What Happens at the Indonesian Ambassador's House in London?

[00:00:00]Today I'm at a picnic at the residence of the Indonesian ambassador to the UK here in London. We'll be meeting Indonesians living in the country, tasting traditional Indonesian dishes, and enjoying live Indonesian music.

[00:00:12]>> Played in the train stations, played outside Wams, uh outside uh food stalls.

[00:00:19]It's like what? Real good street music.

[00:00:21]>> Welcome to an Indonesian picnic in London. And this is what it's like.

[00:00:28]We have got this is the pack desel's residency. He has invited people from all over. Hello. How are you? Nice to meet you.

[00:00:35]>> Pack Jeffrey. Nice to meet you.

[00:00:37]Lawrence, >> this is our official.

[00:00:40]>> Oh, okay. So, okay. Indonesia embassy London.

[00:00:42]>> Indonesia in London.

[00:00:49][music] >> Okay. So, we've just been asked to go and have a look at all this traditional um clothing. So pretty much what you see here, every batic here, this is batic.

[00:00:59]There's also like panon and everything.

[00:01:01]So basically we sell these products. All of these designs, they come from different islands of Indonesia.

[00:01:07]>> Exactly. Yes. So for example, this one, this is really a really unique one. It takes us for like 6 months to make just for this one. This is from Sumba.

[00:01:15]>> Sumba.

[00:01:16]>> Oh my god.

[00:01:17]>> Uh the name is uh this is a woman from Buna Karawang. The name is Buna Karawang. So she's the designer and we have people that actually like handwoven it from us and they actually come from those islands. Yes.

[00:01:29]>> Incredible. So Ellie will design this actually and then send off send them the design >> and then you'll make it and then sell it here in London.

[00:01:35]>> Yes.

[00:01:35]>> I'll put it on in Jakarta is in Sarina.

[00:01:37]>> Oh yeah. We also have a shop in Jakarta.

[00:01:40]It's >> Sina.

[00:01:41]>> It's time for cooking demonstration.

[00:01:43]They're going to be making some Indonesian ru. Um, so the sauce uh has a cooked down uh puree of peanuts, uh chilies, garlic, uh tamarind, uh palm sugar.

[00:01:55]>> Oh, we got verac we just made earlier.

[00:01:58]And then we've got we got obviously we've got migarang, got nasi gang.

[00:02:05]Super traditional KFC over here.

[00:02:08]Lovely.

[00:02:11]Look at everyone trying to get a piece of food. Like the line is ridiculous.

[00:02:18]Everyone trying to get some food for a picnic.

[00:02:22]This is Indonesian coffee.

[00:02:25]>> Amazing. And you've got diff different types.

[00:02:27]>> Yeah, we have a different region.

[00:02:29]>> From different region. Well, you got here the Komodo dragon.

[00:02:31]>> That's Java Bali.

[00:02:35]>> So, which one is the best coffee you have?

[00:02:37]>> Ah, for you?

[00:02:38]>> Um, so we we launched at London Festival in May and it seems like the Somatan Tigers.

[00:02:44]Okay.

[00:02:44]>> Best guy.

[00:02:45]>> Can I Can I have a look? Can I try a little bit? Thank you very much.

[00:02:53]>> Coffee.

[00:02:54]>> I loved it.

[00:02:55]>> I'm definitely going to be reordering.

[00:02:57]>> We've got ourselves a personal assistant to take me around and find the best food at this picnic.

[00:03:04]>> Yes, of course.

[00:03:04]>> Cool. What's your What's your name?

[00:03:06]>> Ahmed from Indonesia.

[00:03:08]>> From S specifically Suraya.

[00:03:10]>> Suraya is a big advocate for Lombok.

[00:03:13]>> Yes. a big fan of Lumbok. Why do you like Lumbok so much?

[00:03:15]>> Because I got many family there.

[00:03:18]>> Okay.

[00:03:18]>> Yeah. Many family. Also, my wife's uh from Sumbawa.

[00:03:23]>> Yes.

[00:03:24]>> Which is like same province with Lombok in Nusat Garabarat.

[00:03:29]>> Okay.

[00:03:29]>> Yeah.

[00:03:30]>> So, apart from having family in Lombok, why should someone go to Lombok?

[00:03:34]>> Because you know uh everything you got in Bali, you also can cut in Lombok.

[00:03:40]Okay.

[00:03:41]>> But any like um traditional way of living like aat is the adat. Yeah. You can get in cannot get in Bali.

[00:03:50]>> Okay.

[00:03:51]>> Like that. And we got like many many virgin beaches. Uh you got beach. Yeah.

[00:03:58]Mun beach and then like so long beach in Lombok.

[00:04:05]There's no not many tourists go there.

[00:04:08]Mhm.

[00:04:08]>> So you can like you get your own private beach.

[00:04:12]>> But you ended up here in London.

[00:04:14]>> No beaches anywhere.

[00:04:16]>> Yeah. I live here in London.

[00:04:18]>> Yeah.

[00:04:19]>> And I work here also >> for my government.

[00:04:23]>> And yeah, it's been nice to live in London. But I still enjoying Indonesia better than London. London is my second home. Okay.

[00:04:32]>> But my first home >> it's only Indonesia, >> of course. And and like with me, I was born in London, but Indonesia will always be my home.

[00:04:40]>> Yeah. [laughter] >> Okay. Okay.

[00:04:42]>> Oh my god. Wait, she looks be What is this design?

[00:04:45]>> Um, >> do you know >> like a pel with some eggs?

[00:04:52]>> So, what do you recommend us to try today?

[00:04:54]>> Yeah, >> we're just going to casually just skip the queue.

[00:04:57]>> You want Let me over there. Just [laughter] keep on waiting.

[00:05:00]>> Yeah. You want you want like traditional Indonesian dish or >> So I mean there's KFC there so I probably don't want any KFC. I also probably don't want any Bolognese pen.

[00:05:13]>> Where's Oh nasi nasi you can get better at par directly cooking.

[00:05:21]>> Oh really in the >> So super fresh nasiang. So this is the master chef himself.

[00:05:27]>> Hello But we have to the line.

[00:05:36]>> Yes. Everyone wants your nasty gang, I think.

[00:05:38]>> So, what what makes this nasty special then compared to other Nasi Garang?

[00:05:42]>> Our chefs here is the ambassador chef.

[00:05:45]>> He's an ambassador chef.

[00:05:46]>> Yes. Yeah. He's directly come from Indonesia >> for being here.

[00:05:51]>> So, we're going to come back when the when the line gets a bit smaller. Where should we go next?

[00:05:55]>> Okay.

[00:05:55]>> Oh, that looks good. What is that? Is that quis?

[00:05:58]>> Yes. Kella piece and gumlong.

[00:06:01]>> Gumlong.

[00:06:01]>> Gumbla. Is that like sweet >> from kazava?

[00:06:06]>> From kazava.

[00:06:07]>> Oh, cassava. Okay. Well, I'm going to try that one for sure.

[00:06:09]>> Yes.

[00:06:10]>> There's two only two left. So, >> only two left. Quick, quick, quick, quick.

[00:06:13]>> Okay. Okay.

[00:06:14]>> Did you hear that? You snooze, you lose.

[00:06:16]Here at this picnic, no one is waiting around for anything. You've got to be the first to it.

[00:06:23]>> Okay. Where's the golden blow?

[00:06:24]>> So, wait. First to get I need to get one of these. Yes.

[00:06:29]>> So, what's this one called?

[00:06:30]>> Gumlong.

[00:06:31]>> Gumlong.

[00:06:32]>> This is traditional dish from West Java.

[00:06:34]>> Okay.

[00:06:35]>> Mhm.

[00:06:36]>> Gumlang. Hello.

[00:06:38]>> Oh. Uh, yes. Have a last one.

[00:06:40]>> Yeah.

[00:06:40]>> Thank you.

[00:06:41]>> Good. Good thing we arrived just in time because I have an all gun. And where's where's the tempe men?

[00:06:47]>> Tempe men.

[00:06:48]>> That's the thing I really want to try.

[00:06:50]Unless it's all gone.

[00:06:51]>> I think it's all gone.

[00:06:52]>> It's all gone.

[00:06:53]>> What is it?

[00:06:54]>> Tempe menawan. The best.

[00:06:55]>> It's a wrap. It's a wrap. It's all gone.

[00:06:58]Sorry.

[00:06:58]>> We shall have been quicker.

[00:07:01]>> Okay. What? So, what what can you recommend here >> from what's left?

[00:07:05]>> Well, I made it's not Indonesian. A sardine pasta.

[00:07:10]>> Sardin pasta to an Indonesian picnic.

[00:07:12]>> But if you really want what all the Indonesians are going for is >> asan as this is also >> traditional dish from from West Java.

[00:07:23]>> Okay. I'll try some asanawi. This is actually this is >> guys. Finally, after all of that, we can now finally eat our food.

[00:07:34]>> Where you want to eat in the book?

[00:07:37]>> I don't think we're allowed to. There's a sign saying we can't eat there.

[00:07:42]>> Personal personal assistant.

[00:07:46]>> Yeah, >> personal assistant.

[00:07:48]>> I'm good in English.

[00:07:50][laughter] >> Really? I'm good in English.

[00:07:55]He is very good English. I'm very impressed. [laughter] >> Yes. He's so good. I've hired him to be my personal assistant.

[00:08:01]>> He selected all the food for me. He's taking me around. Finding me a good spot.

[00:08:06]>> What is >> huh? Bintang. You like birbintang?

[00:08:10][laughter] >> Not maybe later for England game. For England. Not now though. Pesra. Am I allowed in the casino or not?

[00:08:18]>> Are you sure? Okay. You sure?

[00:08:20]>> Okay.

[00:08:22]You see?

[00:08:23]>> Okay, fine.

[00:08:24]>> Ask me to cut the light.

[00:08:26]>> You good [music] >> guys? Does it get any better than this?

[00:08:32]We're inside of Pat Desra's personal casino. We have got our own personal assistant who selected all this delicious food for us to try and be I mean ready to munch away. We've got desserts. We've got maze. We've got nasi gurang some kubuk and we've got some specialtity food all the way from this is Jakarta right as >> yeah vegetable asinan >> yes >> originally from Jakarta >> oh >> yeah from batawi you know batawi is the old name of Jakarta batafia and batawi Indonesian called batawi >> this is uh asinan batawi >> okay >> it contain vegetable >> and what's this one >> called madumongo madum is from a sticky rice. We call it katan. Bras katan. It's a sticky rice. We got many many dish uh with a sticky rice paste in Indonesia.

[00:09:29][singing] [music] Very sweet.

[00:09:34]>> It tastes like, you know, dates.

[00:09:37]>> Dates. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:09:38]>> Kind of similar.

[00:09:39]>> But it's a fermented um barascatan. Uh sticky rice.

[00:09:45]>> Yeah. And you can taste um you can taste the fermentation cuz a bit it's got that like bittery feel to it. And why why so many foreigners is it >> why >> why there why is it foreigners doing it?

[00:09:57]Why not Indonesians?

[00:09:58]>> Just the uniqueness of the Galan set for foreigners to do >> they like to do it. H >> how how do they know about it?

[00:10:06]>> Because uh it was teach in the university uh school as well >> in the UK. So we did that at uni, enjoyed it, and then they just continued doing it.

[00:10:16]>> Yeah, there there are some clubs as well.

[00:10:19]>> And and where do they practice?

[00:10:21]>> MC.

[00:10:22]>> Oh, but you can do it through embassy.

[00:10:23]>> Yeah, they they practice at MC.

[00:10:25]>> And and how and how can someone join like like myself?

[00:10:29]>> He is the leader.

[00:10:30]>> Okay. That's Dave.

[00:10:32]>> Yeah.

[00:10:33]>> Can I Can I come around?

[00:10:34]>> Yeah. Yeah, please.

[00:10:36]>> So this is This is Guanjong. This is like good street music.

[00:10:40]>> Classic. Yeah. like classic old school music from solo from Joja.

[00:10:46]>> Oh, brilliant.

[00:10:47]>> Played in the train stations, played outside WS uh outside uh food stalls.

[00:10:53]It's like what? Real good street music.

[00:10:55]>> Yeah.

[00:10:56]>> And have you been inspired because you went into and then saw it all and you decided to try it yourself?

[00:11:00]>> It's really in stashing balan in solo. I used to see um bunch of musicians. Uh yeah, it's just beautiful really.

[00:11:08]>> Amazing. And and how how can someone you know attend one of these um trainings or >> uh we can come and learn Galan at the Indonesian Embassy in um uh in London sisra.co.uk siswa.co.uk.

[00:11:24]You can come and do some gaming ready.

[00:11:29]>> You look comfy.

[00:11:32]>> Fantastic.

[00:11:36][music] [music] From Indonesia. I [music] love Indonesia.

[00:11:51]Indones. The culture of Indonesia.

[00:11:52]Amazing. I think so many times you mentioned before.

[00:11:57]>> Uh I my my wife is Indonesian.

[00:12:00]>> My sons are Indonesian.

[00:12:02]>> Oh, actually a strong connection over 30 years. Wow. Asana [music] in London.

[00:12:09]>> Okay.

[00:12:10]>> Uh TW US before.

[00:12:12]>> Yes.

[00:12:13]>> So I have three citizenship United States. [music] >> Oh amazing.

[00:12:18]>> Yeah. Very good.

[00:12:19]>> Incredible. So where do you live now?

[00:12:20]Here in London.

[00:12:21]>> I spend the winter [music] in Indonesia.

[00:12:23]October time I go to Indonesia. I come back in March. Incredible. 5 months.

[00:12:26]>> Where about in Indonesia?

[00:12:27]>> Uh Jakarter. [music] I have family all over.

[00:12:30]>> Juju Carter. Uh Ashley is Juja.

[00:12:36]>> Yeah.

[00:12:36]>> So Yalan is [music and singing] very much her um Japanese Galan which is where she she grew up. Super. So did your wife play it when she was younger?

[00:12:48]>> She's [music] really part [singing] of the Japanese culture.

[00:12:51]She speaks Japanese language.

[00:12:53]>> She speaks Indonesian language because remember that the the Japanese are [singing] really seen as um the dominant [music] culture in Indonesia.

[00:13:02]>> Yeah.

[00:13:03]>> The one that is respected to to you know um Jooi.

[00:13:08]>> So you've been there first [music] was it years ago you said?

[00:13:11]>> I've been affiliated with Indonesia about 30 years ago. The first time I went to Indonesia [singing] was 1995 like 30 31 years ago. Oh [music] my goodness. Yeah. So I've been >> So you're you're as Indonesia.

[00:13:24]>> Well, my heart is my heart is in Indonesia >> resident. Yeah, I love I have many types [music] of many many background.

[00:13:32]>> What made you what made you fascinated about Indonesia in the first place if you don't mind me asking?

[00:13:35]>> Um [music] well actually my family uh origin from Grenada in the Caribbean.

[00:13:42]Okay. [music] And nutmeg which is Grenada is the second nutmeg producer in the world. Indonesia [music] is the actual world, right? So, uh the the trade the connection was one [music] of trade first of all and the trade connection brought me to Indonesia. And now you've got is that your son? I've got two sons. Okay. So, one is one is already [music] married. Mr. Ambassador came to his wedding.

[00:14:07]An ambassador ambassador and his wife and his wife came to our son's wedding. That's [music] amazing.

[00:14:13]>> Yeah. So, for him, for us, he's like family to us now. Amazing.

[00:14:24][cheering] [applause] That's super.

[00:14:28]>> Oh my word.

[00:14:31][cheering] [music and singing] >> [laughter] >> Hey, you've stolen my personal assistant.

[00:14:51]>> You are living the life back here, aren't you?

[00:14:54]>> You charge me a lot.

[00:14:56]>> I can't imagine. I mean, he's worth every penny.

[00:14:58]>> He should get a raise. [laughter] >> For 30 minutes. Oh, I'll pay you £200 for the next half an hour.

[00:15:05]>> Ambassador, so I have just >> I'm the ambassador for Indonesian food.

[00:15:11]>> So, [laughter] no. Thank thank you very much for for this picnic today.

[00:15:17]>> Thank you for taking the time to come.

[00:15:19]It's also very important for you to be here.

[00:15:20]>> Oh, it's been super. I've really enjoyed it.

[00:15:23]>> And thank you to the number one assistant here >> who's also a massage massage as well.

[00:15:29]>> The personal measure for Ambassador.

[00:15:33]>> Okay. See you later.

[00:15:35]>> You know Allessia Russo?

[00:15:36]>> Yes. No. No. No. No.

[00:15:38]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:15:39]>> My friend is Allesia Russo. We we both has a Russo shirt literally.

[00:15:46]>> Are you serious?

[00:15:47]>> Yes.

[00:15:48]>> I have the Russo shirt for like the lionesses and >> Is there anything you would like to say to Allesia Russo? Cuz I'll show her >> I want to meet you.

[00:15:55]>> We love you.

[00:15:56]>> We love you.

[00:15:57]>> Come on you guys and >> guys. Look at this. Allessia Russo. Look at this. You have got the two biggest fans from Indonesia.

[00:16:07][screaming and crying] Yes.

[00:16:11]>> Dave, thank you very much. Take care.

[00:16:15]>> Okay.