Special food from Ambon, My hometown

Hi guys, in the last post, i've shared about my hometown. and now i want to share you about special food from Ambon. There are so many special food, some of them have been sold in other city in Indonesia. let's check this out.......

1. Papeda and Ikan kuning. Papeda is made of sagu, the tekstur is so chewy like glue. it's free of cholestrol. You can eat papeda with ikan kuah kuning n sambal colo-colo. sambal colo - colo is made of chili, shallot, soya and other ingredients. I suggest you dont chew the papeda but you must swallow it in second. Don't forget to try it.....

Kuah kuning, Ikan kembung and colo-colo, Papeda

2. Ikan cakalang asar. This fish is made of smoke cakalang. After you buy it, you can fry it or directly eat, coz actually it has been cook. It's yummy to consume with rice and colo-colo. Many People buy it for souvenir. You can buy fresh ikan asar in Galala, because they smoke it everyday and if you want to go by plane, they will pack it, so you can put it into bagage. The price depends on the size, it's about 25k - 40k.

Ikan cakalang asar

3. Nasi kelapa. This is rice, coconut crumbs, fish. It's so delicious. but for someone who has cholestrol, you must watch for that because it made of coconut milk. if you try this, one wrap is not enough. Don't ask where you can get this food. coz many people sell it in every kilo or maybe less than a kilo.

Nasi kelapa and ikan bakar colo-colo

4. Nasi kuning. This is yellow rice. Maybe you can find nasi kuning in many place in Indonesia. But in Ambon, it's different. The smell is so good. The rice is used of coconut milk. it has 4 until 6 side dishes. There are sambal(home made chilli sauce), Serundeng(coconut crumbs), a piece of ikan cakalang, laksa, tempe orek, vegetable and acar(cube of cucumber, carrot, chilli and vinegar.

Nasi kuning. Looks yummy

5. Rujak natsepa. It look like other rujak in Jakarta. They use slice of, rose apple, manggo, star fruit, pineapple, papaya, kedondong, cucumber and fried nut n brown sugar. but some of the things that makes it different are : in Jakarta, they use gula merah (jawa) but in Ambon they use gula aren and sometimes the add lobi-lobi fruit. another different thing is in Jakarta, They eat rujak without the scenery but in Ambon, They eat rujak on the side of the beach. You can say "tanta, beta pesan rujak 1 e" it's mean, " can i order one rujak please?" 

Rujak and the beach

hmmm, I think it's enough for this story and it's not all about ambon food. But if I want to share all here, one day is not enough. We can continue another time. I hope you can try them when you go to Ambon, Maluku.... Big hug and love, Bye....