To taste different type of food can be so exciting, especially the one you never taste before. Almost every place in Indonesia has its own favorite food that is served with specific ingredients and various methods. One example given is Peuyeum. It is the favorite food comes from West Java with special taste. Today, with numerous foods, snacks, or meals available on the market, Peuyeum begins to loose its popularity, however many people are still its huge fans.

It has been known that Bandung has many famous traditional foods and a wide number of delicious and tasteful foods you can bring home, including Peuyeum. Literally, most people learn that Peuyeum is also known as “tape singkong” that is available in a very inexpensive price. When you visit Bandung, you can see many sellers sell Peuyeum will hang it under the ceilings, it is a unique way to attract consumers.

Those who love the unique taste of Peuyeum will keep this food as their favorite food and to have it as refreshment at home, although Peuyeum is less popular that other foods commercialize on TV nowadays. Moreover, this food is a perfect choice to accompany your Bandung – Jakarta trip or as something to be given to your friends or families back home.

Obviously you will find Peuyeum sellers easily along the Bandung – Jakarta highway. Places along this road started selling Peuyeum because many people who live there plant cassava. Thus, you may see many peuyeum sellers along the road even though their number are not as many as several years ago.
Specifically, Peuyeum is made from a whole cassava without being cut into pieces like other types of tape in other places. The fermentation process is occurred while Peuyeum is hanging on the ceilings. There are two types of cassavas most Peuyeum makers use that are the mentega cassava and manggis cassava.

Those two types of cassava have its own pro and con. Mentega cassava is more delicious than the manggis one, but it doesn’t last longer compared to the manggis cassava. Manggis cassava keeps its true taste longer even though it is not as delicious as mentega cassava.
When you are interested in buying Peuyeum, it is suggested for you not to be so in rush, especially when you see many sellers along the sidewalks. You need to concern several things like the hygiene of the places or the sellers and the quality of Peuyeum you can check directly. Pick the one that appears more yellow than the others and little bit flabby, but if you plan to keep it for awhile before you consume it you can pick the one that is not too flabby.