Translations:Rendang/38/en

CNN International conducted a worldwide poll in 2011; it named rendang as the world's most delicious dish, ranking first among 50 dishes. Just prior to that ranking, the staff had put rendang at number eleven. The published article called rendang an "Indonesian dish". According to Fadly Rahman, many Indonesians don't just see this ranking as proof of rendang’s exceptional taste; rather, it has been widely used by the government and culinary communities to reinforce that rendang is an Indonesian dish, not Malaysian. However, what often goes unnoticed is how this claim transforms rendang from a symbol of culinary excellence into a dish laden with political significance.