Top Recommendation of Spicy and Hot Food from Lombok

Lombok is one of the recommended places to visit when you’ve decided Indonesia to be your next vacation destination plan. You must have heard about how amazing this vocation destination is from its beaches, resorts, holiday options, customary and up to the people. However, there is one more important thing you shouldn’t miss when you visit Lombok; it is the culinary world of Lombok.

The unique thing about Lombok’s culinary is the spicy or hot taste that becomes the main character of their foods. The word Lombok itself means chili so their culinary heritage is not far from that spicy taste as well and even one of the hottest chili varieties found in Lombok. That’s why for you who are currently looking for a different tastes of culinary and then Lombok is the best place for you to come.

There are some recommendations of food you should taste when you visit Lombok. Below is the three top recommendations of spicy and hot foods found in Lombok.

1. Nasi Puyung

Nasi means rice in Bahasa Indonesia while the word Puyung is the name of place where this recipe was found for the first time. So, Nasi Puyung is also well known as Puyung rice, a special culinary from Puyung village. This Nasi Puyung is only able to be found in Lombok, even if you could find it in other places but the taste will be different. The look of this food is not that different from Nasi Campur but still the taste is different because the combination of white rice, sambal or chili paste, fried soy bean, shred chicken meat and grated coconut will give you a different sensation of spicy and hot food. When it comes to the hotness, perhaps Nasi Puyung will be in the top position compared to other spicy and hot food.

2. Ayam Taliwang

Ayam Taliwang or taliwang chicken is the next food you must taste when you are in Lombok. When you see this kind of food you will find it’s not that different with the common grilled chicken but when it comes to the taste you will find it totally different because unlike the other grilled chicken, Ayam Taliwang is grilled with special recipe of chili paste or sambal as the sauce so the taste will be spicy and hot. This food is usually served with some options of lalapan or raw vegetables.

3. Plecing Kangkung

The next spicy food in line is Plecing Kangkung. Kangkung is one of the common vegetables found in Indonesia the English word of this vegetable is water spinach. Water spinach will be boiled and then it is served with special recipe of chili paste called sambal plecing. Usually this food will be served along with ayam taliwang and then fried eggplant covered in sambal as well.

Those are three foods you must taste when you visit Lombok. However, you should prepare yourself because when it comes to hot and spicy foods, Lombok is the best place for them. Even Bali which is also well known for its hot and spicy foods cannot compare Lombok’s spicy food.