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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

ACEH CULINARY GUIDE

"Pioh"

 


This is a common welcome to visitors in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province. We enjoy a great variety of foods and beverages, influenced by the Arabs, India, Spain and the Dutch.

Acehnese always use herbs to increase the appetite. Our foods are pretty spicey, which is why people usually sweat when eating, besides the hot weather.

"If you come to Aceh, you've got to try some.."

 

Coffee

 


If you are looking for tasty coffee, come to Ulee Kareng in Banda Aceh. Yes, so many people say “Ulee Kareng coffee is one of the best kinds of coffee in the world”. 




Timpan

 

Timpan Aceh is a traditional cake of Aceh. the food is sticky and sweet taste. It consist of flour with a kind of eggs jam or sweet coconut put in the middle of it. Wrapped with young banana leaf then steam it for half an hour.



 

 

Gule Pliek U

 

Gule Pliek U is a mixed vegetables, such as green papaya, melinjo nuts and leaves, and other kind of vegetables as needed cooked with fermented coconut. Acehnese people cook it almost everyday.






Bu Gurih



It is a kind of stem rice mixed with coconut milk in it. Bu Gurih tastes very aromatic and delicious.






REX

REX FOOD RETAILS



Rex is an open space restaurant served variety of foods and drinks, usually during the night time. There are several hotels close to the Rex area and so many local and foreign tourists come to this place to relax and try Acehnese cuisine.

Variety of foods and drinks could be found here, such as: Aceh noodle, boiled clamps, sate matang, bu gurih, martabak and so on. They also serve juice and coffee.



< Hotel Medan

















Mie Aceh


Mie Aceh is noodle cooked in Acehnese style with a special flavor and sometimes mixed with prawn, crab, egg or beef. This food can be found anywhere in Indonesia, especially in Banda Aceh. It's so yummy... 




 

Rujak Aceh

 



Rujak is made by mixed of variety of fruits and it has an aromatic taste from an Acehnese lacal fruite "buah batok". The fruits are sliced and blended into pieces and added with red sugar.






TIMPAN DURIAN 



Timpan Durian is a traditional cake of Aceh. the food is legit and sweet taste. It consist of flour with a kind of eggs jam or sweet durian fruit put in the middle of it. Wrapped with young banana leaf then steam it for half an hour.
















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