Inspired By Wicked Film, Chefs At This Restaurant Make Culinary Creation Combining Local And International Feelings

Illustration of food created by chef is inspired by the film Wicked (Adelia/VOI)

JAKARTA - In recent years, global culinary trends have increasingly dominated the food landscape in Indonesia. This creates a unique combination of local and international flavors.

Global culinary trends that are currently popular in Indonesia. Chef Ahmad, chef at Novotel Jakarta Gajah Mada has just released the Wicked menu. He will be amazed by making special dishes inspired by magical power in the film Wicked.

"Menu Wicked will be used as an experience in 2025. I want to see the experience of his global food hits. This culinary Chef wants to upgrade thematics," said Chef Ahmad, when met in Glodok, Taman Sari, West Jakarta on Thursday, November 12, 2024.

Chef Ahmad serves culinary Chinese food, but with a touch of spice from Indonesia. This creates a unique combination of local and international flavors.

"I brought a lot of Chinesse tones, there were also spices. We updated Indonesia but with a Chinese twist," said Chef Ahmad.

Before becoming a chef at a hotel, Chef Ahmad worked at a restaurant in Italy. He admitted that every meal always adds dishes from Indonesia.

"I brought it from Germany to Novotel. The menu is Italian but the topping is kaleo seasoning. I also brought rendang there," he explained.

"Continue with ambon with additional cream. There is also karek sugar which adds to the flavor of ambon bika spices. This is me that and intensify it in 2025," he continued.

Chef Ahmad also regretted that many people threw away shrimp skin. According to him, shrimp peels can be reprocessed into delicious dishes.

"There's a skin already. A lot of people don't know its uses that can be cooked again and they choose to throw it away." he explained.