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Bandung, a haven for snack-lovers and shoppers<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Bandung<\/p>\n
Bandung, the capital of West Java province, is about 180
\nkilometers distant from the national capital, Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The city is well-known as a haven for snack-lovers and
\nshoppers, as thousands of food vendors, upmarket restaurants and
\nfactory outlets selling garments, bags, footwear and other such
\nthings at low prices can be found everywhere around the city.<\/p>\n
According to www.ayojajan.com, which provides information to
\nfood lovers, there are at least 567 places where you can buy
\nsnacks and delicious food in Bandung, a city now populated by
\nover 2.5 million people.<\/p>\n
They offer a wide array of food, ranging from traditional
\nBandung fare to Chinese and European cuisine. Most of these
\nplaces are usually crowded with visitors on weekends,
\nparticularly long week-ends.<\/p>\n
Bandung has a host of unique dishes, including peuyeum, baso
\ntahu, baso tahu goreng (better known as batagor) and mie kocok.<\/p>\n
It can also boast unique beverages like bajigur and bandrek,
\nboth good for warm you up. Bajigur is made from a mixture of
\ncoconut milk, brown sugar and kolang-kaling (fruit of the sugar
\npalm), while bandrek is made of a mixture of ginger essence,
\nbrown sugar and cinnamon.<\/p>\n
The following is a guide for you to find the locations of
\nsnack and food centers as well as shopping places in Bandung, a
\ncity also dubbed the Paris of Java.<\/p>\n
Traditional cuisine<\/p>\n
In the southern part of Bandung, or to be exact in Jl.
\nSukarno-Hatta, about 500 m to the east of Leuwipanjang bus
\nstation, you can find a line of restaurants serving uniquely
\nSundanese dishes, like nasi timbel (rice cooked in banana leaves)
\nplus associated side dishes like salted fish, various fried
\nvegetables, fried fish or chicken or steamed fish or chicken in
\nbanana leaves.<\/p>\n
A complete \"nasi timbel must always be accompanied by terasi
\n(a mixture made of chili, shallot, garlic, salt, condiment and
\nbrown sugar.)<\/p>\n
If you go past two traffic lights from Leuwipanjang to the
\neast, you can find two famous Sundanese traditional restaurants,
\nAmpera and Laksana.<\/p>\n
Although the two are opposite each other, they have not tried
\nto grab each other's customers. Aside from selling Sundanese
\ndishes, they also sell unique Sundanese snacks like peuyeum
\n(fermented cassava) and various uniquely West Javanese items for
\nsouvenirs like keyhangers in the shape of an angklung (a uniquely
\nSundanese musical instrument made of suspended bamboo tubes that
\nsound when shaken) or a shadow puppet character.<\/p>\n
Another famous Sundanese restaurant, Sari Sunda, about 2
\nkilometers to the east of Ampera and Laksana, entertains its
\nvisitors with Sundanese music while they enjoy Sundanese dishes
\nsitting crosslegged on the floor with panoramic views around
\nthem.<\/p>\n
Similar Sundanese cuisine is also available at a number of
\nrestaurants on Jl. Dago and around Gasibu, in front of the West
\nJava governor's office, which is known as Gedung Sate.<\/p>\n
If you would like to enjoy Sundanese dishes and at the same
\ntime savor the beauty of Bandung's panoramic scene (particularly
\nthe city lights at night), pay a visit to Dago Tea House. Apart
\nfrom serving Sundanese dishes, it also offers teh poci (hot tea
\nfrom a clay teapot), bandrek and bajigur. If you are lucky, you
\ncan eat your food while enjoying a Sundanese music and dance
\nperformance.<\/p>\n
Bandrek and bajigur, can also be obtained at foodstalls in
\nTaman Cilaki, behind Gedung Sate. One such bajigur stall is
\nBajigur Supratman, which has been there for 45 years. Also in
\nTaman Cilaki you can find other foodstalls selling seafood and
\nsteak at low prices.<\/p>\n
Another drink associated with Bandung is fresh milk. You can
\neasily get it at Lembang, north Bandung. Or just go to
\nBandoengsche Melk Centrale (MC) on Jl. Aceh, about 5 km to the
\nwest of Bandung City Hall.<\/p>\n
This building, now renovated, used to be a center for the
\nproduction and distribution of milk to all parts of Bandung in
\nthe 19th century.<\/p>\n
Accommodating about 100 visitors, it offers a menu consisting
\nmilk and other foods made from milk like yogurt, kefir and
\nmilkshake, all sold at prices ranging from Rp 1,000 to Rp 4,500
\nper glass.<\/p>\n
If you like peuyeum you can try it at the intercity bus
\nstation at Leuwipanjang, Jl. Soekarno-Hatta. If you like it, you
\nshould also try colenak (roast \"peuyeum plus a solution of brown
\nsugar and grated coconut).<\/p>\n
One famous outlet is Murdi Putra, Jl. Ahmad Yani 777, off
\nPasar Cicadas, about 5 km to the east of downtown Bandung. The
\ncounter uses up about 70 kg per day because it also supplies its
\ncolenak to upmarket hotels and restaurants in Bandung. It is also
\navailable around Pasar Simpang Dago in the northern part of
\nBandung.<\/p>\n
Batagor is one of the most favorite dishes in Bandung. It is
\nmade of a mixture of sago and fish put into tofu. It is also
\nserved with chili mixed with peanut sauce.<\/p>\n
The oldest vendor of batagor is Batagor Isan on Jl.
\nAstanaanyar. It began its business back in 1969.<\/p>\n
Other venues where you can find batagor include Batagor
\nKingsley, Jl. Veteran and Batagor Riri on Jl. Burangrang. Close
\nto Batagor Riri you can find a family restaurant, Saboga, which
\nsells a combination of baso tahu and siomay (steamed ravioli).<\/p>\n
In front of these you can find a food court that sells
\nMartabak San Francisco (pancakes with a savory filling), a place
\nalways crowded with buyers.<\/p>\n
If you wish to sample Western dishes, go to Bukit Dago, where
\nyou can find restaurants and cafes such as The View, The Peak,
\nCallista and Sierra. Here you can also enjoy nighttime views of
\nthe city.<\/p>\n
Handicrafts and clothing<\/p>\n
If you need uniquely Sundanese or West Javanese souvenirs,
\njust go to Jl. Braga, on the left side of Gedung Merdeka. Here
\nyou can find shops selling a variety of handicraft items. The
\nnearest is Sarinah Department Store, about 100 meters behind
\nGedung Merdeka. If you would like to buy genuine wooden puppets,
\ngo to Jl. Pangarang, behind Hotel Savoy Homann, to find the
\nmakers.<\/p>\n
If you like shopping, don't forget to go to Cihampelas, west
\nBandung, as this is where you can find a lot of shops selling
\nlow-priced jeans. If you would like to buy low-priced footwear,
\ngo to Cibaduyut in south Bandung.<\/p>\n
If you wish to buy more than souvenirs, go to the north part
\nof Bandung where you can find a lot of factory outlets selling
\nbranded items ranging from trousers, shirts, footwear and bags to
\nmany other items, all at low prices.<\/p>\n
Scores of \"factory outlets\" can be found along Jl. Dago, Jl.
\nRiau and Jl. Setiabudi. There are at least five major factory
\noutlets on Jl. Riau alone: Heritage, The Summit, Metropolis,
\nRenarriti and China Town.<\/p>\n
Of course, there is a price war between these factory outlets.
\nThe Summit, for example, has started a special counter, \"Forever
\nSale\", which sells many types of garment at just Rp 10,000.<\/p>\n
Along Jl. Dago, you can also find a lot of factory outlets.
\nDago, which is at its most crowded at weekends, is also an area
\nwhere you can find a lot of vendors of colenak, roast corn and
\nroast sticky rice, plus many other snacks like roast banana with
\ncheese and toast.<\/p>\n
A week is not long enough to visit all the venues where you
\ncan buy snacks and foods and do your shopping. A haven for
\nshoppers, Bandung attracts a least 50,000 tourists -- 70 percent
\nfrom Jakarta -- on weekends, a reason why the city's main roads,
\nparticularly in the north, are always congested on Saturdays and
\nSundays.<\/p>",
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