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PECEL Baywatch – pecel Kembang Turi prepared by Grandma Warno “Anderson”

Through a series under this coverage, we invite you to picnic and see the tongue near the portrait of everyday life subjects of Yogyakarta. Locations where we ate this cover is not always easy to find. But it will actually provide certain satisfaction when you managed to achieve, plus the cheap price untold. Culinary tour in Yogyakarta will make your tongue swing … zonder make tippy bag.

At first I had wondered about the name Pecel Baywatch which carried by Grandma Warno pecel. Naughtily imagined seller of the food that figure in a bikini like Pamela Anderson or at least this small shop at the seaside. Turned out to be wrong. Here’s the full story.

Grandma Warno shop is located in the Kasongan, exactly on the way to Mount Sempu. Shop which had stood since 35 years is very simple. Board name warong it measures just 30 x 20 cm2 will be overlooked if not really notice. Interior shop filled with functional furniture and what it is. There are only a few wooden tables and chairs and a bamboo couch. Behind the table where the goods, there is a kitchen with a stove that is always blowing smoke. An unintended position actually, because the kitchen in the concept of Java is usually located in the rear. Grandma Warno set the kitchen on the front of the shop in May 2006 after the earthquake that ruined his house. “Do not have the money to build a new kitchen”, he said.

Grandma Warno pecel peddling the main menu with various side dishes as a retinue. Starting from catfish and fried eel, sweet, marinated tofu, dazed eels (bersantan eel flavored with chili), to fried noodles. YogYES ordered them to be able to taste these dishes Grandma Warno.

While waiting, my mind drifted trace the origins of pecel the same lack of clarity about the soup. Many regions in Java have pecel with typical individual, for example Pecel Madiun, Blitar Pecel, Pecel Madura, Pecel Slawi and others. But at least, a Dutch historian named HJ Graaf once revealed that when Ki Pemanahan Hadiwijaya executed the order of the Sultan to move to a forest called Alas Mentaok (now Kotagede), his group was welcomed by the society in Opak River and entertained with a variety of foods, including pecel . Read the rest of this entry »