So this isn’t a recipe post but I did say there might be some food posts while I was away and I thought I’d start by sharing a few of the delicious dishes I’ve been sampling while I’ve been in Java this past week before I go over to my project in Sulawesi.

Here goes!

Pepes Tahu (tofu steamed in banana leaf with spices), Nasi merah (red rice) and Karedok (also called Lotek – various raw veg with a spicy peanut sauce).

Gado-gado (vegetables, tofu, egg, rice steamed in banana leaves, and a peanut sauce)

Salak (snake fruit)

Lontong sayur (a spicy soup of pumpkin, beans, tofu, turmeric, chilli etc)

Rujuk (fresh fruit – pineapple, young mango, water apple, stone fruit, papaya with a sauce of peanut, chilli and coconut palm sugar)

Soto ayam kriuk (a clear chicken soup with bean sprouts, onion and turmeric)

Bihun rendang (rice noodles with veg and a spicy sauce) and a clear soup, with steamed tofu

Nasi Sate Jimbaran (chicken and tofu satay, green beans with a spicy garlic sauce, rice and a peanut sauce and Melinjo crackers)

Karedok / Lotek again 🙂

Fresh Coconut

Spicy tofu and veg stir fry

Lumpia Basah (bean sprouts, a type of pumpkin, egg or tofu and spices, served in a wafer thin rice flour pancake)

And finally – dessert! Manggis (mangosteen fruit) – delicious – rather like a lychee, sweet but also slightly sour 🙂

That’s it for now! Off to Sulawesi tomorrow so the food will be a lot less varied sadly! 🙂