John Delaat from Diversity will be leading this month's meal.
BIO - I started cooking at a young age, learning family traditions from my mother, who is French-Canadian, and my father, who was a Dutch immigrant, as well as digesting any tidbits I could from the food shows of the day such as Yan can Cook and The Frugal Gourmet.
After many tribulations and misadventures, my hobby of home baking and cooking led me towards a career as a professional chef. I have plied my trade in my hometown of Winnipeg while also delving into various culinary traditions: Greek, Italian, Classical, Contemporary and locavore to name a few.
In my current position as Chef de Cuisine of Diversity Food Services at the University of Winnipeg, it is my pleasure to oversee three locations, assist in running a thriving catering business and also lend a hand with many community events, including the annual Holiday Community Dinner hosted by Les Marmitons.
This event features a Dutch - Indonesian meal.
The menu for the upcoming Rijstaffel will consist of:
- Steamed rice
- Nasi Goreng (fried rice and vegetables)
- Bami Goreng (fried noodles and vegetables)
- Loempia (large spring rolls with pork and vegetables
- Sop Rawon (beef soup)
- Sambal Goreng Telor (hard-boiled eggs in spicy tomato sauce)
- Fried potato matchsticks
- Kroepoek (fried shrimp crackers)
- Curried beef and potato Croquettes
- Lemper Ayam (sticky rice balls stuffed with chicken)
- Tamarind Pork stir fry
- Balinese Spicy Mackerel
- Chicken and pork Satay
- Roast Chicken with coconut chili sauce
- Firecracker Shrimp
- Urap-Urap Sayur (veg stir fry with spiced coconut)
- Gado-Gado (blanched veg salad with boiled eggs and peanut sauce)
- Acar Ketimun ( simple pickled cucumber salad)
- Braised hearty greens in sweet soy and lemon
- Tamarind sauce
- Sweet and Spicy sauce
- Coconut Peanut sauce
- Curried Ketchup
- Spiced fruit chutney
- Seroendeng (spiced coconut with peanuts)
- Sambal Soto (almond and chili sauce)
- Martabak Manis (sweet leavened pancakes with condensed milk)
- Pisang Goreng (fried bananas)
- Orange Coconut Pannacotta
- Marzipan stuffed Speculaas
- Es Cendol (dessert drink with coconut milk, palm sugar syrup and pandan leaf )
- Coffee and tea
