Eating Padang food is a daily or at least weekly event for manys Jakartans. Still, we know a lot of you stick to a spoon and fork to dig into your rendang instead of going at it with your fingers like the people of Padang do.
While you’re free to choose utensil, this helpful video produced by Coconuts TV (with the help of the Coconuts Jakarta crew) will show you how and why you should eat with your hands (as well as give you a few other pointers on Padang politeness that you may not know about).
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Of course, we know a lot of your are Padang food experts who have already mastered manual eating. So consider this video a resource you can show to friends or foreigners who might be afraid to eat the real Padang way.
This video is the second part in a series of “How to Eat” videos produced by Coconuts TV to show you the do’s and don’t of chowing down on different cuisines. Before your next trip to Thailand, be sure to check out our “How to Eat Thai Food” video below.
