Palembang (6) Durian all the way!

Durian all the way!

Most of Indonesian peoples like to eat durians. This fruit has a very strong fragrance, and also very strong taste. And because of that, based on my experience, when i tried to make my foreign friend ate those durians, they didn't like it. Japanese, Koreans, and Germans didn't like it so much! :D

 

 

Durians!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since we came to Sumatra's, where durians is more famous in here, we must be regret if we don't try it. We found this durians market by accident, actually, when we were a little lost in our way to came back to our hotel, hehehe.. Durians here is cheaper than in Java, you can have 4 of them for 55k rupiahs.. and do you know what?if we eat durians too much, we can have a headache and maybe we can drunk, :p and for always, Durians is really prohibited for pregnant womans, so be careful, mem!

I dedicated this blog to my travel-mate who spend all night going all around Palembang with me, capture and taste so many things with lot of laugh. Thanks guys!

Aulia

me!

yudith and lita

welly, deni and bagus

oh my god! i think bagus is already drunk by durians! hihihi

Palembang (5) Another South Sumatra Culinary

Pindang patin is superb! They say that patin fish, or catfish, that they use in this dish is taken from Musi river, so the fish is very fresh. If you look at the soup, it has red color but it's not spicy at all. If you ever taste thailand dish 'tom yam', it similar to that. A little bit sour, little spicy, but very delicious. I try this in Musi Rawas restaurant, located in Angkatan 45 street in Palembang. Beside catfish, you can find a prawn pindang in here. You can have fish pindang for around 30k rupiah and prawn pindang for 65k (i forget the exact price).

 

Another signature dish from Sumatran's is called Tampoyak. Tampoyak is made from fermented Durian, so it has a real strong smell, and like any other fermented food, it has very sour and also spicy taste. Actually I don't really like this since this is my first time eating Tampoyak, but if you want to try, go ahead :D

Besides all of the dish that i told you before in this blog and my previous blog, my most favorite dish is called Mie Celor. unfortunatelly, i forget to take the picture of that dish because i really enjoy the taste! haha.. That dish itself consist of white noodle, bean sprouts, celery, and the soups is made from milk (or coconut milk? i'm not sure..) and has a little spicy taste. VERY DELICIOUS! :D

Palembang (4) Pempek and its derivation

Palembang = Pempek

various type of pempek

yup, if you hear the name palembang, you must be thinking about this kind of food. i don't know whether if this food is originally from here, but pempek is really famous in this city.

before i went to palembang last week, i don't know that pempek has various type. i only know that pempek is made from fish mix with flour, and then you fried it and eat it with sauce made from vinegar and brown sugar. but in here, you can eat pempek without fried with so many shapes as you can see in the picture above. the long one called lenjer, and the one that has egg inside it called kapal selam.

beside that, there still many dish that made from fish. i think, these dish made from similar dough with pempek, but the presentation is different. named tekwan, the dish which has a lighter taste of fish dough and served with soup. if you put that dough in the tofu, then the named of the dish became model. haha..

tekwan

model

but rather than eating pempek, model and tekwan, i prefer this lenggang. lenggang actually made from sliced lenjer, fried with egg like an omelet. you eat this with the vinegar souce too. sooo tasty :9

lenggang

there's so many pempek store in palembang. the most famous one is Candy, which has many branch. But my friend said that Beringin store was more delicious, but also more expensive, hehe..

if you don't eat pempek, you don't count as coming to palembang then, hehe..

Palembang (3) Snack time at Ampera :9

because we are craving for food in the night we went to Ampera bridge, then we decide to explore the culinary that Ampera area has :D

the first one is celimpungan. sounds weird, huh? but it taste good, with curry soup and (again) fish dough. in here, celimpungan only cost 2k rupiah, it shocked me too when i was going to pay it, because it is so cheap, haha..

celimpungan

fried fish dough

another famous snack in palembang is kemplang. kemplang is like a crackers, really crisp and have various shapes, from little one to the big one like my friend eat in the picture. you can eat this with chili sauce and it only cost 3k for 2 kemplang :D

kemplang

me and my friend found this deep fried snack that we not usually seen in my city in bandung. in bandung, they only have banana fried, tofu fried and etc, while in palembang you can have crab fried! hahaha.. as you can see in the picture, they really fried it with all of their body, also with the crab claws! beside that, you can have prawn and squid fried. the price is around 5-13k per package, not too expensive to taste it, hehe..

crabs fried

many kind of frieds

 

 

 

so after we eat so many things, we get full even when we don't have the dinner yet..hehehe

Palembang (2), Ampera Bridge

Of course, if you go to Palembang you have to see this city landmark.
A lot of people coming to this area in the night, no matter what day is, because in the night the weather is just great and you can feel the wind, a much better than if you came in the sunny day, which maybe you an have a heatstroke, haha..

ampera at day

ampera at night, it is just blurry picture, taken from my handphone :p

As for me, I like ampera at night better than in the day, because it is so beautiful with all the lamp like you see in the picture (^o^)

Palembang (1), Here we come!

Its time for another conference HOLIDAY!

This year HAGI or Himpunan Ahli Geofisika Indonesia (Indonesian Geophysicist Association) annual meeting takes place in Palembang, South Sumatra. And for this year, our lab in campus support me and my team all of accommodation cost, yeaay!

The first thing that i thought from Palembang is the famous Ampera Bridge, and also eating pempek :D Actually, i don't know that much about sumatra's tourist attraction because i never have a chance this Andalas Island. and by the way, Andalas island is another name for sumatra, and not specifically for west sumatra because Andalas mountain spread from north to south sumatra, just for you know, hehe

Like many of my travel, i booked a flight in a really long time before my departure so that i can have a cheap flight. Cost for the ticket is around 300-400k rupiah per flight, so you need around 800k rupiah for flying jakarta-palembang-jakarta.

And the hotel, i booked in Agoda and Rajakamar, and you can find a lot of affordable hotel price.
i really suggest you, to pick 3 stars and above hotels, wherever your travel destination is. i booked Rio hotel which has 3 stars in palembang for only 325k per night, and its really worth for that price with the facilities. but for the last night i moved to the hotel where my friends are staying, which only had 1 star, and it's a no no. the differences of the prices is only 100k, which in Belvena Mangkunegara hotel cost 225k per night, but the facilities and room condition is really a mess.
Well, but its only my experience, maybe another people have difference experience hehe..

airport

alone in the airport,

i'm ready to go with the big suitcase

but unfortunately, i don't have the ticket to go to paris

so i'm just sitting over my bag

with the pouting mouth and waiting for someone to pick me up again

so see you when i see you, then!

.....

I know that You are always here, with me.
In my every breath, in every drop of blood that flow through my arteries.
I know that You love me when You put me down like this.
So I can be cry, and plead, only for You.
So that I can feel You more. More and more.

How i miss You, Your Prophet, Your home.
I want to be enfolded by Your gaze, i'm just a small thing here.
I put everything in You. Everything.
I am yours, and You can take me anytime. So that i hope i can see You in Your heavenly land. 
To be so unconscious to feel the world.
All the praises is for You.

For all the tears that i shed, all the smile that i shared, the sadness that come into my heart, the joy that make me laugh, Thank You.
Please keep me and stay here with me, forever, until i can see you and embrace you with my own hand, amin. 

That Day

It is so true that sometimes, a song can describe our feeling better.

And this song is so me, especially tonight.

That Day, by Natalie Imbruglia.

That day, That day
What a mess what a marvel
I walked into that cloud again
And I lost myself
And I'm sad, sad, sad
Small, alone, scared
Craving purity
A fragile mind and a gentle spirit

That day, That day,
What a marvelous mess
This is all that I can do
I'm done to be me
Sad, scared, small, alone, beautiful
It's supposed to be like this
I accept everything
It's supposed to be like this

That day, That day
I lay down beside myself
In this feeling of pain, sadness
Scared, small, climbing, crawling
Towards the light
And it's all that I see and
I'm tired and I'm right
And I'm wrong
And it's beautiful

That day, That day
What a mess, what a marvel
We're all the same
But no one thinks so
And it's okay
And I'm small and I'm divine
And it's beautiful
And it's coming
And it's already here
And it's absolutely perfect

That day, That day
When everything was a mess
And everything was in place
And there's too much hurt
Sad, small, scared, alone
And everyone's a cynic
And it's hard and it's sweet
But it's supposed to be like this

That day, That day
When I sat in the sun
And I thought and I cried
Cause I'm sad, scared, small
Alone, strong
And I'm nothing and I'm true
Only a brave man can break through
And it's all okay
Yeah, it's okay

That day, That day
I lay down beside myself
In this feeling of pain, sadness
Scared, small, climbing, crawling
Towards the light
And it's all that I see and
I'm tired and I'm right
And I'm wrong
And it's beautiful

That day, That day
What a mess, what a marveleous mess
We're all the same
But no one thinks so
And it's okay
And I'm small and I'm divine
And it's beautiful
And it's coming
And it's already here
And it's absolutely perfect