5 Local Street Foods and Beverages that Shocked Indonesia in 2019: Some Survive, Some Gone Too Soon

Friday, 3 January 2020 | 10:03 WIB
  • Ayam geprek is one of the trendy foods in 2019. Its high demand making lots of ayam geprek vendors are mushrooming in many cities in Indonesia.
    Ayam geprek is one of the trendy foods in 2019. Its high demand making lots of ayam geprek vendors are mushrooming in many cities in Indonesia.

    5. Meatballs is no longer made from meat

    Bakso Aci is a dish from Garut, West Java, made by tapioca and tofu.
    Bakso Aci is a dish from Garut, West Java, made by tapioca and tofu.

    If you visit Bandung, you might notice that there are many peddlers selling snacks whose names contain "ci" in it. The "ci" part in cilok, cireng, or cimol represents aci or tapioca flours, a major ingredient in many West Javanese dishes. 

    Bakso aci (aci meatballs) is the newest variant of aci dishes. It has been around since 2016, but it becomes trendy again as bakso aci now adapts ready-to-eat version, just like instant noodles.

    In one cup, bakso aci comes with chicken feet, tofu, and its spicy broth. One instant bakso aci costs less than 10,000 IDR. 

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