Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Culture Article (Specific Foods)

On this occasion, I will expose a culture of hometown who me.And I will discuss namely typical food of Bukittinggi, namely crackers Sanjai.

Sanjai is a typical food crackers Bukittinggi.Called crackers Sanjai because at first it made ​​in a village called Sanjai.The crackers using raw materials derived from high quality cassava imported from various regions in West Sumatera.And processing is done in the traditional way namely fried on a large wood stove.

This cracker has a savory taste and is due to the processing of intricate.Processing  was done by thin slicing cassava.Then,peeled and dried in the sun to dry for easy fried and fried .After that, crackers flavored seasoning and ready to be served or sold.

Sanjai crackers are not just round like cassava chips on generally.Crackers Sanjai has many variations with flavors . taste fresh, salty, sweet, spicy, sweet combination of spicy, salty sweet combination, and Sanjai crackers smeared with brown sugar.diverse flavors and variations, may provide an alternative to the buyer.Crackers Sanjai be one souvenir the city of Bukittinggi is typical of many tourism.demand by domestic tourists and foreign tourists who vacation in the city of Bukittinggi.


Crackers Sanjai has been known is because of the campaign carried out by the city government through the Department of Tourism's  Bukittinggi. The Government held a cultural week followed by the Southeast Asian nation every years.With this activity, the Government has introduced to the public Sanjai Crackers overseas Bukittinggi.Moreover, also held exhibitions held by the Minang people who are outside of West Sumatra.