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26 CULINARY
The Legendary
Cakue Ko Atek
The savory flavor from cakue dipped into super
tasty red-sauce is what makes Cakue Ko Atek a
popular snack.
asar Baru in Central make cakue by 13.
Jakarta is a very popular
Pplace not only for its At first glance his cakue
fabric and shoe stores but looked like an ordinary cakue:
also its culinary. One of its cakue with normal size, unlike
legendary culinary is Cakue any other jumbo-sized cakue
Ko Atek, which you can not from Medan. But don’t get it
miss to try when you visit wrong, once you try a bite of it,
Pasar Baru. dip it to the red-sauce, you’ll
get to know why it’s special:
Cakue Ko Atek has been the texture—crunchy on the
there since 1971. The kiosk is outside but soft on the inside.
relatively small, bounded by You’ll taste the crunch while
green plywoods. On each side biting it, without leaving oily
of the wall, there are pictures sense to your mouth. Its bright-
of young Ko Atek and his wife, colored sauce completes the
also reviews from printed delicacy—a mixture of vinegar
media. A wooden table is set and chili perfectly matches
on the front side of the kiosk, the crunchy cakue. Once you
along with a big pan filled with try them, you can’t help but to
cooking oil. want for more.
Ko Atek, whose full name is Ko Atek shared his secret
Chang Cin Tek, carries on his ingredient tips: He uses
parents’ business. Since he branded, high-quality cooking
was a kid, he would always oil which will determine the
help his parents selling cakue. taste and texture. It is made of
Therefore, he mastered how to coconut, not palm. The rest of
3rd EDITION 2021
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