Holiday Ayo - For sweet food lovers must know and try this dessert, maybe you will be addicted to Martabak.

Martabak is a type of pancake with the form of flour dough that is baked, with topping, and folded.

Sweet Martabak is a typical food from Bangka Belitung.

That's why if you visit Indonesia you will find many drays selling martabak with the big words MARTABAK BANGKA.

Actually, Martabak's real name is Hok Lo Pan.

Hok Lo Pan or Martabak was created by the Hakka (Khek) Bangka people.

The Hakka are one of the largest Han Chinese groups. The Hakka were the last Han group who migrated from North China. They migrate because of natural disasters, wars, and conflicts.

For Indonesians, Martabak is a legend and has become one of the most familiar food.

The price of Martabak is very cheap, start from IDR 12 thousand.

Martabak is available in many places.

You can find Martabak everywhere and you can order Martabak with your favorite topping. Martabak has many variants of toppings.

There is Chocolate, Corn, Green tea, Cheese, Grated melted cheese/mozzarella, sprinkles of nuts, and many others.

Uniquely, you can only find Martabak at night. 

Martabak is a very thick folded pancake with the consistency of a crumpet. It’s baked in a pan and is most commonly stuffed with crushed peanuts, bananas, chocolate sprinkles, condensed milk, and cheese. 

Chocolate and cheese is a very common pairing in Indonesian desserts. 

The cheese is much sweeter than cheese found in Europe and works better in sweet dishes. More recently, there are varieties of martabak manis like matcha, Oreo, Kit Kat, and Nutella.