Sukabumi Culinary (Alvine Labana R.)

Sukabumi is a beautiful place to live and a good travel destination as well. Visiting Sukabumi for a vacation is a good idea for everyone who didn’t live in Sukabumi. There are some many uniqueness on this region, one of them is the culinary. Mostly culinary in sukabumi is Sundanese food, there are so many traditional foods & snacks we can find easily. Sukabumi’s snacks is a good souvenir for our family after visiting Sukabumi. Some of the popular snacks in sukabumi are Mochi, Bandros, and rengginang.

Mochi is a small round and chewy snack that we can find everywhere in Sukabumi. Mochis are made from glutinous rice flour, sugar, starch flour and sweet bean paste inside. Sukabumi’s people usually add another flavor to the glutinous rice like chocolate, cheese, vanilla, and durian to enrich the variety. The sweet bean paste is always use as the filling in Sukabumi’s Mochi. Sukabumi’s Mochi served in a bamboo woven box covered in a piece of paper and it became the characteristic of Sukabumi’s Mochi. It usually contain about ten Mochi in every box. The seller usually stack up four until five box and tie it up before they sell it. This snack is originally from Japan, but it has been a part of Sukabumi since the era of Japanese colonialism.

The most popular mochi in sukabumi is Lampion Mochi. Many people say that Lampion mochi is the founder of sukabumi's mochi. They start their business in 1983 and still exist until this day. Lampion Mochi offer a lot of variety and good packaging. Talking about the price, Lampion mochi is quite expensive but it’s equal with the quality they offered. The store is located at Kaswari, Bhayangkara street.

Bandros is a traditional snack from west java. The texture of Bandros is soft on upper part and crunchy on it’s lower part. Bandros is made from rice flour, grated coconut, and coconut milk. It made on a unique cake mold. There are two variants of traditional Bandros, sweet Bandros and salted bandros. These days, we can find other variants of bandros like cheese bandros, chocolate bandros, green tea bandros, etc.

The most popular Bandros in sukabumi is Bandros Ata, it has a consistently special taste from generation to generation. The name “Ata” is taken from the first owner of this store. We can order bandros with various flavors like Chocolate and cheese. Besides the taste is good, the price is affordable for everyone. We can also order a drink like coffee, milk, tea, etc. They located in gudang street and open at 8:30 p.m. It’s a good choice for a late-night snack.

Rengginang is a traditional snack from west java which has existed since a long time ago. Rengginang is an Indonesian thick rice cracker made from cooked glutinous sticky rice, seasoned with spices and then sun-dried. It has a flat and rounded shape, it still looks like a rice grain. Rengginang has two variants of flavor, the salty one and the sweet one. In order to make it tastier, people usually add dried shrimp or shrimp paste as an ingredient. We can find Rengginang in almost every souvenir shop in Sukabumi.

As we can see, there are some popular snacks we can find easily in Sukabumi. Mochi, Bandros, and Rengginang is a good choice for a gift to our family. Lampion mochi and bandros ata is a recommended place to buy mochi and bandros, while you can buy rengginang anywhere in Sukabumi. Sukabumi has a rich culinary, there are some more hidden gems in this place. Don’t forget to explore sukabumi and find more about sukabumi culinary.

Alvine Labana R.

1830911039

Revisi I

========================================================================

Sukabumi is located in west java, The sukabumi city is surrounded by Sukabumi regency. Sukabumi is not only known as a good traveling destination, but it's also known with their culinary. Mostly culinary in sukabumi is Sundanese food, there are so many traditional foods & snacks we can find easily. Some of the popular snacks in sukabumi is Mochi, Bandros, and rengginang.

Mochi, This snack is originally from Japan, but sukabumi's mochi is a bit different from Japanese mochi. Both are made from similar ingredients like glutinous rice flour, sugar, and starch flour. The difference between this two is their packaging, Sukabumi’s mochi is usually packaged in a bamboo woven box, while Japanese mochi is packaged in a normal box.

The most popular mochi in sukabumi is Lampion mochi, many people say that Lampion mochi is the founder of sukabumi's mochi. They start their business in 1983 and still exist until this day. Lampion mochi have many variants of flavor like vanilla, durian, cheese, chocolate, etc. Talking about the price, Lampion mochi is quite expensive but worth it, because of the taste and good packaging.

Bandros is a traditional snack from west java. Bandros is made from rice flour, grated coconut, and coconut milk. There are two variants of Traditional bandros, sweet bandros, and salted bandros. These days, we can find other variants of bandros like cheese bandros, chocolate bandros, green tea bandros, etc.

The most popular Bandros in sukabumi is bandros ata, it has a consistently special taste from generation to generation. We can order bandros with various flavors like Chocolate, Vanilla, strawberry, and cheese. Besides the taste is good, the price is affordable for everyone. They opened their store at 8:30 p.m. it’s a good choice for a late-night snack.

Rengginang is a traditional snack from west java which has existed since a long time ago. Rengginang is an Indonesian thick rice cracker made from cooked glutinous sticky rice, seasoned with spices and then sun-dried. It has a flat and rounded shape, it still looks like a rice grain. Rengginang has two variants of flavor, the salty one and the sweet one. In order to make it tastier, people usually add dried shrimp or shrimp paste as an ingredient.

As you can see, there are some popular snacks we can find easily in Sukabumi. Mochi, Bandros, and Rengginang is a good choice for a gift to our family. Lampion mochi and bandros ata is a recommended place to buy mochi and bandros, while you can buy rengginang anywhere. Sukabumi has a rich culinary, there are some more hidden gems in this place. Don’t forget to explore sukabumi and find more about sukabumi culinary.

Alvine Labana Rachmantio
1830911039