Holiday Ayo - In Indonesia, bakso, which is Indonesian meatballs, are a very popular food. It is usually served with tasty herbal broth. The meatballs are also usually filled with something, like egg or tofu for example. As time goes by, people become more creative in cooking bakso, like changing the seasoning of the broth, or changing the filling of the meatballs. There are many creative dishes made of bakso all over the country.

Lobster bakso became viral before, and now there is another new creation of bakso that becomes popular in Indonesia. The bakso dish that has become viral as of late is made in a food shop in Bogor, West Java, called Bakso Gunungkidul.

Bakso Gunungkidul Food Shop is located at Darul Quran Street, Number 5, West Bogor, Indonesia. The shop is dominated with blue color and is hard to miss. The inside is quite large, with 2 eating areas: the first floor and the second floor. The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, local time.

At first, Bakso Gunungkidul made classic bakso, such as egg bakso or tofu bakso. Later, they started to make it with other ingredients, such as seafood. These days, they make their bakso by filling it with shrimp, squid, and even chicken drumsticks. They also use variations of broth. One of them is a broth called taichan broth that is mixed with super spicy bird’s eye chilies, which is perfect for spicy lovers.

The squid bakso is among the foods that have become viral on social media.

It costs around IDR 45,000 for the Jumbo portion. It consists of squid bakso, ordinary bakso, siomay, wonton, vermicelli, noodles and various vegetables.

Another popular food from this shop is the shrimp bakso.

One portion is priced at IDR 25,000.

It consists of the same things as squid bakso, only replacing the squid with shrimp. But for this particular dish, you can choose whether to eat it with taichan broth or regular broth. For spicy lovers, it is recommended to eat it with taichan broth.

Lastly, there are chicken drumsticks bakso.

It is priced at IDR 20,000. It is just as unique as squid and shrimp bakso. The drumstick is covered with meatball dough, which makes it look like a large drumstick. The dish consists of the same thing as the squid and shrimp bakso.