Thursday, December 18, 2008

GUDEG, THE MOST FAVOURITE FOOD OF YOGYAKARTA

Gudeg is a traditional food from Yogyakarta, Indonesia which is made from young Nangka (jack fruit) among other things, boiled for several hours with palm sugar, and coconut milk. Additional spices include garlic, shallot, candlenut, coriander seed, galangal, bay leaves, and teak leaves, which last imparts a brown color to the dish. It is also called Green Jack Fruit Sweet Stew. Gudeg is usually served with white rice, chicken, hard-boiled egg, tofu and/or tempeh, and a stew made of crispy beef skins (sambal goreng krecek).

There is three types of gudeg; Dry, Wet and East-Javanese style. Dry gudeg is a gudeg which only have a bit of coconut milk and served dry. Wet gudeg is a gudeg which have a wetter look than the dry gudeg. It used a lot more coconut milk. Meanwhile, the East-Javanese style gudeg employ more spicier and hotter taste, compared to the Yogyakarta-style gudeg, which is sweeter.

There are many place can we find to get gudeg. The most popular place of gudeg stage is Wijilan Street. There, we can find many place that sell gudeg, with many kind of choosen. These shop are open daily start from the morning until night.

We can find another nice place to enjoy gudeg at the night; Malioboro street, Solo Street, Gejayan Street, and many more. On that location, people sell gudeg at the night. Usualy start at 9 pm until midle night. It's so romantic, excited and beauty momment when we enjoy gudeg at the night.

Wanna to try? Just come to Jogja. We are very pleasure welcome.

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