MY HOMETOWN CULINARY

MY HOMETOWN CULINARY

Pontianak has many kind of special culinary. They are for example Bubur Pedas, Kwe Cap, Hai Khang, etc. They are some food which is very popular in Pontianak. Most of them are be served with hot and salty taste because people there don’t like sweat overall. If you see from their performance, maybe they are not appetite catching, but actually they are really delicious.

Bubur pedas is a kin of porridge. It made from flour which is shaped to be small slice. This food is very sticky to tongue. Its contents are unusual, for example banana’s heart, sprout, spinach, and nut. It is be served by hot sauce poured around. Its color is grey, doesn’t seems like the usual porridge.

Kwe cap is a kind of noodle. Almost be the same with kwetiau, but different. It is made from wheat, shaped to be a long slice. It is cooked by boiled with crunchy fried piggy skin and mixed with hot sauce. Usually, peanut are used as the appetizer. Its taste is quite hot and this is one of many special recipe of Chinese food. This is a familiar food in Pontianak.

Hai khang, is a bar of meat made from shrimps grit. It is covered by egg. It just like pork but it isn’t fatty food. It is a Chinese food, be served by cut it to be small slices then fried it until crunchy. This is one of the most popular foods there. It has a hot piquant taste. Sometimes people eat it as a snack, yummy………