Cirebon Restaurants

For breakfast or lunch.

The ingredients of Docang are: lontong (rice cake boiled in a cylinder-shaped packet of banana leaves), chopped steamed cassava leaves, bean sprout (poured by boiling water and then drained), raw grated young coconut, gravy

The raw grated young coconut, it makes the taste unique.

For dinner.

Mi Koclok from Cirebon different is the thick gravy. The gravy is more like porridge because it is mixed with rice flour and the taste is salty. The salty taste of the thick gravy is very soft on my tongue.

Favorite Dish: mie koclok: noodle, shred chicken, bean sprout (poured with boiling water and drained), boiled egg

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At night, the Kanoman market area is became street vendor stall (lesehan style). One of the most popular is sate kalong or literally, bats' meat satay. But don't worry, no single bat has been turned into a satay -- the people of Cirebon like to inject some humor into their cooking. Actually, sate kalong is made from minced buffalo meat (not bat meat) that has been pressed, spiced and flattened. The tasted is sweet.

oh please, don't ever say you're visited cirebon already if you're not trying nasi jamblang yet ;)

jamblang is local lingo to say teakwood. so literally, 'nasi jamblang' is steam rice wrapped into teakwood leaf. and in the other side, 'jamblang' also became a village's name in cirebon.

nasi jamblang is served with kind of assortment that you can choose by your own. from chicken to seafood, from tofu to another deep fried assortments. served with delicious hot chili sauce.

one of the most popular nasi jamblang sellers are situated in front of grage mall. mostly people gather after midnight! so, don't worry if you get tummy rumbling around midnight :D

Favorite Dish: of course nasi jamblang! and fave assortments are: steam mushroom with shredded coconut wrapped in banana leaf, belacan chili sauce, stir-fried 'black' calamari, potato satay and fried shrimp.

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Magna (formerly Maxim's) Seafood and Chinese Food Restaurant ( English, Chinese and Cantonese speaking found here.)

Here is the address -

Jl. Syarief Abdurachman /
Jl. Bahagia 45 - 47
Tel: (0231) 208045 or 203185

It is near the market Pasar Kanoman. I took a trishaw from the market to there. Cheap.

Just behind this restaurant is a port called 'Pelabuhan Cirebon'. Go through the gate and with a short walk you will see the junk ships. Other than that, there is nothing much to see.

Favorite Dish: Sharks Fin Soup

Fried Frogs legs

Steamed Prawns

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Empal gentong (such a meat soup)

For dinner only, open at night,
This is a street vendor, speciality fried noodle or rice vermiceli. It cooked with traditional charcoal stover

Favorite Dish: mie goreng nyemek (fried noodle)

Kue tapel (tapel cake), that tastes and looks like banana pancake.