THE MOST LOOKED CULINARY OF MEDAN TOURISTS
Medan is one of the capital cities of North Sumatra province, which is the center of various ethnic groups. The city of Medan offers tourist attractions, including its culinary delights.
Traveling to Medan is only complete with tasting Medan’s culinary delights. The diversity of ethnic groups in the city of Medan contributes to cultural diversity, one of which is its unique and exciting culinary diversity.
You can try a variety of typical Medan culinary delights to complete your travel experience. Ranging from spicy to sweet food, you can find everything easily in this area of Medan. However, it will take a little time.
Here we summarize some Medan culinary delights that you should try.
GOMAK NOODLES
One of the typical Medan dishes that you must try is gomak noodles. This food is typical of the Toba Batak land, including Sibolga and Tapanuli. Mi gomak is a fried or soup noodle dish, just like in other regions. However, certain types of noodles are available in Medan. They are large and served with lots of peanut sauce or longong sauce. There are three types of gomak noodles: fried gomak noodles, gomak sauce noodles, and peanut sauce gomak noodles.
LONDON MEDAN
This typical Medan dish is no different from lontong sayur in general. This dish is usually one of the Medan breakfast menus.
This dish consists of lontong and vegetables and is combined with reddish-yellow coconut milk. Lontong Medan usually consists of peanut sauce, tofu, noodles, peanut sauce, chili sauce, vegetables, and usually eggs or cakes are added.
Lontong, typical of Medan, has a delicious taste and is the perfect dish.
SOTO MEDAN
Soto Medan is sold almost everywhere in the city of Medan. Soto Medan is characterized by a pale yellow, slightly greenish coconut milk broth with a small quantity of spice and cumin.
In one serving of soto, we get vermicelli, green beans, chopped chicken or beef, boiled eggs, tomatoes, fried onions, green onions, celery leaves, and red crackers as side dishes.
It is only complete if you have a vacation in Kemedan with eating one of the typical dishes of this Medan city.
LEMANG
A typical Medan dish that is no less legendary is lemang. This typical Tebing Tinggi menu is the most sought-after by tourists.
Lemang is very delicious when eaten warm. Lemang is made from glutinous rice cooked in bamboo strips after first being wrapped in banana leaves. Next, rice flour was mixed with coconut milk and bamboo and burned on the stove.
BIKA AMBON
Many believe that Bika Ambon originates from Ambon because of its name. Bika Ambon is one of the most popular souvenirs and is always in demand by tourists visiting Medan.
The word Ambon for Bika Ambon comes from the street where this cake first appeared, namely Jl. Ambon-Sei Kera Medan But who would have thought this delicious food came from the city of Medan?
The hallmark of this cheap Medan souvenir is its yellow checkered color with holes and fibers. The ingredients are tapioca flour, fruit juice, eggs and sugar, and several other spices to add flavor.
MEDAN DUCK BIHUN
Duck vermicelli is the name of the most famous food in Medan. The taste of the duck vermicelli sauce is strong and has a very special seasoning.
Other duck meat on it is also quite appetizing. Not only because it is soft but also because it is pretty significant.
This culinary food is one of the foods targeted by tourists. The Medan Beef Vermicelli consists of vermicelli topped with boiled duck, fried chopped garlic, celery, and lettuce leaves.
The broth itself comes from the stock used to cook the duck. It smells so distinctive because of the slow cooking of the duck meat.
mash sweet potato leaves
As the name suggests, dishes made from cassava or sweet potato leaves are processed by grinding them using a pestle or mortar. Mashed sweet potato leaves are a type of Batak typical vegetable food.
The most exciting thing is that cassava leaves must be mashed using a mortar and not blended. In addition, rimbang fruit and kecombrang stems can be mixed into this dish.
The savory taste of this mashed sweet potato vegetable will be obtained from coconut milk. This mashed sweet potato is very delicious when eaten with hot rice.
BIHUN CURRY
The next most popular food among tourists is vermicelli curry. The stuffing for this vermicelli curry consists of various spices, such as cumin, cinnamon, coriander, and other spices that make this curry smell distinctive.
The seasoning taste will seep into the vermicelli, and the beef tastes perfect, so this food tastes even more delicious when eaten.
RACE NOODLES
Mie Balap is one of Medan’s culinary delights that is often eaten for breakfast. This food is called racing noodles because of how fast it is cooked.
These noodles are ready in just five minutes. The mixture consists of kwetiau, or vermicelli, cooked with eggs.
