Explore The Hidden Island of Indonesia

What comes on your mind when you heard about "Rice Cake"? Rice is a staple food in several countries especially in Asia Continent such as Korea, Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Not only that, but also Asian makes Rice as a main ingredients for cakes for both of tastes are sweet and salty. If you are travelling to Indonesia especially West Java Region and very curious about rice cakes from Indonesia. Here are the list could be your references. 1. Ketupat (The Diamond of Rice Cake) Source : sciencedirect.com The diamond of Rice Cake is made by means of rice wrapped in woven from young coconut leaves/palm leaves which are shaped in such a way. There are seven angles (head), some are angular six (parallelogram). It is usually served at major Muslim events ex: Eid Day to accompany a variety of foods such as Lotek, Gado-Gado (Indonesian Salad with peanut sauce), Satay, and so on. In Javanese philosophy, the word of  ketupat stands for "nga...

Last month, Indonesia has been celebrating 74th Independence Day which was held on 17 August. Usually the important dates or events has always the history behind it. There were stories, witnesses, and relics in a form of documents, objects and buildings. If you are traveler or explorer, then seeing the buildings are good choice. Here are the list of buildings that you need to know what influences Indonesia Independence History. 1. Gedung Sate (The Satay Building) - Bandung, West Java Source : Liputan6News It was built in 1920 with distinctive features in the form of skewer ornaments on its central tower, has long been a landmark of the city of Bandung in West Java Province. The history of Satay Building includes bloody events that occured during the war of independence is called "Bandung Lautan Api (Bandung' Sea of Fire) incident. At that time, the youth movement took over the building from Japanese hands. To defend it, this youth movement formed a defense squad arm...