Goreng-goreng, the indonesia lovely junk food
By omchesunche
@omchesunche (1754)
Indonesia
February 10, 2012 5:54pm CST
I think goreng-goreng is common foods which can be found every where all over Indonesia. They normally being sold in the small stalls or by pikulan. Goreng-goreng usually becomes popular in the afternoon, when people searching snack food on the way from office to home or just buy it for tea or coffee time at home. I observed goreng-goreng types are little bit different on every region but almost all of them has tempe,tahu,pisang goreng,singkong, Ubi ... I think that big five always serve every where.. Then there are variety like Bakwan, pisang molen,Risol etc... However, the size and taste of them are also vary every where..Like in Jakarta, Tahu has two option, Tahu isi and Tahu pong..the size are also very small..so how about in your region? Is there any different variety of gorengan types?
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
There are many types of fried food in Indonesia ranging from fried bananas to fried yams. Street foodstalls usually serve this kind of fried snacks. In Lampung, it is very similar to the one you explained. But I am now off this kind of snack for a while. Or if I really want it, I'd better do the frying myself. you see that oil that is used to fry snack with, is reused many times. So you'd better watch out too. Happy mylotting and regards from Lampung--the "tapis"
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@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
when? What did you do? why didn't you visit me? What do you think of the city? Compared to Palembang, I love Lampung a lot more. But I love jakarta best. I can do many things there.
@jupijupi77 (257)
• Malaysia
11 Feb 12
Hi omchesunche,Malaysia also like Indonesia,got many variety of goreng-goreng types.We've got pisang goreng,tempe,bakwan(in my country we called jemput-jemput) and anything else.pisang goreng is the famous food in Malaysia. It is one of the favourite food here.Normally after office hour or tea time we searching for this lovely food.
Maybe because we are neighbour countries so not to much different about this topic..I think,in Europe more different types of junk food but as i know they are prefer to bake or steam.Just what I think..
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
Come to Lampung, and all "goreng-goreng" will be free of charge for you. I mean I will stand you a big treat. Lol. Happy mylotting. Warm regards form Lampung, Sumatera, Indonesia.
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
No, Malaysia is not like many of us thought. Malaysia is good country, you see. The citizens are more religious than us. We have too many kinds of moslems but are not strongly united.
@adhyz82 (36248)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
i think goreng-goreng is not the right word for this food
but i dont know what is the right word for it
yes, tahu isi, molen, pisang goreng, ubi goreng, etc..
there are many variety of our food
especially when in the night, too many cake and food..
iam hungry when iam talking about food
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
Have you ever heard of "durian goreng"? I believe you haven't. Come to Lampung, I'll stand you a big treat. You can eat it as much as your stomach can hold. Lol.
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
11 Feb 12
I think it is the creation of Lampung guys. We use flour to have it fried. It is the flour that is being fried. Inside it is still the same as when you eat it straight from its husk.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
11 Feb 12
From some of the replies, I think goreng goreng is what you call the street foods (fried one) in Indonesia. Tahu is the fried tofu, and I can say that it is really healthy and tasty when it is dipped in soy sauce. I tried to search what pisang goreng is I found out it is kinda similar to what we have here in our country and we call it Banana fritters.
@dorothy172 (984)
• Malaysia
11 Feb 12
I think most of the people will like to eat goreng gorengan, since everyone love to eat fried food. For me, i love to eat fried tahu and also tempe, this two fried food is what i love to eat at indonesia. Since i am a vegetarian, so i only can eat this type of fried food. Hope that there is a lot of vege fried food to be found in indonesia too. :) happy mylotting.
