From Rijsttafel To Liwetan

In this Catch-Up episode of The Rice Table, we welcome back Indonesian-American culinary powerhouse Diana Widjojo.

Five years after our last conversation, Diana shares her journey from Hardena to Rice & Sambal, where she brings Indonesian dining traditions to modern urban tables. Her Rijsttafel is sometimes offered as a Mini Rijsttafel — a scaled-down, contemporary take on the historical Dutch-Indonesian banquet — while Liwetan emphasizes communal, banana-leaf dining, often eaten by hand, to capture the essence of traditional Indonesian feast culture. Check Instagram post here.

Throughout our conversation, Diana reflects on honoring heritage while adapting to modern tastes, cooking between cultures, and creating spaces where Indonesian cuisine can be experienced as both homage and living, evolving tradition.

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