Nasi Puyung ( Puyung Rice )

Besides chicken Taliwang, Lombok also has a cuisine that is not less tempting namely Rice Puyung. And this could be Rice Puyung only can you find on the island of Lombok. So, if you have the opportunity to be in Lombok, do not miss the fresh meal.

The name derives from the name Nasi Puyung namely Kampung Puyung homelands, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Pioneer maker Puyung Rice is a rice seller is Papuk Esun from Puyung village. He has been selling rice Puyung since the 1980's and now the growing business and has been handled by children and grandchildren. Because of deliciousness, Rice Puyung increasingly proliferated to the downtown like in Mataram, West Lombok.
Rice Puyung appearance is not too special with the white rice that is placed on a banana leaf. However, this Puyung Rice pleasure lies precisely in pauknya side dish consisting of chilli, soy fried, shredded, and chopped chicken meat and grated coconut. As another famous Lombok dishes spicy, Rice Puyung may exist in the highest ranks about spicy

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