Culinary Tour at Semarang

Maybe some of you have known that this week end, I'm going to spend my time at Semarang for... CULINARY TOUR or in Indonesia is known as "Wisata Kuliner". And here is the story...

DAY 1
One of our, my family, hobbies and interests is Culinary Tour or in Mas Bondan Winarno’s style is “Wisata Kuliner”. Wee… how interesting it is. But it is also interesting to see my stomach is getting bigger and bigger. Hahahaha.... Oh well, it’s a tradition to my family. But is very fun!

Our destination for this Culinary Tour is Semarang, after Solo, Bandung, Singapore, and many more. Every place that I visit has unique taste of food.

Let’s start the journey…

I depart from Soekarno Hatta Airport at 05.10 pm sharp by Garuda Indonesia. The temperature is very friendly so it makes our flight is not bad (it doesn’t mean very good also anyway…). We arrived at Semarang Airport (I forgot the name… DAMNNN!!!) at 06.00 pm. The flight is not as long as what I expected.

We pick up our luggage and we went to the car that have picked us up at the airport and “Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, I, Nadia, proudly present my Culinary Tour at Semarang is STARTED!!!” and our first destination is Mie Titte. It’s my Dad’s friend (who also accompany us on our tour) recommendation and it’s not to bad. Very nice! Delicious. I only eat half portion because this is just the appetizer (you are going to be wowed…). At the same place, we also try to taste the Sate Kambing that has exists since 50 years ago. The taste was EXCELLENT GUYS!!! Because they mix the Sate Kambing with Soy Sauce and Red onion (in Bahasa Indonesia is Bawang Merah). We only order 10 sate because remember guys, its still the appetizer. But I have 3 appetizer in the same place and in the same time. I only mention 2 from 3 appetizer. The next (I also hope the last) appetizer is Fried Rice / Nasi Goreng Sido Mampir and the taste is VERY EXTRAORDINARY!!! Nyamm, nyamm, nyamm… hohohohoho… I cant describe how is the taste look like. Very nice! *DAMN I LOVE THIS FRIED RICE! I hope I could create one!*

After eating those delicious foods, we all went to a place where Buddhism go for praying, called klenteng. We see people are praying. After that, we went to pasar malam Semarang. There are many different kind of food genre and when I looked at them, the smell is very nice and I think the taste is yummy. But my stomach is very full so it’s enough. Not only food, accessories are also available and the price is standard.

We continue our journey to another mini restaurant (restoran tendaan). We order Tahu Pong. People said the Tahu Pong that I ate is very famous and YUP! many people ate there. When I taste the tofu, I think Tahu Pong that is located at Gajah Mada, Jakarta, is better than this one. I felt that there is no uniqueness.

My dad still wanted to try another food. But wait, let’s count how many food I have tried. 4!! 4 different kind of food in just 4 hours!! That is mean, 1 food, 1 hour? OMG!!!! NOOOOO!!! So then I decided to go straight to the hotel with my grandma and my grandpa while my mom and my dad still wanted to eat Nasi Ayam (chicken rice…) with my dad’s friend.

We have a problem with the hotel. The first hotel that we booked is Rinjani Hotel. But suddenly we heard that the hotel is full, so we find another hotel. It’s Grasia Hotel. But the quality is very bad. The price is expensive for that standard kind of hotel. So we decided to try to Horison Hotel. But the hotel is very full so we try Hotel Grand Santika and we got it! So we are going to stay at that hotel ‘till our last day.

I’m sleepy and I went to bed.

DAY 2
The next day, when I woke up in the morning, there is food is waiting for us. My dad’s friends has bought as lots of food. Nasi kuning, nasi rames, lontong sayur, arem2, and other snacks that is unique from Semarang. But I’M SO STUPID!!! I have ate nasi kuning but I still eat the breakfast that the hotel has provided!! DAMNN!!! Getting fat this time!!

After eating my HUGE breakfast, I get ready for the trip.

Our destination for today is to Ambarawa to see the Ambarawa Train Museum, Gua Maria, visit my family, EAT3x, and to the coffee plantation.

On the way to Ambarawa, my dad is planning to have his breakfast (AGAIN) on the way to Ambarawa. He wanted to eat Nasi Gudeg and all people in Semarang said that, the Nasi Gudeg is very delicious!!! The FIRST AT SEMARANG! I have lots of sin this time. I have a crazy idea (for me) to NOT even try the Nasi Gudeg. But I called that a sin because, I have promise that I will try every food at Semarang. OMG! I don’t know what to do.

So the best way is to go to sleep in the car.

When I woke up, we have arrived at Ambarawa! WOW!!! So where is the Nasi Gudeg dad?? “It’s close today!” *YEAHHHHHHH!!!!*. It’s a glory! Wakakakakakakakakak…

So my position is at the Ambarawa Train Museum. But the schedule of depart is at 3 o’clock so we to one of my family’s house that is located at Ambarawa. At that place, we all ate Kupat Tahu… I only ate 1/3 portion. I can’t stand my stomach! Getting bigger and bigger.

We still have lots of time for waiting the train. So we went to the coffee plantation. We continue our journey to enjoy the view by drinking coffee. I drank ‘kopi susu’… DELICIOUUSSS!! Then we went to Gua Maria that located at Ambarawa, the specific place is Kereb (I think…). At Gua Maria, we all ate sate sapi and sate ayam… The taste is very nice and tasty.

It’s 3 o’clock! So we went back to the train station but other people are not there so we have to wait until 4 o’clock. The we start the journey with the train in about 90 minutes. It was very fun and great experience to experience the train that use in year 1907.

After we finish the trip with the train, we went back to Semarang. But we stop at Sate Pak Kempleng. I’m sure all people at Semarang know what is sate pak kempleng. This is one of the famous sate sapi restaurant. I only ate 3 sate because I can predict that my family still going to eat another menu.

From Sate Pak Kempleng, we went to a cake shop / where snacks shop from Semarang is available. We bought some souvenirs for people at Jakarta. Then we went to eat (AGAIN) at swikee restaurant named SENG TUA! The taste? STANDARD!!! Jakarta is better!

“THAT IS THE LAST MENU FOR TODAY DAD!! LOOK AT MY STOMACH!! BIGGER!!!” I screamed! Okay2x, we went back to the hotel and rest!

DAY 3
It’s our last day. At 7 o’clock, we went to the church. And after the mass, still, eat! We have our breakfast at one of the restaurant (OMG, FORGOT THE NAME) but I think the food is very delicious. Is the yummiest food that I ate at Semarang! I still imagine the food until now.

We get back to the hotel to have packing and we went to find lunch and we ate tahu pong. AND THANKS GOD, that is the last menu for this trip!

So that’s all my trip. Now, I’m back! At Jakarta! *I better have a diet*