6 Salatiga's Legendary Foods You Must Try

Maybe you know Salatiga as the city you pass when traveling from Semarang to Solo or Jogja or you know more about the beautiful toll gate with views of Mount Merbabunya?

Well, besides that, it turns out that this beautiful small town has many typical foods that you can try when passing through this city. Here I summarize Salatiga's legendary food that you must try when visiting this city.

1. Bubur Sambal Tumpang Koyor Banjaran

Bubur Sambal Tumpang Koyor Banjaran Food or Culinary Legend Typical of Salatiga City 

Bubur sambal tumpang koyor is porridge that is doused with sambal tumpang sauce made from fermented tempeh or tempeh bosok and served with vegetable mangut or young bone koyor. This legendary Salatiga food is famous for its delicious and savory koyor and tender meat. In addition, you can also order fried rolade and coconut glutinous rice porridge doused with brown sugar.

The menu here is very complete from heavy foods such as kopyok noodles, batagor, to other snacks. And the location is in the Salatiga Grand Market area on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman No. 9, Tingkir District.

2. Enting Enting Gepuk

Enting enting gepuk, a peanut snack that becomes a typical Salatiga souvenir that is suitable for you to try..

Enting-enting gepuk is a dry textured snack made from processed peanuts and sugar giving a combination of sweet, savory, and crunchy flavors originating from Salatiga. This snack uses peanuts that are pounded or stacked so it is called Enting-enting Gepuk. You can also make processed legendary beans since 1929 because of its long-lasting nature.

You can easily find this typical Salatiga snack in every souvenir shop in Salatiga and for the most legendary brand or inventor of this Gepuk enting is the Enting-Enting Gepuk Cap Klenteng brand and 2 Hoolo with the Hok Tiek Bio Temple logo.

3. Suruh Beef Satay

If you like beef satay, you need to visit Ruko Pasaraya, Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Tingkir District to taste this typical Salatiga Suruh Beef Satay.

The difference between Sapi Suruh satay and other satay is in the peanut seasoning which is not finely ground, so there is still a texture of the beans and this satay is not provided cayenne pepper and shallots which are usually thinly sliced on beef satay.

For those of you who want to taste Salatiga specialties that have been established since 1987, you need to visit it in the morning around 10 am, because this satay is very crowded at lunch and night hours.

4. Cobra Ice Restaurant

This ice restaurant with a unique name is not from a real cobra. The ice cobra restaurant is famous for its various fresh ice drinks such as ice cobra, ice kencana, bird's nest ice, and ice bread that are unique and worth trying. But the most legendary drink here is ice cobra and ice kencananya consisting of fresh fruits such as young coconut, papaya, pineapple, kolang kaling, lychee with the addition of Lo Han Kuo fruit and cendol doused in coconut milk and cold chocolate milk.

In addition to the iced drinks, you can also order liwet rice, langgi rice, and fried chicken for lunch. The location is on Jalan Kalipengging No. 4C, Tingkir District.

5. Gethuk Kethek

This gethuk is made from boiled cassava which is finely ground with sugar and grated coconut so that it has a soft and sweet texture when tasting this one typical snack.

You can visit Gethuk Kethek on Jalan Argotunggal No.9, Argomulyo District. Oh yes for the origin of the name Ketheknya which means Monkey was first obtained because in front of this gethuk shop monkeys were kept so that the name Gethuk Kethek was obtained.

6. Warung Gudeg Koyor & Ikan Kutuk Bu Djono

This food stall located on Jalan Semarang - Surakarta, Sidomukti District is suitable for you to have lunch on your way to Solo City from Semarang. This food stall provides a variety of foods such as gudeg koyor, free-range chicken and fried duck, kumpang rice and others. But you need to try the koyor gudeg along with the delicious cursed fish.

Gudeg koyor itself is gudeg with additional veins or cow muscles around the backbone cooked with sweet and savory curry sauce and chili sauce. And for the cursed fish itself is snakehead fish cooked in a spicy and savory yellow goulash sauce.

And that's the typical food of Salatiga legend that you need to try when visiting or passing through this city. Don't forget to save it to your bucket list!