Jakarta Glodok Chinatown Small-Group Food Tour - Over 13 Tastings

Walk through Glodok Chinatown
and taste more than 13 Indonesian dishes

Meet at the Glodok Chinatown gate for a small-group food tour of about 4 hours, walking to a tea house, markets, a temple and 7 to 8 local eateries along the alleys. Up to 8 travelers join an English-speaking guide and taste more than 13 dishes along with bottled water and local drinks. Hear the food stories of Glodok, where Chinese traders dealt in tea, spices and noodles for centuries and recipes from across Indonesia came together.

Start at a traditional tea house
and taste bakmi ayam and nasi campur

Set off from beneath the Chinatown gate and stop at a traditional tea house to taste green pandan klepon and sesame-crusted onde-onde filled with mung beans, with jasmine tea. Next, try bakmi ayam, which developed from the noodle tradition brought by Chinese immigrants, and nasi campur, with a variety of side dishes on one plate.

Pass through Petak Sembilan Market
and Dharma Bhakti Temple

After tasting the West Javanese snacks combro and cireng, walk through Petak Sembilan Market, where tropical fruits, vegetables, dried ingredients and food stalls fill the narrow alleys. Nearby is Dharma Bhakti Temple, Jakarta's oldest Chinese temple, first established in 1650.

Taste dishes from many Indonesian islands
in one place

Dip Palembang-style pempek fish cakes in cuko sauce, and taste Bogor-style toge and rujak, tropical fruit with chili and shrimp paste. Bakmi Belitung, noodles in shrimp broth from Belitung, and laksa ayam cooked in coconut milk follow. Finish with a soft milk bun and cempedak goreng, deep-fried cempedak, a fruit similar to jackfruit.

※ Tasting menus and the eateries visited may change depending on local conditions.