Rarang Rice

The menu offered is not "weird", even seem very simple. White rice, vegetable komaq , following chicken soup spicy fried chicken, that's the typical menu of this one shop. Even so, the flavor offered is not as simple as we imagine, because it is very tempting.
If we travel from Mataram, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB) to the District of East Lombok, then it will traverse the region Rarang Village. On the left side of the road area, will be found simple shop, but usually full of visitors.


Nameless shop is relatively small, measuring only not more than 4X6 meters square.

Therefore, when you want to enjoy the menu offered in the shop, does not need to be surprised, if many visitors crowded willing to stand in line. They are not only the surrounding community, but also migrants from various regions.

Types of foods and dishes can be ordered at the shop that was also limited, only white rice, vegetable nodes komaq, spicy chicken soup and fried chicken. Visitors who are used to come into the shop, already understand that.
Komaq vegetable  nodes are nodes that the material of the nuts. While the spicy chicken soup made ​​from young chicken meat cooked with chili coconut milk which is quite spicy. While the fried chicken is also made ​​from young but fried chicken is dry and crisp.

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Gule Gending, Cotton candy music

gule gending, Such sweet snacks are shaped like cotton candy hair, pink or light blue.Gule gending retailer brought in a unique tin containers.Semicircular recesses and consists of six boxes, girded with a rope of cloth on one shoulder.
Walking peddle gule gending, the seller will beat gule gending container to play music.Gule gending container made ​​of sheet zinc and oil cans.To make it takes about 1 to 4 weeks.Creating a container gule gising need not be arbitrary and expertise.
Gule gending container designed to produce tones as musical instruments in general.

How to make a gule is very simple.
Wheat flour fried in hot oil and then sugar and water included.
Gule gending dough is ripe lifted and placed on aluminum plates.
Exciting to see the dough gule gending pulled then mixed flour.
To appear attractive, gulegending colored bread. So, gule gending sale tomorrow morning.

In Lombok, gule gending regarded as an art. Therefore, the seller gule gending often invited to sell at special occasions.
In addition to the sound of hornet fun, food gule gending also for snacks.

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Otaq Kokoq Joben

Otaq Kokoq Joben waterfall tourist attraction is located in the Montong Betok Village,Montong Gading District . One of the main attraction of these attractions, waterfall is believed to cure various diseases. Besides the scenery around the brain is also very beautiful kokoq Joben directly adjacent to Mount Rinjani National Park (TNGR). Here is also provided a number of facilities such as a resort and swimming pool

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Sade Village - Traditional Sasak Village

Sade hamlet located in District Pujut, Central Lombok, Lombok Island,West Nusa Tenggara Province, located approximately 30 kilometers from the city of Mataram. To discover this hamlet was not difficult because it is right at the edge of the highway Praya - Kuta on the outside of the hamlet there is a big signboard that read Sade villages.Sade hamlet is one of the tribal villages that are indigenous Sasak people of Lombok, the building in the hamlet is still very traditional Sade every building made ​​of wood and bamboo on the walls and palm thatch roof.
Houses a very unique shape and consists of 2 rooms, first room contained the front of the room after we entered the main door of the house after that there is space in the higher floors where the two stairs from the front room floor, to enter the space within us must pass through the door small-sized timber with a height of about 150 cm long and oval shaped.In this room there are 2 in the furnace for cooking which is made of soil and blend with the floor. Sade Society cook using wood as fuel, not far from the stove there is a room with walls of bamboo which is a bedroom. The distance between the floor with a roof so high that the air inside it was cool. The houses were lined up neatly with a high that is almost the same between one house to another house so it looks very neat.

On the outside of the house exactly in front of the house there is a granary buildings whose shape is very distinctive, at the bottom there is a bale-bale barn where residents interact while keeping the barn. Connecting road between the houses are still made ​​from the ground but there are some sections that have been made ​​with cement and tiles.

Livelihoods is farming while the women weave their own fabrics to create typical lizard motif, marketed in the weaving art shop and also around the house with the price varying depending on the size and complexity of the process of manufacture of woven fabric.While in this village are felt comfort and peace of the environment, convenience is very difficult to obtain in large cities, although Sade village was in the crowd felt the edge of the highway was once an adventure when you are in it.Sade hamlet is one of the traditional villages that still persist among the hundreds of traditional villages in Indonesia and is the cultural wealth of our country. Hopefully survive amid the swift currents of modern.

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Tanjung satay

One more typical of Lombok is Tanjung Satay, satay made ​​from these fish originated from the Tanjung District, North Lombok regency. This Tanjung Sate made from raw fish including tuna, coconut milk, pepper, garlic and spices. How to cook it was relatively easy. Tuna is chopped mixed herbs and then baked. To get the satay is very easy, especially during the afternoon, vendors lined the side of the Tanjung Satay roadside around Terminal Markets Around the Tanjung , North Lombok.

Tanjung satay typical tuna satay enjoyable in hot conditions with rice cake or rice, to taste. Savory flavor of meat and coconut milk and spicy from the pepper and spices is very pronounced

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Tombek a typical hawker Lombok

Tombek also a typical hawker Lombok. As cerorot, hawker also has a unique flavor, and sweet. Because it is made from glutinous rice flour and a little
grated coconut, plus brown sugar. However, there are fundamental differences regarding both these snacks. Not just how to eat it, ie if cerorot do you eat is to roll-rolled in the palm of the hand, while Tombek by unfolded leaves (palm) are wrapped. There is one fundamental difference of this snack. In the community of South Lombok, that Tombek usually more often made during a groundbreaking ceremony .Do not afraid, it's just part of the ritual community of South Central Lombok, with the aim to pamper and expression of gratitude for the pilgrims who come. That said, usually when the show, Lombok typical food, good snacks are made full and special. As Cerorot, wajik, banget, and others.

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