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Bengkulu's Kaur to host biggest octopus culinary festival
Kaur district will hold Indonesia’s biggest octopus culinary festival, with a total of 500 kilograms of octopus meat to produce up to 5,000 satay skewers.
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Illustration of octopus meat. The district of Kaur in Bengkulu is ready to break records as it prepares to hold Indonesia’s biggest octopus culinary festival. (Shutterstock/pelena)
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he district of Kaur in Bengkulu is ready to break records as it prepares to hold Indonesia’s biggest octopus culinary festival, reports Kompas.com.
The culinary festival, scheduled to take place on July 29 at the Merdeka Field, is fully ready according to Kaur Regent Gusril Pausi.
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“Right now we have prepared a total of 500 kilograms of octopus meat, and we plan to produce up to 5,000 skewers of satay with a length of around 200 meters,” he says.
Gusril added that octopus was chosen as the main ingredient as Kaur’s waters produce a lot of octopus. Octopus meat, especially octopus satay, is a favorite dish among tourists who visit Kaur.
The free festival will be open to all. (anm/wng)
