Exploring Malang, the Paris of East Java - Just Menong

 

Streets in Malang Paris Van East Java is a favorite tourist destination in eastern Java. There are many locations that can be visited in the city, which, unexpectedly, the atmosphere and weather remind me of my beloved city of Bandung. Visiting Malang, East Java, is incomplete if you don't explore the tourist cities around it.

Race Intersection, Malang City

Picking Apples in Batu

When you remember Malang, you must remember the typical green apples. There are many apple-picking tours in Batu City. The taste of poor apples is indeed different from imported apples, which taste a mixture of sour and sweet. On an apple-picking tour, Menong's friends can pick and eat as much as they want or can buy kilos of apples directly picked by themselves. Even though the price of a kilo of apples is relatively more expensive when compared to other places, it is the sensation of picking the apples yourself that makes the difference.

Fresh apples ready to be picked 

 

Picking apples

Transport Museum

The second destination is the Angkut Museum. If Menong's friends imagine that museums are not suitable as tourist destinations... hmmmm... it seems like Menong's friends should stop by this Transport Museum.

The 3.8-hectare area, which was opened in 2014, has become another favorite destination in East Java. Museum Angkut is a mixed indoor and outdoor arena that can be a means of transportation education. So Menong's friends must prepare a raincoat or umbrella when visiting in the rainy season.

Malang Culinary

Apart from apple chips, President's meatballs (of course there's no such thing as 'Malang meatballs' in Malang) are one of the must-visit culinary delights for Malang meatball fans like me. And it's not official to have traveled to Malang if you haven't enjoyed the sensation of eating meatballs on the outskirts of the railroad tracks. Almost every 10 minutes, the train passes right next to the meatball stall because the tracks are right in front of the stall. The taste of the meatballs is almost similar to the poor meatballs that are usually found in the city of Bandung. The difference seems to be grilled meatballs and offal.

Meatballs—only without Malang-- 

There are still many typical Malang foods that are worth trying. It's just that for Bolangers who abstain from spicy food—I'm one of them—of course, you have to be a little vigilant because the spicy taste dominates traditional East Javanese foods such as rawon and salad cingur.

And for the record, don't order the wrong 'tea' at a restaurant. It's different in Sundanese land, in Malang, when bolangers order 'tea,' which means sweet tea will be served.

Tempeh with larger soybean ingredients 

If there is a chance, God willing, I will be back traveling in Malang, Paris, and East Java, remembering an appointment to meet someone that I didn't have time to fulfill.