rijsttafel

plural rijsttafels

1. A large meal originating in colonial Indonesia composed of many different dishes with rice as the main ingredient; several side-dishes such as krupuk, acar and serundeng are served.

   The complete or the lesser rijsttafel? I bet they're both huge, […]

   2002, Edward D. Webster, A year of Sundays: taking the plunge (and our cat) to explore Europe, VanderWyk & Burnham, p. 85

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   The famous rijsttafel, love-hate legacy of Dutch imperial days—at its most numbing brilliance it required 23 men and a boy to serve—[…]

   1972 September 11, Gael Greene, “The Insatiable Critic: Ramayana east of Krakatoa”, in New York Magazine, volume 5, number 37, page 85

   I was born too late to experience a real Indonesian rijsttafel, but my mother used to tell me about these feasts.

   1991 May, Guusje Moore, “Windmills and Rice”, in Vegetarian Times, number 165, page 28

   The basic concept of a rijsttafel is to eat a bit of this and a bit of that, blending flavors and textures.

   2007, George McDonald, Frommer's Amsterdam, Frommer's, page 106