The retail price is 2,800Rupiah.
The white fish cake is actually extracted from the 'ikan tenggiri' fish which is also popular in making the fish ball.
The otak-otak serves as a good appetizer.
RM Lae-Lae at Datumusseng 8 which is famous for seafood and ikan bakar is another popular hunt.
RM stands for Rumah Makan or Food Court
Ikan Woku is a real hot spicy curry soup normally cooked in claypot and instead of fish can also cook with chicken or beef as an alternative.
Grass carp,red tilapia,red snapper or grouper fish are the most commonly use.
Another method of preparation is the 'pepes ikan woku' where the fish is steamed with woku spices in banana leaves.
The Ikan Woku dishes is one of the famous Indonesian signature culinary found all over the archipelago.
Ikan Rica Manado similar to the Szechuan spicy deep fried whole fish with flakes of red chilli and tomato dressings.
Manado city has a large Chinese(Tionghoa) community whose early ancestral could be traced back to China.
The early days Chinese migrants throughout Southeast Asia were economic migrants who were mostly originated from the coastal China cities of; Guanzhou,Hainan and Fujian Province.Henceforth the Chinese cuisines were integrated with the local culinary.
Cumi Masak Hitam or Squid cooked with freshly ground black pepper,a dashed of olive oil and squeeze lemon juice.
The people of Manado love eating food with spicy hot flavour. and this plate of kangkung (water spinach)(Thai-'Pak Boong')which is the most popular vegetable in Southeast Asia is prepared with red chilli pepper,lots of garlic and some soy sauce.
Cumi Goreng Tepung or Crispy Fried Squid(Cumi) with similarity to Japanese Sushi appetizer 'Ikamaru'
Udang Goreng Tepung or Crispy Prawn(shrimp) Fried is also yummy.
Bubur Manado (Manadonese Porridge).
This cuisine must have been introduced by the Teochew(Chaozhou) Chinese who have emigrated from the Fujian Province.Indonesian Chinese cuisines has a particularly distinct taste-it's spicier and more flavourful than normal Chinese cuisine,which by Indonesian standard tends to be quite blend.
Push-cart stall is a common street scene throughout Indonesia.
Indonesia is one country where you have endless variety of food and drinks which travellers could savour.
Day and night these push cart food sellers could be plying around the streets while some may be static at a certain corner.
They are the engine of growth providing the impetus towards an increase activity in the area which otherwise will be a sleepy city.
Mie Pangsit for 6,000 Rupiah from the push cart vendor.
This taste very delicious similar to the Bakso Mie which I had while in Surabaya.
Hokkien Mie for 27,000 Rupiah at Jalan Serui,Chinatown.(no shop name,a few blocks off Sulawesi Street)
The business start around 6:00pm in the evening and by nightfall the crowd will swell which I presume they pack it for night supper.
It's a house cum shop with a push cart beside the main entrance.
There's only two table inside the small compact shop house.I stumbled into it when it was just getting ready to open for business.
This is truly the original recipe from Xiamen.,Fujian style cuisine.
