A waiter balanced a total of 17 food-filled plates, 14 on one arm and three on the other, before serving it at a restaurant in Bukittinggi, Indonesia.

The waiter's incredible skills were captured on June 8, showing off the traditional way of serving customers in authentic restaurants in West Sumatra.

The waiter, named Edi, claimed he can carry 28 plates at once, commenting: "It took two to three years to study this skill.

"When I studied it I often dropped plates with the consequence that I had to pay for the broken plate."

This is a moment of Padang restaurant waiters has expertise brings a lot of dishes filled with food on his arm.

In the footage filmed on Saturday (June 8) at 'Simpang Raya' restaurant in Bukittinggi, Indonesia, a restaurant waiter named Edi piled 14 plates filled with food in his left arm and 3 plates carried with right hand.

Quickly, 17 plates of food were taken and then presented neatly with the right hand on the guest table.

According to Edi, this is a tradition of serving food in authentic restaurants in West Sumatra, as well as the skills that must be owned by the servants.

"It took 2 to 3 years to study this skill. When I studied it I often dropped plates with the consequence that I had to pay for the broken plate," Edi said.

When already skilled like now, Edi can bring 20-25 plates on the left arm and 3 plates on the right, so that he can bring 28 plates at a time.

The food plates stacked on this left arm have a diameter of about 15 cm.