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Why Sate Solo does Rendang when there are soooo many delicious Indonesian dishes to choose from ? There are 2 reasons re...
14/03/2026

Why Sate Solo does Rendang when there are soooo many delicious Indonesian dishes to choose from ? There are 2 reasons related to Sumatra, where Rendang originates from.

It is my little way of reminding of the November 2025 ecological disaster (floods and landslides) in West Sumatra, North Sumatra and Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam that affected the lives of many people. How it is important not to simply label it a natural disaster, but to acknowledge the reproduction of colonial legacies of plantation and mining in Sumatra.

To find a connection with my granddad who spent the last few years of his life as a prisoner of war in East Sumatra, Palembang to work on the construction of 2 airfields. He passed away a day before the end of WW2. A way of remembering, of letting him live on…

The Minang people say that Rendang embodies patience, wisdom, and togetherness, something the World could do with at the moment.

Looking forward to The Juke ( ) next weekend: 20 & 21 March. Take care,

Looking forward to returning to The Juke ( : Sate Solo does Rendang, a west-sumatran slow-cooked dish in coconut milk an...
09/03/2026

Looking forward to returning to The Juke ( : Sate Solo does Rendang, a west-sumatran slow-cooked dish in coconut milk and a paste of spices: shallots, garlic, ginger, galangal, turmeric, chillies, lemon grass, lime leaves, and the list goes.

Dates: 20 March 5:30-8:30pm & 21 March, 12:00-2pm & 5:30-8:30pm

Eat in or Take out? We have you covered.

Guest post from This International Women’s Day, I’m celebrating my mom and the women who came before her. Some of my fa...
08/03/2026

Guest post from This International Women’s Day, I’m celebrating my mom and the women who came before her.

Some of my favourite recent memories are in the kitchen with her, surrounded by the smell of Indonesian spices, coconut, chillies - and sometimes too much oil! For my mom, cooking is never just about food. It is about love and connection, and from a young age our dinner table was our family’s space, every single night, where my brother and I would join our parents for a time away from phones, school and life. Without fail, like clockwork, the dinner table has been a space for shared conversation, and this is a unique experience I’ve come to appreciate as I’ve grown up, moved away and then returned to the place I call home. Plates of nasi goreng to beef rendang carry a story and a piece of where we come from. I’m lucky enough to experience a Sate Solo Supper Club each time I share a table with my mom.

We’ve been lucky enough to travel to Java together twice, and those trips are memories I’ll hold close to my heart forever. One of our favourite things was waking up early in Surabaya and heading to the hotel buffet breakfasts, excited to try a little bit of everything. We’d fill our plates with all kinds of Indonesian dishes, comparing flavours, discovering new favourites, and just enjoying that time together over food. Or we’d venture out on the streets of Surabaya, finding a sate bar run by a group of women barbecuing on the street. We’d share dishes my grandparents would have shared with their own friends and family. Those moments make me realise how food can connect generations.

Through my mom and her own journey to discover our family’s history, her cooking has inspired me to appreciate my roots and keep sharing that love of food and culture with others. Today I’m celebrating her, and all the incredible women who inspire us every day ( ).

Fantastic evening. Thank you all and thanks to Sophie for having me.
04/03/2026

Fantastic evening. Thank you all and thanks to Sophie for having me.

From cooking Indonesian food solo (see what I did?), for myself, for my family to root it firmly into our own diverse he...
02/03/2026

From cooking Indonesian food solo (see what I did?), for myself, for my family to root it firmly into our own diverse heritage to cooking this rich cuisine for a broader audience has prompted memories and taken me on unexpected journeys & discoveries.

My inspiration came from my mother (I often wonder what she’d make of Sate Solo) and her little red binder of handwritten recipes. Oh, I love that little red binder: it has all the recipes familiar to me. With my Sate Solo adventure, I discovered the incompleteness of the recipes, the shortcuts and ingredients left out/forgotten - a lovely little quirk, because the missing parts tell so much too. Besides I enjoy researching recipes and the wealth of stories that go with them. I am lucky that my cousin Maureen, writes beautiful cookbooks. I use these to compare and contrast my mom’s recipe. After which, I let the research process & imagination take its course.

I recently explored ‘cooking together’ as research method. This has given rise to many different questions and thoughts. One of them is that I cook solo. Communal cooking was not part of my upbringing (apart from peeling vegetables or stirring). I seem to have brought that into my own cooking practice: I cook for and rarely cook with (my children) Yet, this is the space where the magic happens: transfer of her/histories, knowledge and technique as an integral part of our identities. So onward: a change in my cooking practice: to cook with my children (I wonder what and make of that).

There is something so nourishing (physically and mentally) about the communal act of sitting down together and share foo...
27/02/2026

There is something so nourishing (physically and mentally) about the communal act of sitting down together and share food. Food, ingredients, recipes are an integral part of our heritage. They carry so many stories about her/histories, culture, identity, journeys and help us understand who we are and where we come from. Join Sophie and me around the table to discover Indonesian cuisine and create space for gentle conversations and find unexpected connections.

Tasting Menu: £45.00.
Wednesday 4th March, 7-10pm at La Santé
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