Chef Ari Munandar :
Tempe Goes International

To include tempe (fermented soy bean cake) in the menu of renowned European restaurants was a challenge for Ari Munandar, the executive chef of the restaurants at the Hilton Prague Old Town, a five-star hotel in the capital city of the Czech Republic.

Tempe is not new in what used to be a part of Czechoslovakia. Usually it is part of the vegan menu, well known only among the vegetarians. "Tempe is not in the daily menu of normal restaurants," Ari wrote to Tempo by email last week.