Holiday Ayo - Culinary in North Sumatra, especially the city of Medan is already well known to the archipelago. Well, if you want to visit Medan City, don't forget to look for Medan's special culinary that you can take home.

Apart from the modern ones, there are some Medan specialties that are traditional but very delicious to eat while relaxing. Here are some types of Medan specialties that can be recommended for you to taste, namely:

1. Putu Bamboo
This snack is made with rice flour and then filled with brown sugar with a very distinctive pandan aroma. The taste itself is soft and legit when it enters the mouth, and the sweet brown sugar will melt in the mouth.

In Medan, most people sell it by carrying a cart along with other Medan specialties in the form of Medan Mayang cake and there is also klepon.

2. Bika Ambon
For those who don't know it, they might think that this one food comes from Ambon. However, actually, Bika Ambon is a typical food of North Sumatra.

Bika Ambon was first produced on Jalan Ambon, Medan City. Made from ingredients such as eggs, sugar, and coconut milk, Bika Ambon is well known in Indonesia. After the ingredients are mixed, the Bika ingredients will be fermented for seven hours by mixing sap water. This nira water sensation is what makes this food so unique in North Sumatra.

3. Mie Gomak
The next typical North Sumatran food is Mie Gomak. This noodle is made from noodles which are often called Mie Lidi or known by Batak people as Mie Besar. The Batak people refer to this food as Mie Gomak because of the way it is made by shaking it (holding it by hand).

Boiled noodles are usually made separately with the sauce and sambal. Although there are many variations to make this typical Batak food menu, some use gravy, some are made like fried noodles. It feels very unique when gomak noodles are mixed with spices from Batak land, namely andaliman.

4. Ombus-Ombus
Ombus-ombus is a traditional Batak snack originating from Tapanuli. This North Sumatran food is usually shaped like a pyramid and wrapped in banana leaves.

The manufacturing process is not so complicated, starting from rice flour, grated coconut that is not too old, and mixed. Followed by grated brown sugar (palm), and enough water. After evenly all the dough, then wrapped in banana leaves, then steamed until cooked.

Those are the types of culinary that you can try to taste when you are visiting Medan.