Culinary in Solo Surakarta

Solo or is called as Surakarta is a city rich with history and culture, much the same as Yogyakarta. Solo Indonesia map is located in the province of Central Java. It adjoins with Karanganyar and Boyolali regency in the north,  Karanganyar and Sukoharjo regency in the east and west, and Sukoharjo regency in south.

Solo also famous for the tasty and cheap culinary. There are seven foods and drink that famous as the local culinary. They are even can be found in Solo Indonesia culinary festival. It is guaranteed that your tongue will dance when the taste in the food is melted. Certainly, trying a typical cuisine somewhere will give a sense of its own in every vacation.

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Top 7 Best Food In Solo Surakarta

Nasi Liwet

1. Nasi Liwet

So, what to eat in Solo? Nasi Liwet. This is the first most famous food you should try. Nasi Liwet is the rice served on a banana leaf and cooked using coconut milk. Then added with a side dish of chicken broth, boiled egg, and spices. It is commonly for breakfast, but some stall still open till night.

2. Timlo Solo

Want to try Solo soup? Then have this Timlo. Inside the soup there are boiled eggs, chicken liver, chicken broth, and gizard, plus Solo sausage (fried egg with meat filling). Timlo is best served for breakfast or lunch. The legendary place to find this is at Timlo Sastro.

3. Selat Solo

Selat Solo is the only food from Solo adapted from Western cuisine. It adapts the Dutch style in colonization era, and then fuse it with Javanese style and taste. Selat Solo consist of boiled egg and vegetables, beef tenderloin, fried potatoes, and brown sauce.

Tengkleng

4. Tengkleng

Soup made of mutton bone is what can describe Tengkleng Solo. The food only has bit of meat in the bone, makes you to suck in it until every recipe attached in your tongue.

5. Sate Buntel

Sate buntel is satai made from tempe or mutton which is then baked after previously given spice. It is usually available in small stall in road side. It served in the top of banana leaf. Try this one if you want to taste a different kind of food.

6. Serabi Notosuman

Finding traditional pancake? Best of the best from the city is Serabi. It is made of coconut milk and rice flour. Cooked on charcoal fire, Serabi Solo culinary will give you different smell and taste. Usually it is added with banana, jackfruit, peanut, or chocolate sprinkles as toppings.

7. Dawet Ice

The refreshing drink comes from dawet ice. Dawet is jelly made of rice flour poured by coconut milk. It is also added with palm sugar sauce to make it sweet. Served in small bowl make you want to add and add more.

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