Along Cendrawasih Street
Along Cendrawasih Street Yogyakarta –the street where Puri Indonesian Language Plus is located—there are many warungs and restaurants with variation of Indonesian food: yellow rice, soto, gado-gado, grilled fish, vegetables, Indonesian-style steak, and hotel menu. All are healthy and at good prices.
If you learn Indonesian in Puri and have a hobby of eating or trying new food, you should not worry about your meals. You can try various food sold in food stalls or restaurants around your school, moreover if you stay around Cendrawasih Street. One of the streets in Kompleks Kolombo is Cendrawasih Street. In this street, from morning until night, various kinds of food are available. It ranges from traditional up to modern one.
If you get bored with your breakfast menu in the hotel or your home stay, you could buy your breakfast in the west corner of Cendrawasih Street. In this location there is nasi kuning seller. The seller is ready to serve her customers at 6 am. Although the nasi kuning is sold in the bank of a street, you should not worry about its cleanliness. Nasi kuning with its side dish are clean and affordable. The price depends on your chosen side dish. You can enjoy a plate of nasi kuning for Rp 1.500,00.
At 8 am, other food stalls open. Near nasi kuning seller there are bakso stall and mie ayam stall. The price is not expensive, usually below Rp 5.000,00. In front of Puri, not far from bakso seller, there is soto Joglo stall. Although it is a soto stall, Joglo offers various menu. This food stall does not only provide soto sapi and soto ayam but also others such as gado-gado, empek-empek, nasi timlo, nasi rawon, and nasi goreng. All are delicious and relatively cheap.
What about lunch? You don’t have to be worried. Besides eating in bakso, mie ayam, and Joglo stalls, you could also have your lunch in Steak and Shake, Wijaya Kusuma food stall, Amor food stall, and others. In Steak and Shake food stall you can enjoy beef steak, chicken and shrimp together with its speciality drink milk shake. In Wijaya Kusuma food stall, you can try various grilled menu such as ikan bawal bakar, lele bakar, ayam bakar, sayur, sop and others. The taste is specific and delicious. Moreover, we don’t have to spend a lot of money.
If you would like to try various daily home food, you can buy it in Amor food stall. There you can combine warm rice with various side dishes and vegetables. The price depends on the chosen menu. If you like noodle, you can try it in mi Surabaya Pak D’ Cil food stall. In this food stall, the average price is Rp 5.000,00. Besides noodle, Pak D’ Cil food stall also sells nasi goreng, kwe tiauw, and cap cay.
If you walk further to the east, you will find other food stalls. Around 50 meters the east of Puri there is Kukuruyuk food stall and padang food stall and to the east there is Mie Jakarta food stall. Besides, you can have your meal in Puri Artha restaurant. In Kukuruyuk food stall, you can have your lunch or dinner with ayam goreng, mie, bakso, sapo tahu, gado-gado, pecel telur and many others. The price is various starting from Rp 4.000,00.
If you would like noodle with different tastes you can come to Mie Jakarta food stall in the east of Puri Artha Hotel. The price is affordable. If you are the fan of five-star hotel food you’d better go to Puri Artha Restaurant. It offers various menu such as nasi goreng, steak, sandwich and others. The price is also various starting from Rp 15.000,00
Are you interested in trying different food stalls and restaurants in Cendrawasih Street? Come and prove it yourself. Experience various food from Cendrawasih Street.