Hungry for a bite of Yogyakarta’s traditional food? Well if you are then there’s no other dish to mention other than Gudeg. What is gudeg exactly? Gudeg is basically young jackfruit boiled in coconut milk and seasoned with traditional plants and seasonings. The process of making it is as follow : First of all, you [...]

Cendol is a traditional dessert originating from Java, Indonesia, but is also popular in Malaysia, Singapore, and Southern Thailand (where it is called “lorkchorng singapore”). The dessert’s basic ingredients consist of shaved ice, coconut milk, starch noodles with green food coloring (usually sourced from the pandan leaf), and palm sugar. Red beans, glutinous rice, grass [...]

Off the west gate of Keraton’s North Square, this old market is a place that sells all kinds of fabrics and predominantly batik. Other traditional [...]

Prawirotaman is an area around 5 km to the south of the Keraton which provides many low-budget lodgings as well as cafés and shops of various typical Yogyakartan items and souvenirs. The area has been well known for its lodging and hotel business since the 19th century. The history began when a palace officioal, named [...]

For people who enjoy new culinary experience, especially fans of lamb meat, this famous dish is just perfect. The main ingredient of tengkleng is lamb bones, tails and other special parts of lambs. These then all be cooked in light coconut milk soup mixed with rich curry-like seasoning, giving a somewhat spicy taste to it. [...]

Sego Liwet (Javanese) or Nasi Liwet (Indonesian) is often considered as the most popular traditional dish of Surakarta (Solo) of Central Java, Indonesia. The dish  mainly consists of delicious rice (cooked in coconut milk), chicken shreds, spicy curry-like soup (made of finger sliced labu siam or chayota – Indonesian vegetable cooked with coconut milk and [...]