Ubud Food Festival in Indonesia
The spotlight is on Indonesian food at the fifth annual Ubud Food Festival, set for April 22 through 26, 2019, in Central Bali.
For it 2019 program, the Ubud Food Festival (UFF) has adopted the theme “Spice Up to the World”. Look for culinary discussions, cooking demonstrations, seminars, cooking classes, special food programs, musical performance, and films, book launchings. At UFF 2019 local “food heroes” will join discussions and demonstrations promoting Indonesian cuisine.
Janet DeNeefe, the founder and director of UFF, said the “Spice Up to the World” theme is intended to help elevate Indonesian cuisine to wide acceptance internationally. According to DeNeefe, while Thai and Vietnamese food is honored internationally, Indonesian food has yet to achieve equal status. Fortunately, this is changing with Indonesian food gaining greater notoriety around the globe.
According to DeNeefe, proof of this are the food trucks offering Indonesian food that are now frequently found on the streets of Melbourne,Victoria, Australia. “In Jakarta and Bali, there are also now many restaurants now offering local food presented at an international presentation class,” she added.
