A trip to Palembang is incomplete if you haven't tried Palembang's special food. Pempek is usually hunted by travelers when they stop in this city. The savory taste of pempek doused with sour and legit cuko makes the enjoyment of a bowl of Palembang's signature pempek unforgettable. But when we talk about delicious Palembang specialties, it's not just pempek. There are many other delicious food options.
Culinary tourism is a mandatory ritual when visiting Palembang. Before going on a culinary hunt, don't forget to prepare a list of the foods you want to taste. Here are some Palembang specialties that you really must try. Check this out!
Tekwan
Tekwan, Palembang's special culinary, is often also called Palembang meatball. Different from meatballs which are usually made from beef, tekwan is made from fish. A bowl of tekwan is usually served warm, plus vermicelli, ear mushrooms, and yam. It's not only the contents that are appetizing, the tekwan sauce itself is also made from shrimp broth, so the taste is very tasty and very unique.
Martabak Palembang
If you've tried sweet martabak and egg martabak, you've tried it, but have you tried the typical Palembang martabak yet? What makes Martabak Palembang different from other martabak?
Martabak Palembang has a slightly similar appearance to egg martabak. The skin of the martabak is filled with chicken or duck eggs and added with sliced meat, but the Palembang martabak does not add scallions like egg martabak in general. Well, what makes Martabak Palembang different from the usual martabak is the way it is served. Martabak is served with a thick, savory curry sauce that makes the taste of the martabak even richer.
Koing Bread
Koing bread is a very popular snack in Palembang. This bread is small and slightly round. Uniquely, this bread tastes bland! Then what's good about eating hard and tasteless bread? Well, this is what you must know, how to eat koing bread!
Koing bread is usually a mandatory dish at home when the month of Ramadan arrives. This bread is not eaten right away, but you have to dip the koing bread into the still-warm coffee and tea. Koing bread is a mainstay snack to accompany relaxing time.
Gulo Puan
This sweet treat used to be a treat for royalty! The kings of the Palembang Darussalam Sultanate were very fond of Gulo Puan. But nowadays Gulo Puan is getting rare and hard to find. What kind of food is Gulo Puan?
Gulo Puan is a sweet milk product. The milk used to make Gulo Puan is usually taken from buffalo from Pampangan, Ogan Komering Ilir. Cooked milk and added brown sugar until it thickens like a caramel cake. Gulo Puan is usually eaten with tea, coffee, and even white bread.
Tempoyak Sauce
It's not complete without talking about spicy food from Palembang. Just like other regions in Indonesia, Palembang also has a special Sauce called Tempoyak Sauce. The uniqueness of the Tempoyak Sauce comes from the main ingredient, namely durian. Fermented durian fruit is mixed with chili and onions until it forms a chili sauce. Tempoyak Sauce is usually served with other foods and is even used as a mixture to make a fish paste.
How about the typical Palembang food above, very appetizing, right? It's better to hurry up and come to Palembang and then have as much culinary tourism as you can there.
