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Yogya, Indonesia

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[–] gajahmada@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

How is khlatak different? It's lamb/mutton meat, chunkier cut. Usually serve with gulai (idk curry soup) I'm much prefer this one than Padang but that's just my biased palate (Padang located on Sumatra Island)

I actually went to the house of raminten the other day, if you scroll back a few posts you can see the bamboo chicken I posted!

Oh I missed that ! Haven't went there myself and it's been years since I visit Yogja.

That's the second time somebody had told me about bakpia, should I look for it in bakeries or roti shops?

Nah, it's everywhere especially around Malioboro, there's a bunch of dedicated gift shop and you can shop other snacks while there.

Just asked around for it or google "bakpia pathok" it sold in a box and different brands don't differ that much.

I think it started with mung bean/red bean but there's a bunch of other fillings like cheese, chocolate, cappuccino etc. Philippines called it Moon Cake iirc.

I've had kwetiau, mi goreng, cumi and udang cabe garam, siumai, other types of sate, all sorts of stuff, I love exploring a country through its food.

There's "Soto Sampah" (Garbage Soups) there which pretty popular, it will be standard soup anywhere else but they decided to give it a funny name there.

I like walking around in the rain anyway

Man, I've had enough with the rain, I miss sunshine. It's been flooding everywhere and also destroys the road. Well its par for the course, I guess.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 1 points 1 week ago

Got it, thanks. I've had beef, chicken and goat sate, but I don't think I've noticed khlatak yet, so it's an active search now.

Raminten must be the most famous restaurant in Yogya! The girl who took me there said they used to have a horse stabled in the restaurant when she last visited several years ago.

I'll ask around about bakpia(probably chocolate), I trust the locals over google, haha

I see a lot of soto, but it's so hot that I haven't tried one yet. I will!

Totally fair about the rain if you live with it. I've been in pretty dry climates recently, so it's a welcome change for me. I actually walked around in the rainstorms today barefoot for a couple hours.

I have been wondering about how destructive monsoon season is here, the rain does seem very heavy and disruptive.

Thanks for all the information, I really will be keeping all of this in mind since learning and exploring is kind of my whole thing!