Cirebon's Culinary Tour : Part 1 "EMPAL GENTONG"

Hey everyone, in my last holiday i chose to make a resume about Cirebon's culinary. Why i chose that? because Cirebon had a lot of delicious traditional foods such as Empal Gentong, Nasi Lengko, Docang, Kerupuk Melarat with Sambal, and many more. In this part, i started with Empal Gentong. A lot of cadgers or stands sold Empal Gentong in Cirebon, but only Empal Gentong Mang Darma which had good reputation because its taste. Empal Gentong Mang Darma was located in Kerucuk, Cirebon. You could go to that place with angkot GS and after that you must take angkot D6. It would take maybe around 30 minutes. But, i didn't go to Empal Gentong Mang Darma with angkot, i went with my family.

Barrel for cook meat and seasoning
forEmpal Gentong

Empal Gentong with rice

When i arrived in there, there were a lot of people who would bought Empal Gentong. Not only people from Cirebon, but also people from Jakarta, Banten, Lampung, and many more. I could know that from their drive plates numbers. My father said that Empal Gentong Mang Darma had been famous since my father was a paper news seller and that place always crowded with buyer everyday. When we saw there were free chairs we sat and requested Empal Gentong only with beef. Oh ya, i forgot to tell you that Empal Gentong was cooked with firewood (mango tree) in barrel from clay filled with meat, or cow's organ such as lung, and intestine. Empal Gentong was come from Desa Tengah Tani, Cirebon. This food also served with chives, condiment from dried chili, and also rice or lontong. When our empal gentong was arrived on the table we ate directly. I finished my delicious Empal Gentong only 10 minutes. After that, i drank a glass of tea. Oh ya, if you buy food in Cirebon you will drank a free glass of tea without sugar. This one was a tradition. I don't know what tradition. its like tradition from javanese pople but without sugar. Finally we finished all our food and drinks. So, i went to the cashier and payed for our foods. One cup Empal Gentong with rice on Mang Darma only Rp. 15.000 that was cheap for a delicious food.

I recommend you if you visit Cirebon you must try this food because if you don't try this food you're not visit cirebon although you visit Cirebon. Ya, finally i finish my first article in this holiday. Don't forget to read another my Cirebon culinary article oke?