German Christmas cooking with CS Indonesia

Magdalena and Faiza have organised many cooking classes. This time they planned to organise a German class, so I decided to give them a helping hand










They had many cooking classes starting from French, Cambodian, Thai, the several regions of Indonesia and recently the German class. German pre-Christmas(Advent)cooking has always been the highlight of the Christmas tradition in many countries. This time we decided to transfer this atmosphere from Germany to Indonesia. We haven't stopped enjoying the beautiful Rinderrouladen(beef rolls), Rotkraut(red cabbage) and an improvised mixture of potato dumpling and baked potatoes. It was perfectly organised and I started to doubt whether I'm professional enough to join in into the organisation








It was a fun experience making Rotkraut(red cabbage) together. The pot was so light that we needed four people in total, three to hold the pot and one to stir.















We had to wear name tags so it was easier to remember people's names. These are Bratäpfel(baked apples) a la CS Indonesia with them displayed on the dish. It was a wonderful cultural exchange, very playful with some sort of party atmosphere.Magdalena hosted me the night before and we went out for shopping. This has been one of the highlights how the Couchsurfing idea is transformed into practice by having cooking class parties