[Original Dutch] Groet uit de Preanger (Java) Onze kokkin [end]
The cuisine of Indonesia is influenced by China, India, Europe and the Middle East, and amounted to a vast multi-cultural tableau similar to that of other southeast Asian nations like Malaysia and Thailand.
What is most interesting about this image is the title Our Cook - so representative of a type, it could be personalized even though this card was of course used by many people. Postcards from India and elsewhere used similar generalizations to designate a person by their function (though in India the cook was more likely to be male).