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Last week i have visited home industries located in Grong-grong, Pidie. One of the famous household industry comes from Gampong Bie is a bakpia cake. The cake itself has a special name in Pidie called arafik cake. Grong-grong already famous with Mie Caluk, but arafik is one of home industry that can be develop. Developing Arafik Cake Cluster in Grong-grong Pidie, Aceh Everyone who came to this village will see “lively” workers make a arafik cake. There were about 10-15 arafik cake home industries that you can found them along Grong-grong to Batee Street.  Arafik is a cake made from a mixture of Kidney beans, also known as red beans with sugar, wrapped in flour, than baked. First, of all, the dough has been made shaped and filled with stuffing of  red beans  in the middle of dough. Then, before combustion process, the top of the cake spread with yolk and sesame seeds. It’ll take 5-7 minutes to baked in oven. After that, we’ll able to taste it.  Based on my short i

Have you ever heard the Teh Susu Telur (TST) term? It’s very popular drink from Medan. But, i’ll tell you similar drink from Aceh but using different ingredients and how to served it well without bad smell. Boh Manok Weng Lameu, Efficacious Drink from Aceh In Aceh, it is not difficult to find the location of the seller mixed egg, milk, and coffee called “Boh Manok Weng”. If in Medan they use tea, but in Aceh you’ll find that drink mixed with coffee. In Lameu, Kecamatan Sakti, Kabupaten Pidie, Boh Manok Weng is very popular and become typical drink there. The most popular Boh Manok Weng café owned by Mr. Iskandar and Mrs. Azizah. They began to sell Boh Manok Weng since 2003 when Aceh in conflict time with Indonesia. At Ramadan month, they café reach 450 eggs to make that drinks. They began open from early morning to midnight. This location is crowded at night until midnight. Boh Manok Weng drink made with ingredients eggs, sweetened condensed milk and boiled co

I'm going to have to speed up posting on the backlog of posts on my trip to Sigli last week. Gosh, was it just a week ago? Old Chinese Coffee Shop In Sigli: Ie Leubeu The folks (Mirza, Alfath, Hasri, Hasfi, and Ogek) at Sigli did an excellent job of making sure that i enjoyed my trip. I was taken on a walking tour around Sigli, on a tour of Sigli offshore, and meals were carefully planned at restaurants that reflect the different cultures and cuisines of Aceh. Coffee Shop Ie Leubeu is one of the remaining old Chinese (Hainanese) coffee shops in Sigli. You can see the name of the coffee shop from a distance. It is corner shop. It is at the junction of Jalan Perdagangan. This shop has been there since the 90'. Ie Leubeu is one of village name in Kecamatan Simpang Tiga, Pidie. That name inspirated from the origin birth place of the coffee shop owner, Joni. Joni helped by 3 worker and his wife. His wife has unique talent that can make arabica coffee by her own. 

The journey from the city center of Blangkejeren to Langsa through Lokop only take over 7 hours drive. It was evident to break through the steep roads that cut through the mountains to get to Langsa. I tried to shoot some photos in this journey.  Blangkejeren-Langsa Through Lokop PLTD Apung is a offshore diesel- powered electric generating ship where formerly us The journey begins after carrying a camera and buy food and mineral water. We used double cabin car drove to break through the winding roads. I and my friends agreed to have lunch together in the Genting Pining sub-district of Gayo Lues while enjoying coffee. The car continued until the vehicle speed reaches 60 km per hour. And winding uphill road is not a problem for us, as long as the land is solid. Our vehicles surely penetrate the field. A few hours later, the group arrived at a dangerous climb before entering the Aih Putih Bridge, vehicles are forced one by one hill. An oncoming car head under pressure n

PLTD Apung, Fascinating Ship In Residental Area   - PLTD Apung becomes a favorable attraction, either the local society or outside area of Aceh. Most of Malaysian are loving to come here. Fascinating ship in residential area. PLTD Apung, Fascinating Ship In Residental Area PLTD Apung is a offshore diesel- powered electric generating ship where formerly used to supply the crisis of electricity power in Banda Aceh City. It will be used when suffering prolonged conflict. It has the weight of 2.600 ton carried by the 2004 tsunami water along 5 kilometer away from coastline and stationed in the center of local village. This floating diesel has a 63 meters length and 1,900 meters area. What's remarkable is that this enormous ship sits right in the middle of a densely packed residential area. The tsunami hit this place hard, as is evidenced by both the presence of the ship and a smattering of smashed up houses sitting within the confines of this bizarre tourist attraction.