Saturday 7 August 2010

A day in the streets jogja

A day in the streets jogja

Arts, Culture and customs are still thick with the city of Yogyakarta. This was proved by order ofthe Kraton Yogyakarta which still looks magnificent from the outer court to the artistic architecture.
Exhibition Hall which became even reception area before entering the palace used as an icon of local community pride. In addition to a culture that was so thick, usually in short Jogjakarta Jogja has a myriad of special food that should taste. Therefore, we intentionally invite you to holiday in this city while tasting typical food of Jogja.

Warm
Besides the palace, the city of Yogyakarta is also known as 'Gudeg'. It is not surprising because after we visited the Kraton Yogyakarta, a pedicab driver brother offered us to visit the center warm in the street Wjilan.
Immediately, we drove towards the north plaza, then turn right and go into the castle gate. Once looked way Wijilan, the ranks of stalls selling jackfruit and neatly lined up along the way Wijilan it.
Interestingly, almost all sellers to use a label with the prefix Yuk / Yu, which in Javanese means mbak or sister. One seller who has a lot of us have encountered are pelangganyang Djum Yu.
In the tavern Yu Djum, we must stand in line waiting their turn to taste the warm mainstay. Shortly warm plate in front of us, a spoonful of warm rice straight to our mouths. ". Taste typical foods of Jogja directly felt, the more dormin sweetness makes this young jackfruit vegetable Manjadi typical.
To offset the strong sweet taste, Yu Djum pour areh (savory coconut milk sauce) above gudegnya. Yu Djum more perfectly warm when added to one of it's accompanying side dishes such as eggs, chicken bacem, Suwir chicken, liver or ampela.
Yu Djum warm presentation can be ordered to suit your needs. For those who want to enjoy a warm can order them directly in the serving dish with a price of between Rp 5,000 to Rp 15,000. But if you want to buy it for souvenirs, available two forms of packaging. Besek packaging (box of woven bamboo) and Kendil (round container made of clay).
For packaging besek pegged at a price of between Rp 50,000 to Rp 100,000, while the Kendil can be ordered starting price of Rp 75,000 to Rp 150,000. All prices are adjusted with accompanying side dishes.
Although its price looked relatively expensive, warm delights Yu Djum not need another questionable dira. Existing warm since 1957 has quite a lot of customers from different cities.

Lotek and Gado-gado
After being around in the street Wijilan, we also offered to try the gado-gado and the famous lotek cobek magnitude.
Location of vendor stalls and lotek hodgepodge was not far from the station from the Dutch, Lempuyangan. From the station to the east to find a way Argolubang, there looks a little store that said 'Lotek & Gado gado'. already famous, precisely in the way Argolubang.
Once entering the store, we immediately went to see Mr. Sugeng as well as the owner of the store peracik. Father of three children is already pursue this business since 27 years ago. This store fame lies in his unique mix cobek place marinade.
in a large stone Cobek (60X 80 cm), the pak Sugeng able to mix ingredients for 50 servings at once. To find a superior taste and gado gado lotek pak Sugeng, we ordered one serving of each menu.
Without the need for a long time, pak Sugeng seasoning mix directly with the fun. Pak did not accomplish? 'It is usual mas' pak Sugeng said, smiling. A moment later lotekyang consisting of diamond, cabbage, spinach, potatoes, tomatoes, touge, bakwan (fried vegetables), and crackers washed down with a spice beans that are ready to eat.
After we intervened and vegetable seasonings are evenly distributed, we also helped sway the tongue, um ... a delicious aroma of beans directly toward us. Lotek bean seasoning made from roasted peanuts, lime leaves, garlic, brown sugar, and salt are perfectly when mixed with vegetable mixture.
We did not miss to taste-gadonya gado, gado-gado is not so different from how it looks lotek. Although the two look the same but these snacks proved to have different ingredients and seasonings. For the vegetable, salad gado-gado using lotek while using spinach. Medium spice, lotek using water as a solvent liquid seasoning mixed nuts and use coconut milk. Another difference shown in the accompanying materials kerupuknya, other than shrimp crackers gado gado also served with crackers, chips, while lotek only
shrimp only.
We had to eat two servings, it's stomach is full, but the enjoyment and gado-gado lotek pak Sugeng this can not be forgotten just like that. This seems no exaggeration to see the number of buyers who continue to come in this place, do not be surprised if one day pak Sugeng able to sell 400 servings for the two kinds of menu.

Round

For breakfast we enjoyed the warm Djum Yu, lunch and dinner lotek gado-gado. That night, we are still looking for a comfortable place and have a snack worthy of taste, in which approximately?
We recommend a colleague to visit the square of Taman Sari (alkyd = the square south). There every day, visited by many people, especially during this holiday. In the middle of the plaza Taman Sari, there are two large banyan tree which is located separately and given a fence on each tree.
Well, according to local belief, if we are able to walk straight through the gap to two fruit trees with his eyes closed. Whatever we demand terkabulkan, and this ritual known as Masangin. It was worth a try, it seems easy but after trying to phrase it would wear off.
We tried it two to three times the new work. It turns out that experience is not just our nature, the majority of visitors will also experience the same thing, except for those already accustomed to pass the place.
After trying the ritual Masangin tired, we see too many stores that sell wedang wheelbarrows round the square around the Taman Sari. Hot dish is able to warm our bodies at night.
While joking, we enjoyed a bowl of sticky rice flour spheres containing round, white bread, sliced and fro, and roasted peanuts. All material is washed down with hot sauce taste sweet ginger. To enjoy a round bowl wedang turns out we only spend money amounting to Rp 1000, hargayang cheaper than when we rented masks for Rp 3000.