In 2020, we all cannot hunt for culinary freely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government’s call to stay at home makes culinary businesses face difficulties, especially in marketing their products. However, this year, Indonesia’s condition is slowly recovering with the emergence of food and beverages which have become a trend and are selling well even though the pandemic is not yet fully over. Here are the top 10 food and drink trends of 2021 in Indonesia that you must try.
1. Dessert Box
For sweet food connoisseurs, of course you are familiar with the dessert box. Dessert box is a kind of soft cake served in a food box. Unlike the usual dessert served on a plate, the dessert box can be eaten directly from the box. Usually the dessert box contains several layers of sponge cake and cream. The practical way of eating it makes the dessert box quickly popular in Indonesia.
2. Croffle
Croffle is a croissant that is baked using a waffle mold. Currently, croffle is becoming a popular food in Indonesia. Many coffee shops, cake shops, and restaurants serve this food with various flavors of topping sauces. Toppings that are widely on croffles include caramel, strawberry, chocolate, maple syrup, and ice cream.
3. Sei Sapi
Sei sapi is actually a processed meat food from Rote Ndao, Nusa Tenggara Timur. Sei in Rote language means thinly sliced meat. Sei sapi means thinly sliced beef. Not only from beef, sei can also be made from chicken. Sei beef or chicken cooked by smoking. Then the cooked meat is sauteed with spices or chili sauce. Sei sapi is usually consumed with warm white rice and stir-fried cassava leaves.
4. Fluffy Pancake
This pancake has a soft texture and melts in your mouth. The size is also thicker than regular pancakes. The dough may be similar to regular pancakes, but the cooking process takes longer because it takes 15-20 minutes on low heat. The result is not only delicious to eat, the shape is also aesthetic and jiggly. Fluffy pancakes are usually served with various toppings such as whipped cream, various fruits, honey, cream cheese etc.
5. Foods with Mentai Sauce
Mentai sauce is one of the food toppings that is also a hit in 2020 and until now there are still many foods that use this sauce as a topping. Mentai sauce itself is a sauce made from a mixture of fish eggs given mayonnaise and chili sauce. This mentai sauce will be used as a topping for various foods such as rice bowls, chicken, fish and others. This dish inspired by Japanese food has a fairly creamy texture, but there is a distinctive taste that comes from cod fish eggs.
6. Toast
In 2021, many toasts are made as sandwiches with various layers of filling. Not only filled with a sweet filling, it’s also usually filled with various ingredients such as a combination of cheese with tuna mayo, chicken, beef, sausage with additional vegetables.
7. Rice Bowl
This food was also a hit in 2020, but this year, rice bowl is still one of the most popular foods because of its practicality. Rice bowl is rice with a variety of side dishes like nasi campur in a bowl. The number of online delivery services has made rice bowls increasingly popular, because these foods were created to be easily eaten at home.
8. Korean Strawberry Milk
Korean strawberry milk is one of the popular Korean drinks that is currently being hit in Indonesia. Korean strawberry milk is different from ordinary strawberry milk, because it uses fresh strawberries that are directly inserted into the milk. That’s why when we drink Korean Strawberry Milk, we can feel small chunks of Strawberry.
9. Iced Coffee Milk
As the name suggests, this drink consists of iced coffee plus milk. Besides milk, it is usually added with various other toppings such as chocolate, hazelnuts, cream, and so on. Iced coffee milk is often a favorite choice for those who want to drink coffee without a bitter taste that is too strong.
10. Boba Drink
Even though it’s 2021, the boba drink is still one of the most popular drinks in Indonesia. As we know, this boba is a topping for various types of drinks. Well, drinks with boba are usually drinks made from a mixture of milk, coffee, and milk tea.
Walaupun sudah tahun 2021, namun minuman boba masih menjadi salah satu minuman kekinian yang banyak peminatnya. Seperti yang kita tahu, boba ini merupakan topping untuk berbagai jenis minuman. Nah minuman-minuman dengan boba ini biasanya minuman yang terbuat dari campuran susu, kopi, hingga milk tea.
Top 10 Food Drink Trends Indonesia