Showing posts with label Indonesian Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indonesian Food. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Kupang Lontong

Hari kedua di tahun 2013 diawali dengan kegiatan hunting alamat salah satu rekan di daerah Suko-Sidoarjo. Alamat yang tertera hanya nomer RT/RW dan nama kampung, Suko. Tanpa nomer dan nama gang. Setelah berkelana dan bertanya sampai 4 orang alamat yang dituju pun dapat ditemukan. Berhasil!!!

Orang pertama yang kami tanya menyarankan untuk bertanya pada "warung kopi" beberapa meter dari tempat kami bertanya padanya. Asyik banget Indonesia gitu loh, warung kopi adalah pengganti sumber informasi warga. Yes!!

Dari warung kopi kami disarankan mencari di gang yang letaknya di seberang jalan "Kupang". Nah apalagi ini? Kupang? Ya, warung kupang lontong rupanya. Warungnya sangat sederhana dan hampir tidak terlihat dari jalan raya. Namun ketika warung ini dijadikan penanda maka saya yakin pasti karena sudah terkenal seantero jagad.

Kupang Lontong adalah makanan khas Sidoarjo yang rasanya manis, asem, asin, gurih, dan pedas. Kupang adalah hewan super kecil sejenis kerang yang direbus dan dimasak dengan kuah. Bumbu-bumbu seperti bawang putih dan bumbu lainnya bercampur saus petis dan cabai yang digerus langsung di piring dilengkapi dengan sedikit perasan air jeruk nipis membuat rasa "sup" kupang ini enak. Dilengkapi dengan irisan lontong dan sate kerang berbumbu petis, kupang ini enak disantap hangat-hangat.

Bagi yang baru pertama kali makan, Kupang Lontong pasti sangat tidak menggugah selera. Warna kecoklatan dan onggokan kerang kecil tidaklah menggugah selera. Yang jelas rasanya tidak amis, eits..tapi ini untuk penjual yang pintar. Penjual yang tidak pandai mengolah pasti masih meninggalkan bau amis pada kupang.

Warung kupang di Jalan Raya Suko ini pas terletak di antara kios-kios pasar. Warungnya sangat sederhana dan lantainya tadi berkubang air dari banjir hari sebelumnya. benar-benar tidak bersih dan higienis. Tapi..sekitar 8 meja ukuran sedang dengan 4 kursi masing-masing di dalam ruangan ditambah 2 meja besar dengan 3-4 kursi di dekat pintu masuk makin meyakinkan saya bahwa tempat ini bukan "warung kupang lontomg" biasa. Betul ternyata dugaan saya, beberapa pengunjung bermobil yang sudah jaid langganan tempat ini langsung masuk dan mengambil tempat tanpa ragu dengan air yang menggenang di lantai warung.




Rasanya? Lumayan tapi buat saya tidak istimewa. Seporsi sekitar 8000 rupiah dan 10 tusuk sate kerang seharga 6000 rupiah. Saya perkirakan karena alhamdulillah makan siang tadi gratis :)

Jika Anda pecinta kuliner bisa dicoba, tetapi saya tidak terlalu merekomendasikan tempat ini karena:
1. Lokasi yang jauh dari pusat kota Sidoarjo.
2. Warung yang jauh dari higienis.
3. warung bersebelahan dengan penggilingan bumbu yang super berisik dan "menggetarkan" warung.
4. Rasa Kupang Lontong tidak istimewa.
5. Porsi kecil, pas buat yang tidak terlalu lapar.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Lontong




Longtongs

According to Wikipedia a lontong is Asian dish made of compressed rice that is then cut into small cakes. It i is wrapped in banana leaf. Lontong is famous in Indonesia. It is a substitute for rice and best eaten with:

1. Sate
There are many kinds of sate but commonly sate is made of chicken meat and mutton. It is served with peanut sauce with slices of shalot to enhance the flavor. The chicken / mutton meat is sliced like a dice and put in a bamboo skewers. Sate is best eaten with lontong.


2. Gulai / gule : Is kind of curry using mutton. There's also cow meat curry, but the previous is the most common. Gulai is spicy since it is used some spices such as clove, cinnamon, lemongrass, ginger, galangal (blue ginger) etc. The soup is made by combining the spices with coconut milk.

3. Kare : Kare is curry similar to Gulai. The basic difference is that kare uses chicken meat and curcumin added with other spices.

4. Lontong sayur : It is curry with no meat but it has slices of chayote. Usually it is served during Idul Fitri - the Islamic big festive.

Lontong, meatball, and me 
5. Kupang : Kupang is small clam cooked and served with shrimp paste. It is fishy but tasty to those who loves the food.This food can only be found in Surabaya, and Sidoarjo. A lontong kupang seller usually also sells young coconut ice because consumers who have allergy on seafood can drink the coconut water to resist the allergy.

6. Lontong Balap : This is another food famous in Surabaya. The food is a mix of bean sprout clear soup, shrimp paste, fried tahu and lontong. The extra dish, which is called lentho is made of cassava, fried with beans.

5. Bakso : The very famous Indonesian meatball is actually a modern food with Chinese influence. Bakso is made of meat with clear brooth soup and served with noodle.


1.     sate from brendonnaomi.wordpress.com
2.     gule from nekaddidapur.blogspot.com
3.     kare from surabaya.detik.com
4.     lontong sayur from tempatonlineku.blogspot.com
5.     (lontong) kupang from bpras.com
6.     longtong balap from kitabmasakan.com









Friday, October 5, 2012

Jogja Kembali (Lagi) -- Part 1


Jogja sebutan umum Yogyakarta memang kota yang menarik untuk dikunjungi. Keaslian budaya yang masih dipegang kuat seperti penulisan nama jalan dengan huruf jawa (aksoro jowo), batik yang melengkapi segala macam pernak-pernik kehidupan, dan kuliner tradisional yang terjaga rasanya membuat kota ini menarik untuk dikunjungi.

Setelah 4 kali mengunjungi Jogja dengan teman jalan berbeda saya pun mendapat pengalaman yang berbeda tentang kunjungan saya terakhir minggu lalu selama 3 hari dari tanggal 20 September sampai 22 September. Kunjungan pertama saya lakukan bersama teman-teman SMP hampir 15 tahun yang lalu, standarnya kami mengunjungi Candi Prambanan, Candi Borobudur, dan Jalan Malioboro. Karena acara dilakukan beramai-ramai dengan teman sekelas maka tidak ada yang terlalu berkesan di sini. Saya buta arah tapi selalu ada guru pendamping yang membantu. Tipikal liburan rame-rame anak sekolahan. 

Kunjungan kedua masih bersama teman-teman SMA, 4 tahun kemudian kali ini kami mengunjungi Pantai Parangtritis, Kaliurang, dan Jalan Malioboro tanpa candi. Pengalaman yang tak terlupa tentu saja foto-foto dengan bule yang super norak jika diingat kembali tapi sudahlah. Liburan kala itu juga tidak berkesan.  

Kunjungan ketiga saya mengunjungi teman yang kuliah di sana untuk 2 hari saja. Pengalaman baru bagi saya karena saya naik bus cepat dari Surabaya ke Jogja sendiri dan hanya mengandalkan jemputan teman di terminal Giwangan � Jogja. Kesan yang mendalam dari kunjungan singkat yang ketiga adalah : makanan murah dan jalanan yang membingungkan, semua tampak sama.

Saya, tidak nampak di gambar.
Ada kakak, Papa, teman kakak dan ibunya
Ajiiib rame-rame
Kunjungan keempat saya lakukan bersama keluarga, bersama kakak dan ayah saya. Kali ini terasa spesial karena ini adalah liburan kami yang pertama setelah ibu meninggal. Kawan kakak saya tinggal di Jogja dekat daerah Kotagede kemana-mana kami selalu diantar, jadi rasa petualangan tidak terlalu dominan. Tetap saja kami mencoba beberapa hal baru. Tujuan pertama  kami pergi makan di warung gudeg Mbarek Hj. Ahmad di daerah UGM. Bukan warung tepatnya rumah makan. Penuh tanda tangan artis dengan harga seporsi nasi gudeg yang membuat saya ingin kabur tidak membayar he he he. Hebatnya gara-gara gudeg Yu Djum saya jadi cinta gudeg. Sebelumnya saya selalu anti gudeg. Kami mengunjungi Candi Prambanan dan saya tidak membayar biaya kamera, saya lupa berapa bayarnya. Saya sembunyikan kamera di tas..kamera saja kok ya kena pajak. Kami juga mengunjungi Candi Borobudur. Kami mengunjungi keraton Jogja dan selanjutnya seperti biasa jalan-jalan di beberapa tempat belanja di Jogja.
Saya dengan dandanan jadul bersama
abdi dalem Keraton


Kunjungan kelima saya pergi bersama kakak dan pacar saya (saat ini sudah mantan). Seperti biasa destinasi awal adalah urusan perut. Jadi kami ke depot gudeg Hj. Ahmad lagi. Dilanjut foto-foto di depan kampus UGM. 

Agar tidak terlalu "gosong" ketika mengunjungi Borobudur kami langsung berangkat menuju candi Buddha terbesar itu. Kami melewati Candi Mendut dan berdecak kagum sejenak sebelum lanjut ke Candi Borobudur. Capek mengitari candi perut harus diisi. Kami pun mencoba kuliner khas dari restoran yang menjual semua makanan dari bahan jamur namanya �Jejamuran�. Rasanya enak  dan harganya bersahabat, ini yang T.O.P. Letaknya di Sleman, di luar Jogja sih. Tapi pasti dilewati dari Borobudur. Tinggal belok ke kiri dari perempatan. Wajib coba ya?
Pepes Jamur, Omelette Jamur, tongseng jamur...
Ada juga pertanian jamur yang bisa dilihat di restoran ini
Adalah kakak saya yang browsing soal restoran ini. Saya sudah lupa menu apa saja yang say apesan tapi es carica-nya luar biasa. Porsinya memang bukan porsi besar tapi mak nyuuus

Kami berusaha mengeksplor kota dengan melakukan lebih banyak kegiatan bersenang-senang. Tujuan utama pasti Kraton Jogja, pergi ke Pasar Beringharjo. Di keraton saya nonton pertunjukan tari dan duduk di tikar bersama para bule lain karena saya telat dapat kursi dengan spot yang bagus. Dengan terkadang menjulurkan kaki takut kesemutan saya bertemu pasangan bule dari Belanda. Si pria punya mata dengan kombinasi yang unik, ada warna kuning kecoklatan di sekeliling pupil matanya. Saya benar-benar takjub. Biasanya warna biru atau hijau atau coklat tanpa warna kuning kecoklatan yang pernah saya lihat. 

Malamnya, seolah bukan ke Jogja jika tidak ke Jalan Malioboro, saya dan kakak mencoba tato temporer seharga Rp. 30,000,-. Nantinya kami menyesal karena di Pasar Ampel - Surabaya harganya cukup Rp. 10,000,- saja. Artis tato-nya mirip Charlie ST 12, dan dia sadar akan kemiripannya wealah..... Setelah dari malioboro kami ingin mampir ke Angkringan Lik Man yang tersohor itu. Bukannya dapat Lik Man dapatnya Lik siapa gitu..lupa namanya. Angkringannya pun biasa saja tapi memang benar-benar ramaiiiiii.
Pada kunjungan terakhir kami berencana menikmati kuliner kegemaran Sultan Jogja di Bale Raos, apa daya saat itu Bale raos dibooking untuk pesta pernikahan. ya sudahlah�next time better.

Next time-nya pada kunjungan saya yang keenam, alias bulan September ini saya lakukan. Kali ini sangat special karena saya pergi bertamasya dengan pacar saya. Bukan karena keromantisan perjalanan kami yang sangat spesial, tapi pengalaman bersama pacar saya yang bule yang semakin membuka mata saya tentang kota Jogja. Cerita yang ingin saya bagikan lumayan panjang dan terlalu membosankan jika dimuat dalam satu posting saja. Jadi...silakan lanjut ke bagian selanjutnya ya? :D

House of Sampoerna Caf�

It was a hot day, as always, in Surabaya. I and my boyfriend decided that we wanted to wander around the city. I thought about House of Sampoerna, a perfect destination for tourists since it offers great museum, caf�, and free city tour. We took bemo from our place. As scheduled it needed 35 minutes to arrive at House of Sampoerna.


We stopped at Jalan Rajawali in the corner of BNI bank. The becaks were waiting for passengers there and it's not difficult for tourist to tell which direction to go, The becak drivers even know before we said where we want to. "Sampoerna?" asked the drivers, we noded our head and with IDR 5000 less than 5 minutes we arrived at the gate of HOS (House of Sampoerna). If you're with a partner just give the driver 10,000 for two persons in one becak. Or if you want to be more generous extra IDR 3000 is good for the driver to paddle his becak in the hot weather of Surabaya.

And..we missed the tour bus. The first tour bus depart at 10 a.m and the second one is at 1 pm and the third one is at 3 pm. We were just few 1 minute late and the city tour buss was already at the gate for leaving. We tried to get for the next city tour schedule but it was booked already. So then we decided to get some coffee at the caf�. My boyfriend was so happy, it was his goal to get coffee since the first day he arrived in Surabaya. He's craving for coffee.


On the dining table

The waiter
Stained glass window
It looks like a church / cathedral with the cross look a like
The flag reminds me of an old kingdom
The lamp is just wonderful



He was so happy at the caf�. In a hot weather day the caf� was our heaven. It was cool and the architecture is perfect. The building was an old building with a very high ceiling. I love the decoration and paintings on the wall. I didn't order anything for lunch but I ordered mango smoothies, it was super yum! My boyfriend ordered spaghetti bolognaise with cappuccino and coffee. We paid about IDR 112,000 for all. Fair price for a nice place. 


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PS: In our second visit we ordered Nasi Goreng Kambing -> Lamb Fried Rice. I don't recommend this menu for you who doesn't like spices. It is very spicy and hot. It was okay for me but I don' t really like it. I think fried rice from the Arabic neighborhood restaurant is much better. Anyway the fried rice is IDR 127,000. For the beverage, the juice is very recommended. I had pineapple juice and it was yummy. 

All the price mentioned is before tax


The spaghetti bolognaise, my bf said it 's perfecto



Cappuccino 
Palm sugar, cappuccino's mate


Mango smoothie is a perfect choice for the hot weather






Saturday, July 21, 2012

Bakpao

Bakpao is originally a Chinese steamed bun. Chinese fills bakpao with pork, but in Indonesia bakpao is filled with chicken, meat, strawberry, peanuts, and my favorite mung bean.

There is a famous bakpao vendor in the city called "Chik Yen". It is labelled "halal" and the price is cheap. My favorite the mung bean bakpao cost only IDR 2500. It's the only bakpao that i love since i was a kid till now. I don't like any other filling.

The best part of bakpao to me is the bun itself. If it's possible i want to eat the bun with no filled inside. Wondering where i can get that. I think i have to make it by myself than. The cute shape of this bun makes me want to pinch and eat it..yumm



Thursday, May 31, 2012

Apple Falls Close to The Tree



I believe that every one of us believe in this metaphor. I�m not going to write about what characters that I have which is similar to my parents but instead I want to tell about food. And relate food to the metaphor. Food? Yes food!
What does it have to do with food?
Well I believe most children like certain kind of food exactly because of the parent�s eating habit. Since your parents loves eating apple with salt for example (though this might be a silly example) there�ll be big possibility that you�ll do the same eating habit because it�s what you see almost every day.  
I believe one�s choice of food is mostly influenced by parents� eating habit. If your mother love sweet food then most probably you�ll like it too. But to me I recently realized that the older I am the more I become like my mom regarding of the food preference. What makes me amazed is that all food that I like lately is food that I don�t like when my mum was still alive. And since my mum passed away I became a fan of her favorite food. It�s just happened naturally.

From celotehze.blogspot.com
Nasi Bebek
My mum loves this food so much. Nasi beberk is a famous cuisine from east part of Java. Mostly in city and towns like Surabaya, Mojokerto, Gresik, Sidoarjo, Lamongan, and Jombang; you can find many nasi bebek food stalls. Bebek in English is duck. So the duck is marinated and then deep fried.  The deep-fried duck chop is then served with rice and hot-spicy chili sauce (sambal). The texture of the duck should be tender and the sauce should be nice too. These two things will be the successfulness of a duck seller. The garnish, slices of cucumber and basil sometimes added with cabbage are a must.
My mum loves to eat the duck neck part. Here we eat the whole body of the duck, including the innards, except for the legs. Nobody eat ducks legs. But I prefer to have �normal� part, the duck chest or upper leg. Now nasi bebek has become one of my favorite food. And I became a fan after my mum passed away. When my mum was alive liked it but then I like it more.

Soto Dog
Soto that i usually buy doesn't have koya
(the crackers sprinkle on top)
This food has nothing to do with a dog, it doesn�t even use dog meat. No worries! Dog is the sound of the seller that hits his table with the sauce bottle. Others called this food soto dok. The dog and dok come from the sound made by the seller and the sauce bottle. I don�t know why but it�s the special thing in every soto dog seller. So don�t be surprised. 
Soto is a yellowish-soup, which color comes from turmeric. It is blend with other spices and mix with the meat broth. Served with boiled bean sprout, onion spring, and slices of meat makes this soup a truly yummy food.
But eh�I love this food forever. I am the only child in the family who loves this food. My sister is not a fan. Not only soto dog but chicken soto is also my fav. My mum loves soto and well..what can I say for this food I�m on my mum�s side J

From: resephalal.blogspot.com
Telur Asin
Telur asin or salted egg is duck egg which is salted with some ways that I�m not really sure how to. Basically it�s yummy and also yucky for others since we eat this boiled egg as a side dish. This is my mom�s favorite food and definitely it�s my favorite. My dad doesn�t really like the egg. My sister? Don�t ask. She�s a hater.

Es Dawet
 I used to fight against this dessert because the sweetener which comes from palm sugar mixed with coconut milk make me dizzy. My mom loves this dessert a lot. I had tried to love it but I couldn�t. Until last year I listened to a radio program about a famous dawet seller in famous market in Surabaya. So one day I bought the dessert and I became a fan. While I was enjoying it and tasting every spoon I had, my brain cells and my tongue tried to make a conclusion on why my mom loves this dessert a lot. Though I have declared my self as dawet big fan, still I don�t want to try other dawets by other sellers. I�m afraid that I won�t find suitable taste.

What about you? What food brings all the memories with your parents? What food that you and your mom adore?

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Festival Rujak Uleg 2012


Me meters away from Kya-Kya entrance.
Can you see the dragon chinese style entrance gate?
Cannot take better picture because of hundred of people behind me

This afternoon for the first time I joined annual celebration of Surabaya 719th Anniversary in a traditional food festival which is called Rujak Uleg Festival. The festival is held every year as the city anniversary celebration. Foir this year the festival was located along Jalan Kramat Gantung. This Chinese town is famous since the entrance of the street is marked by two lion and lioness and also a Chinese architectural entrance gate. Yes, the street is more famous to be called Kya-kya.




Another pose


Allright i reached the entrance. Can you see the lion statue?


Now let�s talk about the food. Rujak Uleg is a famous food of Surabaya. It is a boiled vegetable salad with shrimp paste salad dressing. The vegetable used is kangkong, bean sprout, cucumber, and usually sellers add slices of fresh young mango, pineapple, and jicama. The most important additional ingredients is the cow�s lips. The lips is boiled, slices, and put into the salad. Yucky? Well it�s not as bad as you thought, trust me.
photo taken from http://tiny.cc/nr88dw

Now the salad dressing, since this is the crucial part of the food, is a mix of fried peanuts, few slices of young green banana, salt, tamarind water, and shrimp paste. All of the ingredients are grinded and pour on top of the salad. Oh ya I forgot to mention, fried tofu and soybean cake must also be present in the food. Voila..you have rujak uleg.




This is rujak cingur
photo taken from: http://tiny.cc/ag88dw

The festival was started at 1 pm. There are more than 50 participants from sub districts and also other institutions of Surabaya. The best part is the food is free for everyone. No wonder thousands of people flooded the place and I and my sister were really trapped in the middle of bunch of people

 
After struggling with many people i got my free rujak uleg.
I stole the plate from another participant's table.
The leaf in my hand is later used as the emergency spoon 
 Each participant worked in group and made the food for the judges and also for the visitors. They wore nice eye catching costumes. Apparently creativity is also the main point to be considered by the judges.

Beautiful participant eh? Didn't have chance to ask from what institution she  was.
How could she carry on that huge hair ornament for hours in a hot day? 

I love this lady! She's so friendly and i like her outfit

With participants from Suara Surabaya. Suara Surabaya is a famous media in Surabaya. It's my favorite radio station!! 

I found her with traditional Surabaya costume on my way home when i was waiting for the bemo

.And the last part is a photograph taken with an unfriendly foreigner. Don't know where she was from. She didn't even answer my question. Maybe she's too tired, at least she was smiling.


Can't wait to visit next year festival. I love Surabaya!!!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Warung Wulan

Warung is a small food stall. Usually it is located along the street. Here in Indonesia there are many illegal semi-permanent until permanent food stalls located just along the main street. The warung that i'm going to tell you is a different warung since it's actually a restaurant. I think the owner wants to be more down to earth so that she/he named the place warung. Wulan is "moon" in Javanese. Many Javaenese women are named Wulan, maybe it's like Luna which derives from lunar.

Anyway, a friend of mine told me about this Warung Wulan and i decided to visit the place. I've visited this place more than 5 timPublish Postes already. In Surabaya the restaurant is located in Jalan Ratna. Then it opened another branch near my neighborhood in Buntaran. Buntaran is an area of many warehouses, truck garages, and it's near factories. So i was quite surprised too knowing that there's a quite fancy place here. I don't know what's the owner consideration to choose such area to open the business.



The place opens at about 10:30 a.m and it closes at 7 p.m. The warung is so large so that 200 guests can some and enjoy the food here. It's cool and comfy inside. The room is provided with AC and you can also hear traditional music. The music really creates a good ambiance.





Warung Wulan is an Indonesian food buffet restaurant. With IDR 15,000 or $2 you can enjoy the food plus the dessert. You have to pay more for the beverage. The food is nice, recommended. And since it's a buffet restaurant so you have to be smart enough to arrange the food in your plate, BUT you cannot have another extra meal. You can just take the food once from the display table.



Here's my plate once i visited the warung. Since it's all Indonesian food which sometimes can't be easily describe in English,  i hope i can explain it well.



  1. Soup
  2. Rempeyek
  3. Stir-fried baby kailan
  4. Pangsit goreng (fried pangsit / fried wonton)
  5. Rempah kelapa ( is made of grated coconut  and mixed with spices and eggs and then fried)
  6. Stir-fried bean
  7. Pepes Ikan

And for the drink, my favorite is mung bean juice. It's yum. Mung bean is not my fav, but in this warung they can make a nice and yum juice.

You can choose sweet porridge or fresh fruit as the dessert. The warung's sweet porridge are nice. Usually they serve Bubur Mutiara  (pearl sago porridge which is mixed with coconut milk)or Bubur Sagu (sagu porridge, served with coconut milk t) as few choices of porridge. The porridge is so yum. I can't stop saying how nice the porridge is. You won't regret it.

For your information, the menu is changed day by day. I guess it's a tactic to make the customers keep wondering what they'll have in the following day. It won't make the customer bored too.

So, if you have time to visit Surabaya, just come to Warung Wulan @Jalan Buntaran Manukan Wetan check this site to find the location on the map.

Bon appetit!!