Beef rendang is perhaps Padang's best-known food. Resident Neni Rahdipa took on the challenge to create a healthier version of rendang using mushrooms - prepared the old-fashioned Minang way she ...

1.2 litres coconut milk 1 quantity red spice paste (see recipe below) 2 Tbsp tamarind paste (see recipe below) 7 makrut lime leaves, torn 2 star anise ...

During an October visit to Padang, located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra, Avila encountered versions different from the one he had prepared. The flavors were richer and bolder, he says.

At Rendang Republic, he’ll incorporate what he learned on his trip, bolstered by his new business partner, Rizal Hamdallah. Hamdallah, who’s from Padang, honed in on rendang when the two ...

In 1982 she decided to open a Padang restaurant, cooking rendang using her mother’s secret recipe. “My father is originally from Batusangkar, and my mother is from Pariaman.