foto: TikTok/@maarten.paes
Brilio.net - Maarten Paes is known as one of the Indonesian National Team players through the naturalization program. This Dutch-Indonesian man plays as a goalkeeper for the Indonesian National Team. Even now, he often shows moments of himself when he gets to know more about Indonesian culture, including trying various Nusantara cuisine.
But recently, he was not alone when eating Indonesian specialties. Maarten Paes also invited his girlfriend to enjoy Indonesian cuisine while on vacation in Bali after the 2024 World Cup qualifiers. In the video circulating, the 26-year-old man introduced his girlfriend, Luna Bijl, to a typical Indonesian dish, namely chicken porridge.
As reported by BrilioFood from the TikTok account @maarten.paes on Monday (11/25), Maarten highlighted the figure of Luna Bijl wearing a simple black dress who was sitting next to him. Luna and Maarten were indeed seen sitting at a dining table in a hotel restaurant. In front of them, a bowl of chicken porridge was served complete with sauce and toppings.
photo: TikTok/@maarten.paes
The chicken porridge ordered from the hotel restaurant looked appetizing. In addition to the porridge doused in gravy, there was also shredded chicken and boiled egg as toppings. Meanwhile, the addition of sliced spring onions and fried onions made this porridge even more complete.
Maarten Paes seems to be asking his lover to try the culinary specialty, using Indonesian. While being recorded by Maarten, Luna immediately speaks Indonesian with a charming accent.
" Bro, one chicken porridge ," said Luna a little shyly.
" Good. Just try it, try it ," concluded Maarten.
photo: TikTok/@maarten.paes
A moment later, Luna grabbed a fork and took a bite of chicken porridge from the bowl. She then tasted it slowly. After chewing the chicken porridge, the famous Dutch model was immediately impressed. Luna admitted that the chicken porridge tasted good. Who would have thought, she even gave a fairly high rating for this Indonesian food.
" how do you rate? (what is the rating?) " asked Maarten Paes.
" Nine out of ten (9/10) ," said Luna.
photo: TikTok/@maarten.paes
Since it was uploaded on Sunday (11/14), the video immediately caught the attention of netizens and received a flood of comments. Among the more than 1 million viewers, there were many other TikTok users who then gave various hilarious responses. Some of them even gave suggestions for other Indonesian foods that this international supermodel should try.
" Oh no, international model LUNA BIJL has started to go local ," said TikTok @dewisinta363.
" I wonder if Maarten Paes likes to eat porridge that is stirred or not ," concluded TikTok @imkeyyys_.
" So, how about it, Miss Luna, do you want to try seblak ," replied TikTok @peci.hideung1.
"There are still many more delicious Indonesian foods, Ms. Luna... there are rendang, satay, Padang rice, soto," wrote the TikTok account @blue23_moon.
"USE A SPOON, Mba, THE SAUCE IS UCUL," commented the TikTok account @zhrfzyaah.
(brl/lea)
