Yangko is another original Yogyakarta snack, other than bakpia, which is often brought by local tourists as gifts to their originating area. This rectangle shaped unique snack is made from rice flour and wheat flour as the main ingredient, wrapped around crushed peanuts and sugar as the fillings. Unlike bakpia, yangko offers a sweet and chewy taste, similar to a Japanese snack named mochi, put aside the different flavors that you can choose from. There’s durian, strawberry, melon and lychee in addition to the original flavor. The variation in flavor is because of the market demand in the city, such as the issue for bakpia mentioned in another article.

The Yangko industry can be found mostly in Kotagede, along with the silver industry. But of course there are also Shops that sell yangko in the center of Yogyakarta, or at Jl. Laksda Adisucipto, near the airport. There’s are Yangko shops that offers a different nuance to its buyers, one of them being “Yangko Kondang Rasa” located at Jl. Gajah Mada No.29. These shops have an open production process which can be seen by buyers who come to the shop. But keep in mind that the yangko producing process is carried out in certain hours, usually in the morning. So if you are interested in knowing the process of yangko production, come to these shops in the morning. If you decide to buy the snack directly from the production shop, you will get a much lower price than in distribution shops.

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