Indonesian
Traditional Foods by Sisca
Your travel to Indonesia would
not complete without having its traditional foods. Below are some of
those foods you should not miss them when you come to that country.
Indonesia
consists of many islands and many provinces. There are five big islands
and more than thirty provinces altogether, and each provinces has its own
unique traditional foods.
Jakarta,
the capital city of the country, or as its original people called as
Betawi, has Kerak Telor as its traditional food. This food can not be
easy to find nowadays as Jakarta people like to flock to fast food
restaurants and other modern foods which are scattered throughout the
city. Kerak Telor would be easy to find on June and July when Jakarta
celebrates its annyversary. The celebrations usually takes place at
Kemayoran, and there will be many people selling Kerak Telor there. So,
if you would like to try this Betawi traditional food, I would advise you
to come to Kemayoran on June or July.
Another
food from Betawi is Roti Buaya, made of bread in a crocodile shape. This
Roti Buaya usually served at a Betawi's traditional wedding ceremony.
Beside Kerak Telor and Roti Buaya, there are also Ketoprak, and Soto
Betawi.
Bogor
is a small town near Jakarta. Its unique traditional food is Asinan
Bogor. In the contrary with Kerak Telor, you can almost find this food
anytime you want. Just come to this town, ask people wherever they are,
they will guide you to any place selling Asinan Bogor. Empek-empek is
another Indonesian traditional food from Palembang.
This
province is located in Sumatra Island. This food is so popular that you
do not have to go across that island to try this one. There are many
Palembang people in Jakarta or in other town selling this food.
Bandung,
the capital city of West Java, has many unique traditional foods. Lalapan
is one of them. Lalapan is fresh vegetables accompanied by sambal or you
may also say spicy sauce. Many believe that Bandung people, usually
called as Sundanese, would struggle living in a vegetarial garden because
of this lalapan.
Other
famous Bandung traditional foods are nasi timbel, comro, batagor,
peuyeum, etc. Nasi timbel is rice wrapped in banana leaves, usually
served with fried chicken, lalapan, and sambal or spicy sauce. Peuyeum,
which is soft and tastes sweet, made of fermented sago. Batagor, also
called as baso tahu goreng, is fried meatball and tofu with peanut
sausage.
Gudeg
is another traditional food which comes from Yogyakarta. Gudeg is made of
young jackfruit which is cooked in Javanese traditional way. Like other
Javanese foods, gudeg is rather sweety than salty. Other ingredients
accompanying the young jackfruit are egg, tofu, and tempe. People usually
eat gudeg together with warm rice and spicy krecek. If you have a chance
to come to Yogyakarta, do not miss to try this food as Yogyakarta is also
known as Kota Gudeg, means The City of Gudeg.
Nasi
Rawon is traditional food from East Java. Nasi Rawon is rice served with
dark beef soup. The dark color of the soup comes from seeds of kluwek
nuts. Rendang or spicy beef comes from Padang, West Sumatra. Padang is
famous for its spicy foods, and many of its foods use coconut milk as
ingredient.
Another
Indonesian traditional food is otak-otak. This food is made from steamed
fish wrapped in banana leaves. You can find the great taste of otak-otak
in Kota Serang. Beside otak-otak, Kota Serang is also famous for its Ikan
Bandeng. Be sure to try them when visiting Kota Serang.
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