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Cakue, A Symbol of
People’s Hatred

akue comes from China. It has been
Cpopular since Song Dynasty era and
was inspired by the story of General
Yue Fei, who was being executed and
blackmailed by Prime Minister Qin Hui.

The death of the nationalist General Yue
Fei in 1163 triggered people’s anger. The
foodsellers Wang Xiaoer and Li Si then
got inspired, they took two small pieces
of dough, shaped them into Qin and his
wife, fried them and then ate them. “Fried
Hui for sale!” yelled them to invite people.
That way, the Hui spreaded from Lin’an,
the capital of Southern Song Dynasty.

The fried Hui is called cakue or iu-chia-
koe in Hokkian dialect. It’s different from
Chaozhou and Shantou dialect, which is
called Zha Guo. Guo in those names mean the ingredients are the same with what other
cake. cakue sellers use. But the special recipe is in
the sauce. Ko Atek told us what makes cakue
In China, it is common to serve cakue with delicious depends on the sauce: a tasty sauce
hot porridge. But in Northern China, it will help the taste of a not-so-good cakue. For
is served with sweet or salty soy milk. In this reason, he keep the sauce recipe from
Indonesia, you can find different kind of anyone.
cakue servings: in Central Java, cakue is
commonly served with soy milk, while in Besides the sauce, another secret that makes
West Java, you can eat cakue with sour or Cakue Ko Atek a popular one is the technique
nutty sauce. In Pontianak and Ketapang, in making the cakue itself:For a better result,
West Kalimantan, you’ll find the cakue set aside the batter for 1.5 hour or more before
served with sweet, pandan-steamed frying. He always does this step the night
mung bean. It is often served with sugar before, since he always makes 5 to 10 kg cakue
sauce, and the cakue is cut onto pieces as batter for regular days and up to 17 kg batter for
toppings. weekends.
yen
He will begin frying the batter once the
customers come. Thus, we can never find a cold
cakue on his kiosk. Consequently, they can see
the skilled Ko Atek makes and fries the cakue,

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