Food, Receipt and Restaurant

CITY Solo City Culinary, that's a slogan that is being developed Solo City Government for promotional purposes. Typical culinary variety available in this city. One can enjoy the cabuk Rambak. What's it like?

A food stall in Jalan Menteri Supeno, Manahan Stadium, Solo area looks deserted from the buyer. A large banner plastered on the front of the stall that read "Gathering Yu Rambak Cabuk". Entering the shop, were two middle-aged mother was waiting on trades.

One of them named Yu Gathering (40), citizen Kwarasan RT 06 / 1, Grogol, Sukoharjo. Veiled woman was waiting on the traditional food of merchandise cabuk Rambak. These foods include snacks Solo.

Judging from its name, it's obvious that if the food is Rambak. Rambak is brown crackers made from white rice and compressed bleng given a special drug that can be sliced thin crackers. Temu explained, consists of cabuk Rambak diamond thin sliced rice and flavored brown cabuk.

Brown spice called cabuk this makes curious. Cabuk was referring to the sauce ingredients consisting of a number of materials with the main ingredients grated coconut and white sesame.

"The two main ingredients are roasted separately and blended before with other spices, like chilies, salt, pecans, brown sugar, granulated sugar, lime leaves, and others," says Temu.

Once mixed, all the ingredients and then milled with a tool like that used to grind meat. Cabuk sauce or dry ready for use.

Presentation, diamond thin slices, add two pieces Rambak, then give a dry cabuk sprinkles on top for much more palatable. Food is usually served with a folded banana leaves or even this dipincuk ready to eat. Looking at a very cheap price, namely Rp2.500, one serving cabuk Rambak it does not make a full stomach.

Selling since 1991

Temu said, he had 10 years of selling traditional food. As a seller of the third generation, he dropped what had been done by her mother and grandmother.

Temu said, he sold every Sunday in front of Manahan Stadium since 1991. But since 1998, he began selling every day and moved into the area behind the stadium because there is the arrangement of the City Government of Solo. Currently he is also selling in the Gladak Langen Bogan (Galabo) at night.

In addition to the daily selling, Temu also receive orders. Not infrequently he received orders from officials who are authorized to have the event serving traditional dishes or citizens who were held ahead of wedding procession spray.

"This food type was almost extinct. However, it was produced again as a traditional food Solo, "says Temu.
(Sumarno / Newspaper SI / FTR)