WEDANG KAPURAN

I'm back ! Sorry for not posting in few days. Hehe :)

Okay. Yesterday, i went to a new place,

WARUNG WEDANG KAPURAN

It's named by the street near warung, Kapuran Street.

See the full map at Google Maps

This place sell many hot beverages to accompany your night.

These hot beverages doesn't like you always drank. No coffee, no chocolate, no tea absolutely. This stall sell some hot and traditional beverages. These are : (wedang = hot served)

• Wedang Kacang Hijau (green beans)
• Wedang Kacang Tanah (ground nuts) - peanuts had been presto-cooked so it's soft and mellow
• Wedang Ketan Durian (some sticky rices served with durian's sauce)

Wedang Ketan Duren

Wedang Kacang Tanah

Don't be so worry if the taste is a little bit too sweet, a glass of water will be given by the seller. A glass of water helps you to neutralize the taste.

To fulfill your appetite, they also offer some traditional snacks such as :

• Tempe / Tahu Bacem (wikipedia)
• Arem - arem (wikipedia)
• Siomay Goreng / Fried Dumplings
• Risoles / Rissole (wikipedia)
• Kroket / Croquette (wikipedia)

This place is opened from 3 PM - 10 PM. If you're too late to be here, you'll run out of snacks (like me of course. hiks) :'(

Enough for this and Bon Appetite ! xoxo

Happy Valentine Day feat. Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Valentine Day, guys ! xoxo

Happy Chinese New Year too ! Sorry if i'm too late, but better too late than never :p

Combining those days, i had a story to tell. 

My grandma told me yesterday that she will give me a valentine's present. Yipee!

Believe it or not, my grandma gave me two delight presents and those are.......

KUE KERANJANG  (English : basket cake; Chinese : nian gao - 年糕)

For further information about Kue Kranjang see this id.wikipedia or en.wikipedia

My family usually cooked this food again but u can eat this straightly. It tastes sweet and sticky enough (stickier than mochi). Sometimes, when u ate kue kranjang, it stucked in ur palate. It's fun! Haha.

To cook this food, there's 2 ways which my family always did :

•  Steamed Nian Gao : kue kranjang was sliced little then steamed with coconut milk and salt covered with banana leaves.

• Fried Nian Gao : kue kranjang was sliced little then fried with scrambled-egg so it's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. (this is my favourite's way to cook kue kranjang, simple and delicious! )

I believe there's so many ways to cook Kue Kranjang bcause it forms and tastes. I'll try something new then post it on my blog. Wish me luck, guys :)

O my God, this is the best valentine's present ever. Thank u so much, grandma. xoxo

LUNPIA Gang Lombok

This one is the most wanted food when u go to Semarang. This cute and yummy food named

Lunpia is kind of spring rolls, the difference is what is stuffed inside the popiah (the skin cover made from flour like crepes). In Indonesia (or Semarang as a specific location), these spring rolls contains bamboo sprout (Indonesia : rebung) fried with shrimp and egg. It's served with some sticky sauce like glue so we called it lem (English : glue), some pickles, and fresh leeks.

For further information , see this wikipedia

Fried Lunpia

In my country, Lunpia has 2 variations : 

• Lunpia Basah (Wet Spring Rolls) - uncooked popiah
• Lunpia Goreng (Fried Spring Rolls)

Okay. Now, i'll give a recommendation place to get Lunpia in Semarang.

LUNPIA SEMARANG

Gg. Lombok no. 11, Semarang, Central Java - Indonesia

This is the most popular place to eat Lunpia. Yummy!

To accompany ur appetite u can also find some beverages beside this place. A few months ago, i bought a fresh coconut ice (Indonesia : es degan) and a fresh tutty fruity ice (Indonesia : sup buah). It's so matching, yum!

Don't worry about the price, u just have to pay 12000 IDR for each Lunpia (wet/fried) and 10000-20000 for the ice.

Writing this post made me starving. I'll go get some Lunpias. Haha. Come and enjoy! xoxo

PECEL Mbok Sador

What do u know about PECEL ?

Pecel is one of many kind traditional Indonesian culinary that came from Eastern Java.

Most people think pecel is made only for vegetarian. Well, it's not 100% false, pecel contains many kind veggies. Pecel contains veggies such as cabbages, long beans, spinaches, bean sprouts, and the original Indonesian veggies like kembang turi, papaya leaves, and Indonesian basil (kemangi).

It looks like salad (as a dressing) bcause contains so many veggies, but pecel is served with rice, many side dishes, crackers, and the delicious spicy-peanut-sauce which made from peanuts, Indonesian lime leaves, tamarinds, kencur, etc.

U can also choose ur side dishes like :

• Sunny eggs (Indonesia : ceplok), 
• Chicken / beef offals, 
• Snail satays,  
• Tahu / tempe (made from soybean), 
• Salted duck eggs,
• Martabak (made from veggies and eggs fried inside the soft cover), etc. 

The crackers u can choose is rice crackers (Indonesia : karak) or peyek kacang (made from peanuts, flour, and traditional coriander).
Eventough their origin place is Eastern Java, u can find this kind of food in so many place in / near Java island like i did. My favourite place to get this food in my city is in :

PECEL MBOK SADOR

Simpang Lima Resident, Semarang, Central Java-Indonesia 

 

This is the most crowded place to eat pecel in my city. Well, the taste is incredibly yummy. Haha. Sometimes (mostly in dinner time) u have to be patient because u need to wait in long line. But don't worry, there's a price for the nice one. About the price for a pecel is about 10k-20k IDR (depend on ur side dishes).

Well, that's all i know about PECEL. For further informations u can also search this keyword on Wikipedia. Enjoy! xoxo