Dishes you can find only in bandung

Name : m.fadhil

Class : PBI 4

1. Peuyeum

Peuyeum is Sundanese for tape singkong or “fermented cassava” made from cassava and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. It is a popular food especially in Purwakarta and Subang area, West Java, but most people know it to come from Bandung. Peuyeum can be consumed as various processed food: as fritter, sponge cake, popsicles, colenak, mixed fruit ice desserts such as Es Goyobod or Es Podeng, and many more. Colenak is grilled peuyeum topped with brown sugar caramel and coconut shreds.

2. Oncom

Oncom is West Javanese food that is product of fungi fermentation. The process is similar with tempeh, but oncom is resulted after the spora is formed, while the process of tempeh fermentation is stopped before the spora is forming. The red oncom is made out of soybean oilcake, while the black one is from peanut oilcake. Usually oncom is consumed as fritter, chips, combro, or pepes (steamed oncom in banana leaf). Combro is abbreviation of Oncom Di Jero (oncom inside), of which the oncom and chili is filled into a cassava batter and then fried as snack.

3. Lalapan and Leunca

It is commonly-known that Sundanese people like eating their steamed rice with raw vegetables, called lalab or lalapan. It usually contains of raw cucumber, cabbage, tomato, leunca, and green leaves such as basil and cassava leaves. Leunca is the name of a cherry-like bitter vegetable-fruit. Leunca can be eaten raw or cooked with oncom and seasoning to make Ulukutek Leunca (ulukutek literally means stay at home because the recipe was incidentally made at home).

4. Nasi Timbel

Nasi timbel is basically white rice rolled in banana leaves wrap. The aroma from the hot steamy rice that touched with banana leaves is unique and appetizing. Nasi timbel is served with ingredients such as fried chicken, empal (fried beef), salted fish, fried tempeh, fried tofu, lalapan, and chili condiment made with terasi (shrimp paste). It is also great to be eaten with Sayur Asem. Nasi timbel can be easily found on the hawker food seller on the streets or in Sundanese restaurants. Our favorite is Kedai Timbel Dago, Nasi Timbel Jl. Mangga, Nasi Timbel Jl. Bawean, and Nasi Timbel Istiqomah Jl. Ciliwung.

5. Nasi Bakar

Nasi bakar is a product of nasi timbel development. It can be cooked either by grilling the wrapped plain nasi timbel or mix the rice with ingredients and seasoning before it is wrapped in banana leaves and grilled upon charcoal fire. The ingredients are usually chicken or salted fish, with slices of basil leaves and red chili to enhance the aroma. The leaf wrapping is not edible. Nasi bakar can be easily found on the hawker food seller on the streets or in Sundanese restaurants.