Malang — Culinaries

Signature dishes

• Bakso MalangRp10k–40k

  Malang's famous meatball soup, loaded with boiled and fried meatballs, siomay, tofu and crisp wonton in a clear beef broth.

  Try it at: Bakso President, Bakso Bakar Pak Man, Bakso Damas
• Cwie MieRp15k–25k
  Cwie mie Malang

  Thin, springy noodles topped with finely minced seasoned chicken, lettuce and fried wonton, lighter than ordinary mie ayam.

  Try it at: Depot Hok Lay, Hot Cui Mie (S. Parman)
• SotoRp13k–30k
  Soto ayam & soto daging

  Turmeric-yellow chicken or beef soup with rice, served at family warung that have been cooking it since the 1920s and 1950s.

  Try it at: Soto Ayam Lombok
• Nasi PecelRp10k–13k

  Rice with blanched vegetables under a thick peanut sauce, with rempeyek crackers and tempe, the default Malang breakfast.

  Try it at: Pecel Kawi Hj. Musilah
• Orem-oremRp8k–23k

  A local favourite rarely found outside Malang: ketupat, tempe and bean sprouts in a light yellow coconut-milk broth.

• Ronde & AngsleRp9k–15k

  Warm ginger and coconut-milk desserts for Malang's cool evenings, sold from night stalls.

• Keripik TempeRp10k–48k

  Paper-thin tempe chips in seasoned batter, Malang's best-known oleh-oleh, made by hundreds of home producers in Sanan.

• Apple Chips & Sari ApelRp11k–25k
  Keripik apel

  Vacuum-fried apple chips and bottled apple juice, the sweet souvenirs of the Malang highlands' apple orchards.

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