List of Unique Culinary in Jogja

Gudeg

The first recommendation best culinary in yogyakarta will be Gudeg. This food is made from young unripe jack fruit that stewed with coconut milk and palm sugar, makes it in brown color. The taste is sweet and it is served with white steamed rice, and egg, chicken, tofu, tempeh, samble krechek (stew made of beef skins).

Bakpia

This is a traditional snack. It is small with round-shaped and stuffed with mung beans. Bakpia is influenced by Chinese snack. Today, this snack develops with new taste such as chocolate filling, cheese, strawberry, etc. There is also type of steamed bakpia, dry bakpia, wet bakpia, and crispy bakpia the newest.

Lumpia

Same as bakpia, lumpia is also Indonesian snack. This spring rolls made of thin crepe pastry skin with savory and sweet fillings inside is very delicious. It usually served deep fried or in some cases unfried. Lumpia usually sold in street vendors.

Pecel and Gado-Gado

If you are vegetarian, try Pecel and Gado-Gado. They are favorite salad in Jogjakarta. Pecel consists of mixed vegetables in peanut sauce dressing. It is usually served with steamed rice or ketupat (compressed rice cakes). Gado-Gado, though has similar appearance with Pecel is made with slightly different ingredients. The salad consists of boiled potato, boiled eggs, fried tofu and tempeh, ketupat, and vegetables. The peanut sauce in Gado-Gado contains coconut milk.

Nasi Goreng

Don’t be mistaken, Nasi Goreng or fried rice is also the most favorite food in Yogyakarta. Many tourists like it too. You can find Nasi Goreng in almost every food store in Yogya. It can be served for breakfast or dinner. But what makes Nasi Goreng in Jogja different from any other one is the use of sweet soy sauce.

Wedang Ronde and Other Traditional Drinks

When the night comes and it is a little bit cold in Yogyakarta, you can get Wedang Ronde. In Jogja Wedang Ronde consists of Ronde, the small round materials made of glutinous rice flours, crushed peanuts, kolang kaling (sugar palm fruit), and hot ginger water. Other drinks are Wedang Uwuh, Bajigur, Dawet Ice, and etc.

Satay

The next yogyakarta indonesia culinary is satay. Commonly satay is made of chicken meat, grilled on a skewer served with peanut sauce. But in Jogja there is typical satay made of mutton, called Sate Klathak. There are also several unique satay made of rabbit meat, horse meat, and mushroom.

Jamu

Jamu is a traditional herbal medicine that still can be found in Yogyakarta as there are still many locals drink it. The medicine materials come from roots, flowers, seeds, fruits, leaves, and bark. While from animals the product that is taken are jelly, ayam kampung eggs, and milk. All is natural materials.

Angkringan Kopi Joss

This one is something you should try, Angkringan. Angkringan is a push cart that sells variety of foods and beverages. The price is cheap and it sells so many foods, dishes, and snacks such as nasi kucing (small wrapped rice), intestine satay, quail egg satay, chips, fritter, and many more dishes. But one not to forget is the menu of Kopi Joss (Joss Coffee). It is a typical Jogja charcoal coffee.

Night Food in South Square

If you want to eat and hangout, the perfect place for it will be South Square (Alun Alun Selatan). It is a favorite place for culinary in yogyakarta. In here you can try Jogjakarta Soto, chicken noodle, roasted corn, snacks and ice.

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