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...

After exploring the culture and places in Central Java, of course that you are looking for the food. Then, if you want to have unique experience and enjoy the culture through the food or local culinary, here the list. But before you see the list, one important fact is that Central Java people loves sweeter food than salty food whether it is for main course, dessert, and snack. Now, in this article it is about the traditional snacks you may find when you travel around Central Java Province. Lets check it out.  1. Dawet Ireng Ice - Purwokerto City If you travel to Central Java Province, especially in Purwokerto city. You can find the local beverage is called Dawet Ireng Ice . What makes exotic about this beverage is the colour of the jelly. Dawet means 'coconut milk' and Ireng means 'black'. All of these ingredients are natural even the black color of the jelly. The texture of the Jelly is from palm sugar flour or sago flour combined with erot flour and sal...

Indonesia is well-known for beautiful scenery, rich in cultures, and has a lot of kind of foods. Located in Southeast Asia area which are most tropical countries are here, means that Indonesia has 2 seasons only and a stable temperature which are 20-35 degress Celcius. These advantages makes Indonesia able to offer exotic foods include the fruits that you may not find in another country.  Not only the shapes are exotic, but also the taste and texture of the fruit is also exotic. Let's check list out. 1. Durian Fruit     This fruit is called the king of fruits. Because of it's size, bristly appearance      and fanatic following, it's an appropriate nickname. Durian is distinguished      for strong odor, large size, and thorn-covered husk. Ups! Careful when you      try to open the shell. Most people open this fruit use the carving knife.     What makes Durian more reputable than its outlook ...