Meer dan Babi Pangang
Foundation since 2018 that makes the Chinese-Indisch (Chinese-Indonesian) and wider Asian community in the Netherlands visible, through stories, history, film and exhibitions.
About
It is a platform that discovers, develops and promotes creative talent from the Asian community in the Netherlands. Why babi pangang? The dish stands for cultural diversity: it is made and served by Chinese cooks, eaten by the Dutch and has an Indonesian name. That it was born in the Netherlands makes it a piece of Dutch heritage.
The documentary Meer dan Babi Pangang, Julie Ng's directing debut, follows the success and the threatened decline of the Chinese-Indisch restaurant. You can watch it on NPO Doc, and it has screened in cinemas and at festivals, also with Chinese subtitles. On meerdanbabipangang.nl you find blogs, columns, interviews, reviews and recipes about the shared past, life today and the future. The series Educate Yourself explains colonial history, from the rise of Batavia and the Padri War to the pemoeda's and the Moluccan churches in the Netherlands. Current projects: the exhibition Ik ben Amsterdammer and a new film, both looking for participants. Follow them for events, screenings and the newsletter.
Behind Meer dan Babi Pangang: Stichting Meer dan Babi Pangang
