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Bawang Merah Nganjuk - Nganjuk

Nganjuk Shallot

At Nganjuk, Onion is one of best commodity for the local area. Even on East Java the production of this onion is coming at the first rank, then Probolinggo and Kediri.

The onion cultivation on this area has almost spread all over Nganjuk, in almost every district, but the center is in Rejoso, Wilangan, Bagar, Gondang, and Sukomoro. One of the biggest productions is in Rejoso. In 2002, this district totally produce 36 % Onion from Nganjuk.

The marketing process for this onion product is easy, besides using direct selling the onion also brought to Sukomoro market as a central for this onion to the consumers. When it’s coming to harvest time the transaction will be 200 ton per day. Then, onion now becomes the biggest income for Nganjuk people.

More info visit: www.nganjuk.eastjava.com

Ledre - Bojonegoro

Ledre Bojonegoro

Bojonegoro is one of East Java regency that famous with its own products. Many people want to visit Bojonegoro because it has special food called “Ledre” and its special fruit called “Salak Wedi”.

Ledre
Ledre is kind of snack, typical of Bojonegoro. It formed gapit ( like rolled chips emping) with sweet plantain aroma. The nice one is banana taste. It is special snack from Bojonegoro that made of sugar, flour, and banana. The snack has rolled, so that it looks like a stick. Ledre with banana taste has become the favorite snack of the most visitors. It’s feel not complete if visit Bojonegoro without buy some Ledre.

More info visit: www.bojonegoro.eastjava.com

Salak Fruit - Bojonegoro

Salak Bojonegoro

Salak Wedi taste is beloved, delicious and fresh. Those trees can be met in every lawn of resident house in Wedi village and its surroundings. The difference of Salak Wedi compared with other Salak, such as; Salak Pondoh, is its water content that make Salak Wedi fresher. This Salacca Zalacca fruit called Salak Wedi, because the skin looks like sand and the fruit is smaller then the other Salak. Salak Wedi comes from Javanese language, means Salacca Zalacca fruit looks like sand (Wedi = Sand, Javanese language).

More info visit: www.bojonegoro.eastjava.com

Karangsari Star Fruit - Blitar

Karangsari Village

Karangsari Village, Sukorejo, Blitar is famous by its Star fruit or Belimbing. Karangsari star fruit has particular characteristic, whether the shape or the taste. Karangsari star fruit has jumbo size while the taste is sweeter that any other star fruit, covered with yellow smooth refreshing skin, belimbing Karangsari has its own tasty. Star fruit Karangsari grows among the society, that is why the growth of this plantation is increase and become the living life for the local inhabitant.

The early begin said that, there was a visitor who came by to Blitar and bring the seed of this fruit, the star fruit seed itself is a bangkok type, one of famous type of star fruit from Philipine. Then, the local inhabitant tried to cultivate this plant until present time. From those times remain, Blitar city has become a city with star fruit as their commodity.

The consumer demand for this star fruit is improve and increase, the most producer for star fruit is come from Karangsari, Blitar and being distribute to other area like Surabaya, Semarang and Jakarta.

More info visit: www.blitar.eastjava.com

Grape Garden - Probolinggo

Grape Plantation

Probolinggo is famous as Mango and Grape city, which is produce many fruits. Most people recognized Probolinggo Mango. Its taste is sweet and fresh. At May – October, Probolinggo Mango spread all over markets to many cities until Jakarta. For outside of Probolinggo regency, the price will be over-price, but in Probolinggo area, the price is quiet cheap, so that the visitors buy it for some gift.

If you interesting with Probolinggo fruits, you can choose between Mango and Grape. Because those are the famous fruits of Probolinggo.
Visit Grape Garden And Mango Garden In Probolinggo Agro Tourism.

More info visit: www.probolinggo.eastjava.com

Wajik Kletik - Blitar

Wajik Kletik: Blitar Traditional Food.

Wajik kletik is made by white sticky rice, coconut, white sugar and brown sugar. Wajik kletik such an icon, especially at Blitar’s people, beside the taste is good, it wraps with particular paper called klobot. Klobot is kind of corn’s layer leaf. The vendor is mostly located at Industrial center on Sultan Agung near at Gebang Ndalem, Blitar District Sananwetan City (+ 1 km east towards the central city of Blitar).

More info visit: www.blitar.eastjava.com

Soy Bean Chips - Trenggalek

Keripik Tempe or Soy bean chips is Trenggalek traditional food. Yos Sudarso street is the center place where we can find this chips. A long this street, around 500 M, we can find soy bean chips here and there with various variants. We can find on original flavor, BBQ flavor, Cheese flavor, tutti frutty and many more. Tempe or Soy bean cake is an ordinary food in Indonesia, it consumed among the lower to high class society and become popular with each kinds of cooking process which make Tempe become more precious.

More info visit: www.trenggalek.eastjava.com

Banana Ledre - Bojonegoro

Ledre

Bojonegoro is one of East Java regency that famous with its own products. Many people want to visit Bojonegoro because it has special food called “Ledre” and its special fruit called “Salak Wedi”.

Ledre
Ledre is kind of snack, typical of Bojonegoro. It formed gapit ( like rolled chips emping) with sweet plantain aroma. The nice one is banana taste. It is special snack from Bojonegoro that made of sugar, flour, and banana. The snack has rolled, so that it looks like a stick. Ledre with banana taste has become the favorite snack of the most visitors. It’s feel not complete if visit Bojonegoro without buy some Ledre.

More info visit: www.bojonegoro.eastjava.com

Soto Lamongan

Soto Lamongan

Soto lamongan is different with any other Soto. Soto Lamongan is the only Soto which using Koya or some kind of garlic powder. The side dish for this food is chicken, that is a free-range chicken, which is been steam with the spices before

At first, the soup for this Soto is clear, but as the time goes by it has an acculturation with Surabaya Soto, which use milk fish for the soup. The early begin why using Koya is not been sure, the fact that Koya is made from shrimp cracker and fried garlic, which both of them are pounded manually.

Soto Lamongan is consist of, rice, chicken, egg, the young egg or ‘Uritan’, celery, so’un noddle, and soup. There two ways to serve Soto Lamongan, in partly or mix in one bowl. In partly means that your rice will be parted from the soup and the dishes, or you can mix all the ingredient into one bowl. The ingredients from this Soto are coriander, caraway seed, lemon grass, onion, garlic, ginger, galangale, pepper, salt, candle nut andfried onion. Beside, Soto Lamongan also consist of carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamin and some other mineral from the meat, milk fish and the green vegetable.

More info visit: www.lamongan.eastjava.com

Pindang: Trenggalek Traditional Food

Nasi Pindang

Nasi pindang trenggalek is delicious rice with fillets of beef and sweet coconut sauce, thik and brownie sauce. Nasi pindang has particular in So leaf or melinjo leaf, which make the taste is good and delicious. Nasi pindang is Trenggalek traditional food, which cannot find in any other places. Then, prepare your bag and luggage and find the delicious Nasi pindang only in Trenggalek.

More info visit: www.trenggalek.eastjava.com