I read this "Glorious Food" in Malaysia Airlines blog: http://www.malaysiaairlinesblog.com/?p=22#more-22 and this nasi lalapan looks really delicious. The posting mentioned that this rice is come from Indonesia.. Really?

^Like the M'sians always do........They steal people's food, music, songs.....basically they steal an entire culture.**
Yes that dish comes from Indonesia....


Sry it was politically incorrect and some people might get upset....

At least they now mention where they got it from

Wow, they actually admit that it's from Indonesia? If they keep doing this, we might become good neighbors in near future!

Did you all read the posting in the blog? it actually introduces the rice.. not other things.. where to get this rice in Indonesia?

anywhere you go you can have it if you ask.

The key of good nasi lalapan is the sambal terasi/belacan.



In Indonesia especially Central and East Java, we called this kinda dish Pecel/Pecak Ayam.

We identify this kinda food with the meat it uses: Pecel Ayam using Fried (Ayam Goreng) or grilled (ayam bakar) chicken. Pecel Lele (fried catfish), or fishes (Ikan Bawal Bakar).


Pecel Ayam



Pecel Lele

While in West Java, home of Lalapan, lalapan was originally consists of assorted raw vegetables and sambal terasi.
Lalapan (or lalaban in original Sundanese) is raw or semi-cooked vegetables, actually considered as side dish to accompany the meats and completed with sambals.





Original lalapan..., no meats, just sambal with fresh veggies



Various vegetables that can be used as lalapan


All ethnicities in Indonesia knows and gave credit to Sundanese people as the inventor and home of Lalaban.
Just as Rendang belongs to Padang/Minangkabau people, or satay that closely associated with Madurese people.

Here we go..., rendang, satay, nasi lalapan; the lists is gettin' longer and longer
Well at least they credited Indonesia this time.
I wonder will Garuda Indonesia serve Nasi Lemak and Teh Tarik.