Arriving around 1 pm jogja time, I was very hungry and excited to try Javanese dishes.
First stop at Yu Djum to try the famous "Gudeg"
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| amazed on the vintage container served at each table |
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| Gudeg serve with duck egg and stewed beef skin |
Gudeg is a traditional Javanese cuisine from Yogyakarta and Central Java, Indonesia. Gudeg is made from young unripe jack fruit (Javanese: gori, Indonesian: nangka muda) stewed for several hours with palm sugar, and coconut milk.Additional spices include garlic, shallot, candlenut, corianderseed, galangal, bay leaves, and teak leaves, the latter giving a reddish-brown color to the dish.[5] It is often described as "green jack fruit sweet stew". [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudeg]
my verdict: too sweet for me, or perhaps not used with palm sugar sweetness as a main course dish
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| ampela (chicken hearts and gizzards) cooked in palm sugar |
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| "snake-skin fruit" |
Salak (Salacca zalacca) is a species of palm tree (family Arecaceae) native to Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is cultivated in other regions as a food crop, and reportedly naturalized in Bali, Lombok, Timor, Malaysia, Maluku and Sulawesi. The fruits grow in clusters at the base of the palm, and are also known as snake fruit due to the reddish-brown scaly skin. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salak]
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| saw this around borobudur exit some "oleh-oleh" or gifts to bring back |
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| local ice-drops to cool down from the super sunny heat walking around Borobudur |
After Borobudur, we had our lunch on our way back....
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| bakmi |
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| kupat tahu |
bakmi soup
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| bakmi godhog at Special Bakmi dan Nasi Goreng Pak Pele |
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| Magelangan (mixed fried noodles and rice) |
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Warung Kopi Klotok
Address: Jalan Kaliurang KM.16, Pakembinangun, Pakem, Pakembinangun, Pakem, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55582, Indonesia
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| ginger tea (literally they serve you with unpeeled large ginger with lemon grass) really naturally fresh, love it! |
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| local kopi, taste like roasted rice coffe, love it too! |
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| pisang goreng (fried banana) sweet banana, crunchy coating and very tasty, love it toooo! --------------------- The house of Raminten is quite a famous chain of restaurant in jogja  The menu: |
    This is what we ordered: |
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| chicken cooked in bamboo |
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| fresh guava juice |
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Staying at Rumah Limas was really relaxing and quite a great ambiance to stay away from the city proper
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| breakfast at Rumah Limas |
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next food hunt...
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| STMJ (Susus Telur Madu Jahe) I loved this refreshing drink! |
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| seafood fried rice my verdict: if had the time to find another place, I would have to, price is a bit expensive considering how simple their menu, with not much choices and the taste is so-so, not even good enough to compare even to some street foods. :( |
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| gado gado |
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| ayam bakar |
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on our way to pine tree forest, we found a great stop to take our lunch...
 Es Rondo |
| cassava juice with milk and syrup, quite good really |
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| friend slices of eggplant |
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| fried tofu |
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on our way back down after our pine tree forest pictorial, we had this as our quick snack..
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| pisang bakar with cheese and chocolate toppings |
after a breathtaking view experience at pine forest, we went for dinner at jejamuran
Address: Jl. Pramuka No. 53, Pandowoharjo, Sleman, Pandowoharjo, Kec. Sleman, Kabupaten Sleman, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta 55512, Indonesia
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| enjoy a free fish spa while waiting for your orders |
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| fried shitake mushroom in sambal (caution: too spicy) |
Totally, recommend this place for mushroom lovers! All types of mushroom cooked in different culinary dishes
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oleh-oleh
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| bakpiah, is a famous delicacy in jogja, it is like hopia in Philippines or Tau sar piah in Singpaore ------------------ |
last day at jogja with some nasi goreng and egg
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| Hotel Kristina's free breakfast |
p.s check out this short video of my yogyakarta trip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMpmuoQA4vE&t=55s
