Bakso or meatballs, or whatever you call it, is the most
popular dessert in Indonesia Indonesia
Bakso is made of balls that can be made of meat or fish and
strands of white noodle (bihun) as
the main side ingredient, and yellow noodle as an additional side ingredient. Strands
of white noodle always come with bakso in your bowl, while yellow noodle is
additional, depending on your like. Bakso man usually ask you whether you want
some yellow noodle or not. If you don’t, then your bakso will only come with
strands of white noodle.
Balls made of meat is so called ‘meatballs’ which itself
often used as an equal word for ‘bakso’, while balls that made of fish is
rarely called ‘fishballs’. Balls of meat is called ‘bakso daging’ in
Indonesian, while balls of fish is called ‘bakso ikan’. Make sure your choice
(‘meatballs’ or ‘fishballs’) before you order a bakso. You can ask, “Bakso apa
ini?” (what kind of balls do you have).
When a bowl of bakso come to your table, it is usually still
in plain condition. The bakso and the strands of white noodle look plain in
plain water. You need to add some tomato sauce, soy sauce (kecap), some salt, and some chili according to your like. Only
after you put some sauce in it the water will turn its color. Be careful not to
put too much chili in your bowl because it will turn very hot, so hot that you
will not be able to finish them. All this sauces are usually already on your
table.
Bakso is of course not a main course. People eat bakso as a
dessert. They eat it in between the main meals of the day. However, to be sure,
if you eat two or three bowls of bakso, you will get your stomach full, and
then you can consider it as your main meal.
In Krui, Bakso Podomoro is most demanded. People from every
parts of town eat or take away bakso from here everyday. Although the place is
a little bit in hiding, people never fail to find this place. If you eat the
bakso right away, they have some nice and comfortable tables under the shady
tree. Unlike the other food stalls, they place the tables in the open air, in
the yard, making an enjoyable place to eat. And if you need a takeaway, they’ll
put the bakso in a plastic pouch
Bakso Podomoro is located in Pekon Seray, not far from Krui Left. If you come from Krui Left,
and take the beach road heading to The
Peak, then it’s on your left. It’s just after the first bridge, on the dirt
road to the left. Notice the sign on the junction to the dirt road, a few
meters from the first bridge. And if you are on the main street, take a note of
a dirt road junction after a bridge near a mosque. If you come from Karang
Nyimbur, it’s on your left, and if you come from Krui, it’s on your right.***
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