in the angklung performance one more time. We had actually made a brilliant plan as we found that the programme was not the same with the one presented when we were here in 2014.

The programme was started with a puppet show, then followed by angklung and dance performances by the junior angklung players. More experienced and older ones came in later, with the angklung maestro himself conducting the slots. The most enjoyable session was when everybody in the audience was given an angklung each and was taught how to make music by following the hand gestures of the conductors in the middle of the arena.

Everybody sure had been entertained by the world class angklung performance and wished that it had never ended. Before leaving the place, I managed to watch (and record) a solo angklung performance which was done in the souvenir shop. Too bad I really had to leave this place but I really do not mind going there again many more times.

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