Spend Your Weekend with a Feast of Surabaya Cuisine

It is not a mere tale that Indonesia has the most diverse alternatives of local cuisine. Imagine a food court packed with amusing stalls, each vendor also has their signature food. That is one way to put Indonesia cuisine into words. Anywhere we divert our gaze, that is a place where we can find ourselves a delightful meal.

As a devoted foodie, Surabaya should be in your top cities list to visit, t-mates! The best timeout of a hectic schedule one could have is to dip our noses deeper into our meal. Surabaya sure has a way to treat you with its abundant choices of foods.

Let’s not waste our time and dive into the matter, t-mates!

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Flavourful Dishes in Every Corner

Go activate your radar as soon as you reach Surabaya, t-mates! For, you are about to be exposed to the plentiful dishes the land has. They are everywhere– at every stop of your car, in every corner of the streets, and even at the narrow street you see. Check the list of the mouth-watering dishes we have for you, so you don’t miss anything out!

1. One Bowl of Rawon to Shoo the Jetlag Away

This luscious dish is well known for its distinctive black soup, not only in Surabaya but also all over Indonesia. However, don’t be deceived by the dim colour of the soup, t-mates! For, it will not bring any gloom to you, but instead, a feast to your taste bud. Paired with one serve of rice and a decent amount of crackers, now you are ready to set off to matchless flavour of Rawon.

You may find rawon in another city, but there is no other rawon taste quite the same like ones from Surabaya. Every meal tastes better in their hometown, don’t they t-mates? Therefore, you should slip rawon to your lunch menus once you are in Surabaya.

Below is the place where you may find rawon.

2. Munch the Pleasantly Unique Taste of Rujak Cingur

One entry for the interesting traditional food of Surabaya is here for you, t-mates! The highlight of this dish is the cow’s nose that will catch the eyes of many, including yours. Worry less, they will be sliced into pieces that will allow you to munch them comfortably.

The sliced cow’s nose will be on your plate accompanied by numerous fresh vegetables. The dish will also have a blanket of peanut sauce atop. Sounds inviting, doesn’t it, t-mates?

Let’s visit these stalls for a taste of rujak cingur

3. Sate Klopo in the Evening

Think you have had sate klopo somewhere? You might be having a second thought once your taste bud comes in contact with sate klopo. Yes, the dish is a tad bit different from what you have seen all around the restaurant in other cities, t-mates!

Sate klopo differs from the wide spread satay, by the way it is cooked. Both satay and sate klopo have beef or chicken as their main ingredients. Klopo means coconut in Bahasa, so just like the name of the dish, sate klopo is grilled alongside the seasoning of coconut.

Yummy is even an understatement! What are you waiting for, t-mates? Let’s drive the wheel to this famous stall of Sate Klopo Bu Asih

4. Going Vintage with Pecel Semanggi

Pecel is a dish of vegetables with the special peanut sauce as its topping you can find in most areas of East Java. However, you can only take a bite of pecel semanggi in Surabaya, as the dish itself is famous for its relation to the old days before Independence day.

It’s not a secret anymore that pecel semanggi has been there for as long Surabaya exists, making it hard for you to find one just at random places. You don’t have to worry though, t-mates! There are still plenty of pecel semanggi at Taman Bungkul.

Here we got you the address of Taman Bungkul

5. Tahu Tek for Your Date

A perfect dish for your date is what tahu tek is, t-mates! One serve of tahu tek alone includes lontong and fried egg with a soup of peanut and petis sauces. Not quite a big meal, but enough to fill the tank, isn’t it?

You can arrange a date with your lover at one of tahu tek stalls, owned by Pak Jayen. They serve only the best quality of tahu tek, so feel easy about making a bad impression to your lover!

6. Lontong Balap to Satisfy Your Hunger

Feeling hungry amidst your activity in Surabaya? It gets so irritating to think about what meal you should have when the hunger is already so unbearable, right? This is it, lontong balap to the rescue! Have a serve of lontong balap with its bountiful ingredients and your hunger will soon fade away, t-mates! 

Are you ready to have a plate filled with lontong, bean sprouts, lento (perkedel that is made of mung bean) and a pour of petis sauce? Yes, let’s go right away to these stalls then!

7. Going Home with the Famous Almond Crispy

Time to go home, time to hunt for a snack! But, wait, how about we go seek for a snack that could also be flaunted as a souvenir? Great idea, now that we have almond crispy in the list. A snack that has three different flavours to sweeten our days. Would you like the original one, the chocolate one, or the green tea one?

Everyone loves snacks, so you should fret not about anything, t-mates! You can give packs of Almond Crispy to the relatives in your respective city. What even better is the fact that the expiration date is also due for a long time.

If you are interested in bringing almond crispy to your home, you may go to the addresses below.

Surabaya Here We Go!

Happy tummy, happy you! So, let’s hurry and set the date for a food hunt in Surabaya. Don’t know where to start? Let’s do it by booking your train ticket to Surabaya at ticket.com.

Let’s also get a car for yourself, t-mates! Less hassle, easier access to the lavish feast in Surabaya. You can rent a car here at ticket.com. 

Always remember to follow health protocols everywhere you go, t-mates!

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