What's Inside Jogja?

There is a unique popular menu in Jogja; nasi kucing (pronounced as 'nasee kuching'). 'Nasi' means 'rice' and 'kucing' means cat. But wait, it's not a menu for cats nor a menu containing cat meal. It's called 'nasi kucing' because of its serving method. A little rice with some peppered fried 'tempe' packed in a very small banana leafs container make this menu get the name because its portion is similar to a cat menu. Anyway, this kind of food is a favorite menu for mostly students because of its cheap low price.

How to find the 'nasi kucing'? Well, this food can be easily found at many food court named 'warung angkringan' in the whole places of the city. 'Warung' means 'store' or 'shop' and 'angkringan' means the place when you sit on the high wooden long chair so your legs will 'hang' down the earth. This kind of sitting called 'nangkring' in Javanese. 'Warung angkringan' is another Jogjanese uniques, and it's original. You'll never find these 'warung angkringan' in another city in Indonesia, except Solo or Surakarta.



Written by Eko Sudjarwo