Tasty lumpia<\/p>\n
A special spring roll from Semarang in Central Java, its
\nmakers call the snack lunpia or loenpia, but most people know it
\nas lumpia.<\/p>\n
Made mostly from sliced bamboo stem, or rebung, which is first
\nfried with egg, shrimp and sometimes with fish or chicken, the
\nfilling is then rolled in a thin wheat-dough package before it is
\nfried again.<\/p>\n
People usually eat lumpia with hot chili sauce and
\noccasionally with marinated cucumber. Tourists can find shops
\noffering lumpia in almost all corners of the city.<\/p>\n
The story goes that lumpia is a combination snack made from
\nChinese and Javanese recipes. A man from China, Tjoa Thay Yoe,
\ncame to Java early last century and married a local woman, Wasih.
\nThe pair later made their living by selling lumpia, a tradition
\nthat is continued by Tjoa's grandson today.<\/p>\n
Originally, lumpia was also made with pork, which has been
\nreplaced with fish and chicken for Muslim consumers.<\/p>\n
-- Text and photos by Suherdjoko<\/p>\n
Photo A: Lumpia<\/p>\n
Signs outside a food stall tempt passersby with pictures of tasty
\nlumpia snacks on Jl. Mataram in Semarang. The street is often
\nfilled with dozens of sidewalk vendors, who compete with each
\nother for customers.<\/p>\n
Photo B: Lumpia<\/p>\n
Karman, 42, the owner of the Lumpia Mataram shop, prepares the
\nthin wheat dough for the dish.<\/p>\n
Photo C: Lumpia<\/p>\n
The compound of rebung, egg, shrimp, fish and chicken is then
\nwrapped in the dough.<\/p>\n
Photo D: Lumpia<\/p>\n
After wrapping, the lumpia is ready for frying.<\/p>\n
Photo E: Lumpia<\/p>\n
A man fries lumpia as his fellow workers prepare more dough at
\nthe Lumpia Gang Lombok cafe, located in the Gang Lombok area of
\nSemarang's Chinatown.<\/p>\n
Photo F: Lumpia<\/p>\n
Trudy (left) and Rudy Verwoord from Amsterdam enjoy lumpia
\nproduced by the Gang Lombok shop. The shop is owned by Liem Swie
\nKiem, the grandson of Tjoa Thay Yoe. Liem says he sells his
\nlumpia snacks as far way as France.<\/p>\n
Photo G: Lumpia<\/p>\n
A worker at the Lumpia Gang Lombok shop packs lumpia to be
\ndelivered to customers. The shop sells up to 1,000 packs of the
\nrolls a day, at Rp 6,000 a piece.<\/p>",
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