Despite the fact that Indonesia executes drug traffickers, the country's vice president announced earlier this week that it's OK for chefs to use a pinch of pot to flavor traditional dishes.Yusuf Kalla has no intention of legalizing marijuana, but feels it's all right to use it as a seasoning. Small amounts of crushed leaves and seeds are added to curries and noodle dishes in certain regions of Indonesia. One region where chefs like to add a little extra spice is Aceh located on the northern tip of Sumatra.
According to an online travel guide one of the most popular dishes in the Acehnese city of Medan is Mie Aceh Titi Bobrok. It's rumored that the magic ingredient in this noodle dish of chili sauce and crab is a tiny bit of ganja. A quick Google search even turned up the above picture of the dish on some gal named Keukeu's blog. I didn't notice the word "marijuana," in her post, but then again I can't read Indonesian worth a damn.
6-29-2007 @11:17PM Kearns said... The Indonesian word for pot is Ganja, and I don't see it in there. My Indonesian isn't the best, but I do see that you can have this noodle dish topped with beef, chicken, shrimp, or crab. (Or maybe it's all 4 together)...
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6-30-2007 @8:52AM Ronny said... Medan is actually in the North Sumatra Province, not in Aceh, the two provinces are neighbours. It just happen that they sell this particular Acehnese food in Medan. It doesn't indicate any particular link to ganja or pot. I've never actually tried Acehnese food myself, so I don't know. Rumour has it that marijuana was originally used in Aceh as spice before people abuse them.
You might have better luck searching in Google with these keywords: "masakan aceh ganja". "Masakan" means dish/food.
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6-30-2007 @10:14AM ak said... Ronny is right, Medan is not in Aceh province but in North Sumatra (close neighbor though).
Anyway the Indonesian blog post (KeuKeu) talks about her trip in Medan where she tried (among other things) the Mie Aceh Titi Bobrok there. She said there are two types of noodles, boiled and fried. Either of them can be served with beef, chicken, shrimp or crab. Unfortunately she was disappointed with the noodles served there since it tasted plain (not 'rich in spices' as she previously expected). And yes, she didn't talk about cannabis/ganja at all in that post.
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