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“Exquisitely-flavored Savory Rice Cake”
Review of Pondok Pengkang

Pondok Pengkang
Ranked #23 of 207 Restaurants in Pontianak
Cuisines: Indonesian
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Reviewed August 16, 2015

Went there for tea in the afternoon after lunch at Sungai Pinyu. The place had plenty of seats and comfortable shading. As we were being seated, there was a pleasant grilled banana leaf aroma that greeted us. The main highlight were the rice cakes that originated from Chinese fishermen from the 1930s. With such a long history, expect a simple but astonishingly well crafted dish birthed from tradition. Clam sauce was a little too spicy for me. As such, coconut water would be recommended.

Date of visit: August 2015
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Reviewed December 30, 2014 via mobile

I was here with my families during our visit to singkawang. It located on the big street city to city road and has wide parking lot. The specialities is pengkang, an traditional cake grilled wrapped with banana(or others) leaves. It has ebi inside the cake which is intriguing and they serves that with a sauce (clamp maybe?). The price for one cake (it was paired) 7000 idr and for the little plate sauce was 25000 idr. They serve seafood as well but I didn't try them. Refreshments drinks also available with simple local taste like lidah buaya ice and jagung susu ice (corn milk).

Thank nich0Y
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Reviewed August 12, 2014 via mobile

Although I don't like the shrimp inside, still this is one of my favorite snack from West Kalimantan.
You don't have to sit at the restaurant, I rarely do that. Buy it for snacks along the trip. To get the best taste the pengkang should be:
1. Newly grilled
2. Not schorced
3. Not underdone
You can stand beside the staff who grills it just to make sure you get the best result.

Thank dewi_temi
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Reviewed May 1, 2014

This is one of my childhood cake. Since I was born in Pontianak, this cake is familiar for me. I loved this cake a lot at that time. But nowadays, I don't think it is as good as before. Pengkang is how the local called this cake, it is sticky rice cake filled with roasted grated coconut and wrapped by pandan leave and tied with bamboo stick and it is grilled on coal grill. Can you imagine the smell? It must have a really good smell. I think it the taste is savory enough. Beside of Pengkang, they also provide main dishes such as crab, fish, etc but that is not really their specialty so it is up to you to try or not.

The place is open space food place, so it is really hot here because of Pontianak weather. The service is just okay and it is located quite far from Pontianak city center, about 1 hour drive if you travel by car. But since it is the old signature local cake and it is the original store who first famous with this cake, it is worth to try. And the price is reasonably cheap.

You also can find this cake in Pontianak city center, sometimes it is not tied with bamboo stick but small plastic rope. So, come to this place to taste the original one.

Date of visit: November 2013
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Reviewed October 5, 2019
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Date of visit: December 2018
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