Batam is one of the largest cities in Riau Province. The city also has an important role in the trade industry. Batam is indeed known as a port city where trading ships from international waters rest. Its position is also quite strategic because it is on the border between Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Tourist destinations there have also developed in recent years. It ranges from natural attractions to shopping centers for electronic goods at low prices.
It feels like something is missing when you travel to an area without buying your souvenirs. Yes, each region must have souvenirs with its characteristics. Batam is no exception. Batam City also has a variety of typical souvenirs, including culinary. It turns out that there are several culinary delights in the form of cakes that are Batam icons. You don’t need to be confused about what souvenirs to buy when you go to Batam. Here are eight Batam typical food souvenirs.
- Banana Cake
When you are at Batam’s Hang Nadim Airport, it’s not a foreign sight if you see many people carrying shopping boxes that read “Villa, Typical Batam Souvenirs.”
Villa is indeed a souvenir business whose product is banana cake. Kek Pisang Villa has undoubtedly become one of tourists’ favorite souvenirs from Batam. This company was originally a home industry until now, and it has become a large industry. Villa itself comes from the place where this business was first established, namely at Villa Muka Kuning Batam.
Now Kek Pisang Villa has original flavors and banana cakes with chocolate flavors, dragon fruit, blueberries, black forest, and pandan. In addition, Villa also produces various kinds of brownies and other Batam specialties.
- Dragon Fruit Cake
Batam is known for nature tourism and shopping, but there is also dragon fruit cultivation in this city, so that it becomes a tourist attraction in itself. The number of dragon fruit produced by Batam makes several cake manufacturers have cakes with dragon fruit as the main ingredient. Dragon fruit itself is known to be good for health because it is rich in fiber.
In addition to the original taste, dragon fruit cake from Batam is also given a touch of chocolate, cheese, blueberry, strawberry, mocha, and other flavors. To get this dragon fruit cake is relatively easy. You can find the counter at the airport or port.
- Lava Brownies
The lava brownies that are typical souvenirs of Batam are different from other brownies sold in general. Yes, they are called lava brownies because the burned brownies have a filling in them, so they are called lava.
In addition to chocolate flavor, lava brownies have other flavor variants, such as peanut, cheese, and black forest flavors. The price is quite affordable, starting from IDR. 45,000.
- Layers Cake
Layer cakes are not only Surabaya’s. Now Batam also makes layer cakes as one of the most popular cake souvenirs. At various souvenir centers, airports, and ports in Batam you can find this layer cake.
This layer cake has a soft texture and consists of various flavors, such as original, pandan, mocha, chocolate, and cheese. Besides that, there are also, you know, those who make rainbow layer cakes!
- Bingka
Bingka is a traditional Malay green cake. The ingredients for the cake consist of flour, eggs, coconut milk, and sugar. After the ingredients are mixed, the dough is baked. The texture of the cake is chewy and soft too. Usually, the bingka cake is molded into the shape of a bowl leaf.
Several bingka cake manufacturers in Batam produce original flavors and develop various flavors, such as dragon fruit, pandan, chocolate, and corn flavors.
- Ogura Cake
Ogura cake is getting more and more popular in Indonesia. Many call ogura cake a Japanese cheesecake. At first glance, this cake looks like a sponge cake, but the texture is very soft and light, like a chiffon cake. However, the process of making ogura cake with chiffon cake is different.
Ogura cake is made with a hot water bath or au bain-marie technique. A baking sheet containing cake batter is lined with a larger baking sheet and filled with warm water. That’s why this cake can be very fluffy.
Batam city also has a special souvenir in the form of ogura cake, you know. Ogura cake typical of Batam consists of various flavors, such as oreo, chocolate, cheese, red velvet, green tea, durian, and tiramisu.
- Durian Cake
For you durian fans, don’t miss this cake. Even though it is made in a sponge cake, the durian taste is still felt. To further strengthen the taste, durian cake is also added with chocolate peanut topping, cheese, almond chocolate, and meses. You can get durian cake like that while on vacation to Batam here.
- Rocklate-style melted chocolate snack
Chocolate Rocklate is widely hunted as souvenirs typical of Batam because of its special texture and taste, thanks to the delicious combination of chocolate and marshmallows. One of the typical Batam souvenirs can melt in your mouth very easily when you eat them. You can choose a variety of flavors from Rocklate, ranging from strawberry chocolate, crunchy milk chocolate, choc chip chocolate, and crunchy dark chocolate. The price also varies and is still relatively cheap, and you can take a pack of Rocklate home which costs between IDR. 20,000 to IDR. 55,000/pack.
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