Sator bean is a fresh produce that is almost unheard of, even in various parts of Southeast Asia, where the quest between Indonesia and Malaysia never ends to claim sator beans as its own. Without playing referee, in my opinion Indonesia is the bigger producer and consumer of sator beans, particularly in the western part […]
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Indonesian: Magellan’s Footprints
A deja vu struck me when I set foot in the island of Zanzibar. Plants of vanilla, cardamom, saffron, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon spread across the plantation in central Zanzibar, sharing characteristics with Asian spices since they were brought by the spice merchants from Asia. Indonesia is the primary source of spice trading […]