Jawa Barat Street Food

5 dishes in Indonesia

5 street foods from Jawa Barat, Indonesia: Batagor, Karedok, Cireng, Surabi and Mie Kocok Bandung. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Jawa Barat

Bandung Street Cart · Fried Fish-Tofu Dumplings Batagor The name is just an abbreviation — 'baso tahu goreng,' or 'fried fish-ball tofu' — coined when a Bandung vendor started frying, instead of steaming… Fried dumplings of fish paste and stuffed tofu are sliced and doused in a rich peanut sauce, sweet soy, and a squeeze of lime. Street carts fry each batch to order and serve it in a paper… Sundanese Raw Salad · Peanut-Dressed Vegetables Karedok It's the one major Indonesian peanut-sauce salad that skips cooking entirely — every vegetable in the bowl, from cucumber to Thai basil, goes in… Raw cucumber, bean sprouts, cabbage, long beans, and Thai basil are tossed in a spiced peanut dressing, all served cold and crunchy. Street-side warung vendors pound the peanut sauce to… Sundanese Fried Snack · Tapioca Fritters Cireng The name is literally an acronym for 'aci digoreng' — fried tapioca starch — a snack humble enough that its whole identity is just a description of… A dough of tapioca starch, garlic, and scallion is fried until the outside turns golden and shatteringly crisp while the inside stays dense and chewy, then dipped in a spicy soy-chili… Bandung Griddle Classic · Coconut Rice Pancake Surabi Bandung's surabi comes savory as well as sweet — the classic savory topping is oncom, a fermented cake made from soybean or peanut residue, while… A rice-flour batter is cooked in small clay or cast-iron pans over charcoal until the edges crisp and blister, then topped with grated coconut, chocolate, cheese, or a sweet coconut-sugar… Bandung Street Cart · Shaken Beef Noodle Soup Mie Kocok Bandung The dish is named for its cooking method, not an ingredient — 'kocok' means 'shake,' describing how vendors heat the noodles and sprouts by shaking… Flat yellow egg noodles are topped with a rich beef broth, tender slices of beef, and kikil (cow's foot tendon), then finished with bean sprouts, celery, scallion, fried shallots, and a…

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