Bandung Visit Highlight

Being in my home town is such a joy.

Sundanese 'taste bud' has attached to my preference. 

Here are some highlight..

1. Nasi Liwet & Martabak Telur Bi Aca
 (slow cooked rice & fried eggs crepes  made by Bi Aca)

Bi Aca is my mom's helper, especially when my mom had a big feast.  She will help to cook. 

Her fried chicken, nasi liwet, martabak telur, sayur asem (sour soup), sambal terasi ( shrimp paste chilli sauce) are phenomenal. 

I think she has 'cooking gift' in her hands. Though she only used just simple seasoning and herbs, she could nail many kind of food.  One day, she cooked for us, nasi liwet ikan asin (salted fish slow cooked rice) and martabak telur (fried eggs crepes).  Her fried eggs crepes is so delicious, I got one of her secret, she added small amount of ground candle nuts into it. 

Nasi Liwet with tempeh, sambal terasi, and cucumber ..."please forgive me for this blurry pictures"

Martabak Telur

2. Batagor Yunus ( Fried fish dumpling & tofu)

Bandung is the original place of this kind of food. Many people recognizes Bandung as a creative town in term of food and fashion. Many kind of unique food has been born from this city.  I remember around 1980 when I was still in elementary school, my dad bought this kind of food. It is a fried fish dumpling with tofu, we enjoy Batagor with peanut sauce and sweet soy sauce sprinkled by 'jerut purut' ( kaffir lime). 

Batagor & Kaffir Lime

There are varieties of Batagor from the gourmet one to the street vendor one. For me Batagor Yunus is in the middle of these two categories. It has reasonable price with delicious taste. Their simple place now is getting larger. Last time it only had about 4 big tables, now it has more then 10 tables.  Batagor Yunus located on Jl. Kopo, near Jl. Panjunan, before Imannuel Hospital. 

3. Buah Naga (Dragon Fruit)

I've seen the pictures in the Internet. It was my first time to hold, cut and taste this exotic fruit. It is not too sweet, smooth and it has 'cooling' effect to my tummy. Definitively  I will eat this again. 

GURILEM (HOT & SPICY STICK CRACKERS)

People in West Java call this crackers (kerupuk) G u r i l e m.

What make this crackers very special for me is the color of ground red chilli.

It's very enticing for hot red chili pepper lovers.

We, who lived in Java island loves to eat kerupuk.

Even my mom who is originally from Sulawesi island, since she lives in Bandung (West Java) she became kerupuk lovers.

At first, back in 1968, she said, why people eat rice with something like cookies (==kerupuk).

But now, she used to it, and often includes kerupuk as condiment to any kind of dishes she made.

Anyway, this yummy gurilem came from Bandung. My friend brought it last month.

My husband and I enjoy it so much. We take our time to eat it...slowly but sure :-)

I think my strength to eat hot and spicy food has decreased. Sometimes too much ground red chili makes my stomach has burn sensation.

Anyway, I feel I'm in Bandung while eating G u r i l e m....

Kopi Aroma Bandung

Though there are many kind of coffee are available here...

One of my way to heal my homesick is by having this coffee.

My friend brought it two months ago from Bandung, Indonesia.

My favorite is "mokka Arabika".....hmmm... the aroma is bringing me back to the store of this coffee. Small old building, friendly vendor...at Banceuy Street, near ABC Street and Pasar Baru.

It was so funny, the vendor prohibited me to buy 1 kilogram of coffee at a time...He said, " it's better for you to buy just a quarter of kilogram, after you finished that batch, come again...so you will always have the best taste of coffee". He will grind the coffee beans right away after we ordered.

I also love the packaging, they still preserve the old style and Dutch words on it.