Dessert Around The World: Indonesia
Hi there everyone! So today's dessert destination is my home town, Indonesia! Enjoy!!
Roti Buaya
So, that's all for today's destination. See you on our next destination! Bye!!
Cenil
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Cenil is a sticky coconut cake made with three color: Pink, Green, and Yellow-ish. It's made from starch flour, salt, Pandan leaves, Pandan water, and food coloring. It's served with banana leaves plate, and sprinkled with sugar and grated coconut. This sticky cake is sort of a comfort food for the 80s-90s generation in Indonesia, kids also like this cake because of the color and the small servings of it. It taste kind of savory and sweet and the same time. Perfect to eat with lemon tea or milk tea.
Roti Buaya or Crocodile Bread is a two pieced sweet pastry from Betawi (Jakarta). This pastry is made from Yam or Cassava. This bread is only eaten and found on a special event or wedding ceremonies. In wedding ceremonies, this bread symbolizes fidelity for one another because Betawi people believed that a crocodile is a faithful and patient animal.
Bakpia Pathok
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Bakpia Pathok or Bean Baked Cake is a Chinese Influenced baked pastry. It have a round shape and soft crust and usually stuffed with mung beans or red beans, but now days Bakpia have various stuffings such as chocolate, cheese, Durian paste and other flavor stuffing. It is easily found in Central Java in Yogyakarta city. It came in many sizes and thickness, and is the most popular souvenir in Indonesia when you visit Yogyakarta.
So, that's all for today's destination. See you on our next destination! Bye!!
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