In this episode I'll talk about my last holiday. I know it sounds stale, but I wish you still can enjoy the reading. So this is it, the flashback...
Confederacy Camp of Teenager and Youth
This camp was held in 1,2,3 of this July in Pring Ayu, Ciawi. In fact, the camp was great. The sessions were beneficial and the outbound was extremely challenging. But I couldn't really enjoy it because I was selected to be the committee who responsible for all equipments we used. That's made me absolutely busy and weary.
The promotion poster. That theme came from my idea ^^*proud
The participants
The outbound
Taking nap. Inside the tent was terribly hot at day.
Candid.
Salatiga-Kudus
Salatiga is my mom's hometown and Kudus is dad's. Just the day after I back home from the camp, mom, dad, and I went to Salatiga. Unfortunately, my sister didn't join us. She was on the MediSAR(Medical Search and Rescue). Well, we spent 4 days there and stayed in Salatiga. We couldn't stay in Kudus. Both of my dad's parents had passed away *sad, and the house was left.
For 4 days, we traveled some place by not forgetting the culinary world, definitely. hehehe B-)
Salatiga...
Wonder Bakery. The best bakery in Salatiga. Highly recommended.
There are dozens type of Soto in Salatiga. And 'Soto Bening Bu Anik' is one of the restaurant that serves a good Soto. Recommended.
A restaurant called 'Waroeng ngGoenoeng' is very famous with it's favorite menu Iga Gongso. Iga is rib and Gongso is a culinary procedure similar to sauteing but at higher temperature (read: tumis). It's so popular that had been mentioned in Kompas news paper. Highly recommended.
This is the picture of Iga Gongso.Sweet is the taste that is dominant in it, just like the other javanese food. But it doesn't overwhelm the other tastes. The beef texture is gentle. Unfortunately the tasty gravy contains much fat.
Second step..
Yum :9! Gado-gado 'Cik Hwa Hwa' used to be very famous in Kudus. But now many people don't know its presence. There was a tragic story behind this anomaly.
Many years ago, when this Gado-gado was on the peak of popularity, a man who had given a big influence for Kudus sent a courier to order a great number of Gado-gado in case of a kind of celebration that he 's gonna make in a few days. On D-Day, he came to the seller but the Gado-gados he ordered was unprepared. The seller said that his order had not delivered yet. So, looked like there was a miscommunication or maybe a misdeed. The man was seriously angry and said to the seller,"While I'm still staying in Kudus, and I see this business is still running. I'll send my men to bring it to the downfall.". Because of the seller and the her employees were all women and had no power, they couldn't resist. They didn't closed the business actually, but they have been running this business in silence until now.
We still can order this yummy thing if only we know where the hidden place is. But we can't enjoy the meal in the place, we only can order and bring it home. Just like drive-thru system..
It's located in Pergulan alley.
Walk for a distance and you'll meet a very narrow street.
For 4 days, we traveled some place by not forgetting the culinary world, definitely. hehehe B-)
Salatiga...
Sego Jagung. This javanese food is very traditional and rare. Sego means rice and Jagung means corn.
The structure of the rice isn't similar with the rice that made from paddy. Taste's uniquely nice :9
Wonder Bakery. The best bakery in Salatiga. Highly recommended.
There are dozens type of Soto in Salatiga. And 'Soto Bening Bu Anik' is one of the restaurant that serves a good Soto. Recommended.
A restaurant called 'Waroeng ngGoenoeng' is very famous with it's favorite menu Iga Gongso. Iga is rib and Gongso is a culinary procedure similar to sauteing but at higher temperature (read: tumis). It's so popular that had been mentioned in Kompas news paper. Highly recommended.
This is the picture of Iga Gongso.Sweet is the taste that is dominant in it, just like the other javanese food. But it doesn't overwhelm the other tastes. The beef texture is gentle. Unfortunately the tasty gravy contains much fat.
This is a drink is called 'Boyo Ngambang', also one of the menu in Waroeng ngGoenoeng. Boyo means crocodile and Ngambang means floating. Actually, it is a javanese coffee blend with a sweet cake made of slightly fermented rice or tubers (read: tape). Tastes weird. I don't really like it.
I can said that 'Jago' cafe is one of the best Wedang Ronde sellers in mid Java. There are a plenty of Wedang Ronde sellers, but this place has a secret recipe that makes people wanna come over and over again. Actually, the one who invented the secret recipe had died several years ago, and her daughter now takes over this business. I always go here when I'm in Salatiga. Highly recommended.
The wedang Ronde that It served.
The kitchen.
Look! Bondan was there!
Kudus...
It's Lentog. A very rare traditional food of Kudus. Even when you're in Kudus, you can't easily meet this food. It is consisted of Lontong(a steamed rice in a banana leaf), Gori(a baby jackfruit), and Tofu. Sweet? Ofcourse, it's Javanese. Anyway, you have two choices of tools for eating this. The modern tool is by spoon and the old tool is by Suru. It is really easy to make Suru but bloody difficult to use it. This is the technique how to make Suru..
First step..
Second step..
Final step! Ta-da! Just that easy..^^
Many years ago, when this Gado-gado was on the peak of popularity, a man who had given a big influence for Kudus sent a courier to order a great number of Gado-gado in case of a kind of celebration that he 's gonna make in a few days. On D-Day, he came to the seller but the Gado-gados he ordered was unprepared. The seller said that his order had not delivered yet. So, looked like there was a miscommunication or maybe a misdeed. The man was seriously angry and said to the seller,"While I'm still staying in Kudus, and I see this business is still running. I'll send my men to bring it to the downfall.". Because of the seller and the her employees were all women and had no power, they couldn't resist. They didn't closed the business actually, but they have been running this business in silence until now.
We still can order this yummy thing if only we know where the hidden place is. But we can't enjoy the meal in the place, we only can order and bring it home. Just like drive-thru system..
FYI, it's called 'Cik Hwa Hwa' Gado-gado because the seller is a chinese woman named Hwa Hwa
It's not a dead end. Just go straight inside and you'll arrive.
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My holiday project was utterly done. Still I'm very proud with this blog. Pray that this blog will be continually updated by me...=]
Well, looks like post 2 is completely finished. Yaawnn.. I gotta have some sleep now hehehe...
Hahaha you completly wrong about gado2 cik hwa ...at that time, they closed because they have to renovation their home...after the renovation they opened again until today...and they sell their gado gado not in hiding place,.but they sell in the same place like before, but with a new home at that place...
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