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Tirta Lie’s Bakmi Festival to feature 25 halal, non-halal restaurants

Tirta Lie is a serial bakmi (noodles) eater who has sampled noodles from more than 1,000 places. He recorded his adventures in a blog and caught the attention of fellow noodle lovers.

Jessicha Valentina (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Thu, August 15, 2019

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Tirta Lie’s Bakmi Festival to feature 25 halal, non-halal restaurants Bakmi Mipolo is one of the participants of Tirta Lie's Bakmi Festival. (Bakmi Mipolo's Instagram/File)

Tirta Lie is a serial bakmi (noodles) eater who has sampled noodles from more than 1,000 places. He recorded his adventures in a blog and caught the attention of fellow noodle lovers.

Tirta frequently hosts bakmi festivals in several shopping malls across Jakarta, such as the Mall of Indonesia (MOI) in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, and Gandaria City in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta.

For the upcoming event, Tirta told The Jakarta Post that the festival would feature newcomers, such as TnR Indonesia, Yu-I Kitchen, Nasi Campur Pontianak, Bakmi Alexis and more.

Read also: Jakpost guide to Tirta Lie’s favorite 'bakmi' places

“The festival will not only offer bakmi, but also nasi campur [rice served with barbecue pork],” he added.

He explained that the non-halal and halal booths would be separated, although they would still be located in the same room.  

Tirta also said he personally curated all the participating restaurants.

"To be able to join the festival, the restaurants need to have 'Tirta Lie Approved' stickers or certificates," he said one of the requirements.

During an interview with the Post in March, Tirta explained that he visited the restaurants anonymously and always paid for his own meals to ensure the credibility of the "Tirta Lie Approved" stickers. (wng)

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