3 Ideas of Local Food in Bandung to Bring Home for Family
After an exciting getaway in Bandung, it’s nice to bring some delicate souvenirs for family back home. Besides of cultural tradition, bringing some authentic souvenirs after vacation can be another way of spreading kindness to others.
Souvenirs can be anything local and identical, but during your visit to Bandung, it’s recommended to bring home foods rather than handicrafts whatsoever. Bandung has a rich variant of cuisine, a very authentic one and bringing local food from Bandung to home let other people experience the same delicate as ours. Of course, it’s so priceless. Nothing is better than delicious food-tasting.
Need local food souvenirs to bring home after nice trip to Bandung? Don’t worry, Bandung has a very wide variant of local food. From the street food ones sold in the modest stall, to a chef-grade pastry sold in famous bakery. Most of them have delicious taste although it is made by a very few ingredients. So, what are the recommendations?
Bring Batagor as Local Food Souvenirs from Bandung
One of the most famous local food from Bandung is Batagor. Wherever you are, you’ll find Batagor Bandung stall, tempting your appetite. Batagor is the abbreviation of Bakso Tahu Goreng (fried meatballs with tofu).
Batagor is made from tenggiri fish meat or sometimes combined with shrimp meat, tofu, tapioca wheat and wrapped in wonton skin. It is deep-fried in palm oil and best served with peanut sauce. If you like sweet or spicy flavor, you can also add spicy sauce (saus sambal) and soy sauce (kecap manis).
Get a good one at Batagor Kingsley (Jln. Veteran No. 25 Bandung) or Batargor Riri (Jln. Burangrang No. 41, Malabar, Bandung).
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Bring Brownies as Local Food Souvenirs from Bandung
Bandung is also famous of Brownies as its local food. It’s not very difficult to find bakery that sells brownies there. Brownies is well-known as a very delicious sweet snack, that is suitable to be consumed with tea, coffee, or chocolate.
Two recommended place for you to buy brownies are Prima Rasa, if you are looking for grilled brownies and Amanda if you’re looking for steamed brownies. Both of the stores have a lots of outlet in Bandung, just google it for the addresses which are near to your hotel.
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Bring Pisang Bolen as Local Food Souvenirs from Bandung
Another famous local food from Bandung that you can bring home as souvenirs for family is Pisang Bolen. This snack is unexpectedly rich of sweetness and butter caused by the combination of banana with chocolate and cheese as main topping for buttery pastry. It’s quite influenced by Dutch foods popular among Indonesian during the colonialization era.
To get this sweet snack as souvenirs, you can go to Kartika Sari or Prima Rasa. Both are famous bakery with a lot of outlets across Bandung. Just google it to find the nearest outlets from your hotel.
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