Bakso So'un

Surabaya bagi saya adalah surga makanan enak. Namanya juga kota besar dan penduduknya padat, pastinya jadi pasar yang bagus bagi para penjual makanan, selain juga karena bisnis makanan adalah bisnis "anti krisis". Adalah sebuah tempat makan di Jalan Mojopahit, Surabaya, yang bernama Bakso So'un tepat di belakang Mc.Donald's Raya Darmo hanya berjarak 1 rumah saja. Setiap saya pulang dari kampus Unika Widya Mandala saya selalu melewati tempat makan baru ini, dulunya rumah yang sekarang dipakai usaha ini dipakai berjualan kue.

Hari Minggu kemarin saya iseng mengunjungi tempat ini. Tempatnya asyik. Sangat luas dan suasananya tempo dulu. Meja dan perabotan serta hiasan dindingnya jadul selaras dengan bentuk bangunan yang asli tempo dulu. meja dan bangku yang lebar-lebar ini pas menampung sampai 6 orang. Pengunjunganya banyak, semua meja terisi penuh. Dan, pelayannya ada yang konsisten berbahasa Jawa, mungkin disengaja sebagai ciri khas mengingat mas pelayan ini masih muda (umumnya anak muda lebih suka berbahasa nasional).

Menu makanannya? Bakso mi so'un dan mi ayam. Sebenarnya dari penamaan catchy sekali, Bakso so'un, padahal di mana-mana juga bakso dengan so'un atau bihun, tapi bagaimanapun namanya yang unik tapi juga sederhana memikat para penikmat kuliner Surabaya. Rasa baksonya cukup enak tapi kuahnya keruh tidak bening. Beda orang beda selera, bagi saya kuah bening lebih nikmat. Tiap item bakso dihitung sendiri, jadi ketika Anda memesan Bakso So'un yang Anda dapat hanya bakso, so'un, sedikit potongan kecil tahu, potongan daging, dan kuahnya saja. Untuk tambahan pangsit goreng (yang nikmat dan lebar) Anda harus menambha pesanan sendiri. Semangkok bakso dihargai 11,000 rupiah sementara pangsit gorengnya 1500 rupiah per biji.

Bakso So'un

pangsit goreng enak @1500

Belum kenyang saya memesan semangkok mi ayam yang say amakan berdua dengan kakak saya. Rasanya sebenarnya mirip mi ayam dorongan kaki lima. Tidak terlalu istimewa, hanya tekstur dan bahan mi-nya yang lebih baik. Porsinya juga porsi kecil, dengan harga yang sama saya bisa mendapat menu lebih besar dari warung pangsit mi Pasar Turi. Namanya juga mencoba, cukuplah jadi bahan referensi makanan.

Jika ingin rasa yang lebih "nendang" Anda bisa lanjut ke arah kampus Widya Mandala dari Bakso So'un dan Anda akan menemukan warung tenda Pak Edi yang menjual pangsit mi dan bakso dengan rasa yang menurut saya  jauh lebih nikmat.

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

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 719^th 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!!!

Es Pisang Ijo Ajib

Berhasil! Saya berhasil menemukan kuliner enak di Manukan. Sebagai informasi Manukan adalah kawasan terpadat di Surabaya Barat. Pusatnya orang berkumpul dan berheboh ria.

Kali ini ada tempat baru (sebenarnya mungkin sudah 2/3 bulan buka sejak saya menulis post ini). Tetapi..karena baru cobanya 2 minggu lalu jadi ya dianggap baru ajah.

Penjualnya sih bisa dipastikan wong Jowo asli, tapi..rasanya mak nyus. Saya rasa inti kenikmatannya di sirup merah yang dipakai dan bubur beras enyak. Saya pernah merasakan enaknya Es Palubutung di rumah makan Aroma Makassar daerah Perak Suradibunbaya. Palubutung pisangnya tidak dibungkus tepung hijau, tapi Es Pisang Ijo sesuai namanya dibungkus tepung hijau; walaupun namanya dan penampakannya beda tetapi es yang di Manukan ini rasanya tidak jauh berbeda sama-sama enak.  Very recommended, tempatnya bersih dan nyaman. Letaknya di teras depan rumah pemilik.

Alamatnya? Langsung saja meluncur ke Jalan Raya Manukan Dalam. Cari saja rental VCD/DVD Cinemax . Jarak satu rumah sesudahnya ada banner bertuliskan es pisang ijo. Nah ini tempatnya. Penjual es ini menggunakan booth alias rombong yang bertulis merk-nya �Es Pisang Ijo Ajib� Harganya 5000 rupiah saja.  

Es Palubutung Rumah Makan Aroma Makassar, seporsi 10.000 kalo ga salah.
Pisangnya ketutup bubur beras. Buburnya manis gurih, jadi yang ga suka manis bisa klenger
Jangan khawatir manisnya tidak menusuk kalbu he he

Es Pisang Ijo Ajib - Manukan. Buburnya gurih sedikit manis jadi pas buat yang ga doyan manis.
Jika tidak ingin terlalu manis, cukup bilang ke penjualnya.
Si ibu penjual biasanya menambahkan 1 sendok  sirup merah saja.  Ini pun sudah manis.

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There's a nice place near my home which sells Es Pisang Ijo (Green Banana Ice). It's not using a banana which color is green, but the plantain is covered by green dough and steamed before mixed with other ingredients. The dessert comes from South Sulawesi but it's famous over the country. 

The price is cheap, just 5000 rupiah for a bowl. Here's the recipe I got form other site (not the recipe used by the seller where I buy the beverage)

The Green Banana Recipe (from http://www.resepmasakanindonesia.info)

Ingredients

Suji plants

40 grams of rice flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

300 ml of water

100 ml of suji leaves water (mashed the suji leaves, add water and strained to get the water)

3 drops of green dye

175 grams of rice flour

5 pieces of plantain

shaved ice

red syrup

Sauce Ingredients:

650 ml coconut milk

50 grams of flour

75 grams sugar

1 pandan leaf

1/4 teaspoon salt

How to Make :

Stir in rice flour, salt, water,  suji leaves, green dye , stir until boiled, remove from heat.

Add rice flour, mix well and stir again until smooth (not sticky). Trimmed dough, Wraps on banana.

Steam the bananas for 20 minutes. Remove and set aside.

Boil the sauce ingredients, remove from heat and let cool.

Cut the green bananas into pieces, pour the sauce, shaved ice and red syrup. 

More info about Indonesian herbs and cooking ingredients click here

A piece of  plantain covered with the green dough

The sauce which more like rice porridge in the place where I buy the dessert