Sate Ayam Ambal

Hello Again!

So, on our way to Yogyakarta from Ciater, we stopped at Village Ambalresmi in the sub-district Ambal, Regency Kebumen to try one of their specific culinary called “Sate Ayam Ambal” at Warung Sate Ayam Asli P.Sarino. 

 Unlike the usual Sate we find at Jakarta, Bandung or anywhere else where their sauce uses peanut or soy sauce; Sate Ambal’s sauce uses minced boiled Tempeh (a traditional soy product originally from Indonesia, made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form, similar to a very firm vegetarian burger patty), peanuts and coconut sugar. Its taste is quite sweet and spicy. 

Another reason which makes Sate Ambal specific is that their meat is fried with its spice before putting it on the skewer then barbequed, and their sauce is separated; whereas the usual Sate is barbequed while their meat is still raw. Its taste is quite sweet and the fat is put at the back of the skewer (the usual sate puts the fat in the middle.) Sate Ambal is usually served with lontong (an Asian dish made of compressed rice wrapped inside banana leaf that is then cut into small round pieces.) but rice is also available.

Somebody once told me, before slaughtering the chicken, they fed them some spices until it has been digested into their body. Mmm extra tasty! :L just kiddin'!

The price isn’t so expensive; on normal days, it is Rp. 8.000 per 10 skewer. But on Ramadan, the price becomes a little bit higher, Rp. 9.000- Rp. 10.000 per 10 skewer.

If this description is making you hungry or curious, then you should defiantly put it on your list-to-do!