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Good food for all at Batu Street Food Festival
Residents and visitors of Batu city were in for a treat, as chefs of hotels, restaurants and culinary school students created a smorgasbord of food for the Batu Street Food Festival.
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Visitors flock to th Batu Street Food Festival (JP/Nedi Putra AW)
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esidents and visitors in Batu city were in for a treat, as chefs of hotels, restaurants and culinary school students created a smorgasbord of food for the Batu Street Food Festival. All food at the festival was offered at highly reasonable prices, within a range of Rp 5,000 (less than 50 US cents) to Rp 20,000.
Batu Street Food Festival was held on Oct. 20 to 21 in the front yard of Among Tani townhall.
“More than 100 types of Indonesian foods were provided by 33 hotels, three restaurants, and three hospitality vocational schools from all over Greater Malang in this festival,” said Titik S. Ariyanto, a representative of the Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) Batu chapter on Saturday.
Titik went on to say that the annual event held by PHRI Batu, the Indonesian Chef Association (ICA) of Greater Malang and the Batu city tourism office aimed to introduce and promote Indonesian food to the community.
Among the Indonesian foods offered were pecel (vegetable salad with rice and peanut sauce), garang asem(chicken or meat cooked in coconut milk and spices), cotoMakassar (Makassar style aromatic soup),rawon(black nut soup) and fresh juice.
Some chefs and culinary students also showcased their latest creations, such as baguette rendang (baguette filled with meat stewed in coconut milk and spices) and banana blossom hotdog.
Titik said the event, held for the second time, had seen an increase in visitors and earnings.
“This event has drawn around 2000 visitors with a transaction value of Rp 100 million last year, and this year it has surpassed the target of 8,000 visitors with a transaction value of over Rp 300 million,” Titik told The Jakarta Post, hoping that the festival could return next year with a more interesting concept.
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Eka Febrianti, a Batu resident, said she was happy to attend the event.
“My family and I were able to enjoy food we rarely eat at very good prices,” she said.
However, Eka was disappointed that a lot of foods had sold-out ,especially on the first day. She suggests that participating hotels and restaurants better anticipate visitor numbers next time. (mut)
