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West Nusa Tenggara hosts culinary festival in Mandalika
The Tourism Ministry is staging the Pesona Kuliner Lombok Mandalika (Culinary Wonders of Lombok Mandalika) festival in April. The area has also been declared a special economic zone (KEK) for the agro and ecotourism industries.
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The serene Kuta Beach, part of the Mandalika tourist area, in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. (Shutterstock/File)
The Tourism Ministry is staging the Pesona Kuliner Lombok Mandalika (Culinary Wonders of Lombok Mandalika) festival in April.
The event is being held in the Bukit Mandalika area at Lombok's Kuta Beach and aims to promote traditional West Nusa Tenggara food by opening 15 food stalls that sell Lombok cuisine such as Ayam Taliwang and Ayam Rarang.
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“There’s satay Rembiga served without peanut sauce that is similar to satay Maranggi and satay Balayak served with lontong [rice cake] made with glutinous rice,” said the Tourism Ministry's archipelago tourism marketing development deputy, Esthy Reko Astuti.
The awards ceremony for winners of the April 13-16 Tour De Lombok Mandalika race is also being held during the event.
Mandalika is one of the 10 culinary destinations in the Pesona Indonesia campaign by the Tourism Ministry. The area has also been declared a special economic zone (KEK) for the agro and ecotourism industries. (asw)
