Nasi Bakmoy - Soto Kudus

Unique taste of soto, a nice combination between Javanese and chinese food at Rp 5,000 per portion. Don't expect a lunch portion, as the bowl is not much bigger a chinese rice bowl. Located at Jalan Asem Gede somewhere near Tugu Jogja.

Jejamuran - Mushroom restaurant

Never thought vegetarian food could be so good and so tasty like those served at Jejamuran. If you do a blind test, I bet you can't tell which one is real gulai kambing and gulai jamur. Or sate ayam and sate jamur. Or fried squid to fried mushroom.

Well recommended for vegetarian especially with their price tags.

Bakmi Pele - Alun alun

One of few warung kaki lima that is famous even outside of Jogja. There are probably thousands of warung bakmi in the city that serve the same food, open at the same or similar spot.. How one like bakmi Pele could be so famous?

It takes many years to build a good name/brand. With all mostly don'ts learned from their parents. (Pantangan; unwritten rules without clear reasons, similar to religion. Now we know these unwritten rules as SOP or standard operating procedure.

What is it? Never close the shop unless really necessary (avaibility). Never change the recipe. (Maintain standard taste). Never move to other location or never open a new branch. (There was no email or internet to distribute the information, so better don't do it..)

Food was good :)