Event: rff12 Indonesian Food Festival at Al Faisaliah

This is the press kit we received From Al Faisaliah Hotel in regards to the Indonesian Food Festival at La Brasserie:

The Indonesian Food and Cultural Festival will take residence at Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel, from the 18^th to 31^st January at La Brasserie Restaurant.Everyone who joins the culinary and cultural extravaganza will be given a chance to encounter Indonesia firsthand.

The Grand opening dinner on 18th January, will launch the Festival and welcome the Indonesian Ambassador, his Excellency Mr. Gatot Abdullah Mansyur ,and other senior officials from Embassies and the hotel in order to officially open the cultural and culinary Indonesian Festival.

"We are excited to bring the rich, celebratory spirit of Indonesia to Riyadh with the arrival of the Indonesian Food and Cultural Festival," said Mr. Peter Finamore, Managing Director for Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel." Hotel guests and Riyadh residents will be able to sample authentic Indonesian dishes in a festive atmosphere, a very entertaining option for families."

Regular guests to La Brasserie Restaurant will not recognize their surroundings as the restaurant is transformed into an authentic Indonesian environment featuring traditional music and decorations like traditional uniforms and Gapura, Payun Susun and Indonesian umbrellas. Dance and instrumental Indonesian music will be performed during the Friday Brunches and opening night by the Indonesian School in Riyadh and Indonesian Rosewood staff.Guests will be able to experience different modern and traditional dances as Tari Rumingkang from West Java performed by 5 dancers on energetic beats and Kuda Lumping performed by 6 dancers riding horses.

Admission to the festival is SAR 185, all inclusive, per person for the brunch and SAR 165 + 15% service charge for dinner on all other nights.A mix of buffet selections and live-cooking stations will represent the diverse cuisines of Java, Sumatra, and Bali as well as dishes representing the culinary styles of Indonesia's 6,000 inhabited islands. Guests will be able to appreciate mouth watering freshly grilled sate, lamb, chicken, beef and duck with Satay sauce; starters as Toba lake style duck salad, Gado Gado and Soto Madura; traditional sides of Indonesian pickles, Sambal, crackers and Nasi Goreng; other Indonesian favourites like beef stew with coconut, fried fish with yellow paste and seafood curry and desserts as rich stuffed rice cakes, ice creams, Indonesian traditional stuffed pancakes and Javanese gluten rice flour cake, fresh fruits.

So Here is the summery of the statement:

• The Indonesian Food Festival opens to the public on the 19th and ends on the 31st
• The Event is hosted at La Brasserie Restaurant and is open for Brunch and Dinner.
• Resident Indonesian Chefs will show case the favorite dishes from their regions.
• Prices are : Brunch :SAR 185 , Dinner SAR 165 + 15%
• The schedual will be as follows:
  
  • 
    Day 0- January 17th OPENING NIGHT At Al Kindi Place in Diplomatic quarter with SCTA
    
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    Day 01 - January 18th - Dog dog glonjor 10 dancers OPENING NIGHT at Al Faisaliah Hotel- La Brasserie
    
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    Day 02 - January 19th  - Ria Jenaka 4 dancers
    
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    Day 03 - January 20th - Traditional Indonesia song BRUNCH (not dinner)
    
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    Day 04 - January 21st  - Saman Dance 13 dancers
    
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    Day 05 - January 22nd  - Tari Piring (Dance with carrying plates) 9 dancers
    
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    Day 06 - January 23rd  - Kuda Lumping (Dizzy Horse Dance) 6 dancers
    
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    Day 07 - January 24th  - Rumingkang Dance 5 dancers
    
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    Day 08 - January 25th - Dog dog glonjor 10 dancers
    
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    Day 09 - January 26th  - Ria Jenaka 4 dancers
    
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    Day 10-  January 27th - Traditional Indonesia song BRUNCH (not dinner)
    
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    Day 11 - January 28st  - Saman Dance 13 dancers
    
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    Day12  - January 29nd  - Tari Piring (Dance with carrying plates) 9 dancers
    
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    Day 13-  January 30th   - Kuda Lumping (Dizzy Horse Dance) 6 dancers
    
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    Day 14 - January 31st   - Rumingkang Dance 5 dancers CLOSING NIGHT