Peculiar Sidoarjo

Sidoarjo City is a city known as the City of Shrimp or Delta City. Why Shrimp City? Because the city of Sidoarjo is one of the producers of shrimp and milkfish which is a symbol of the city of Sidoarjo. Then why Delta City? Because the city of Sidoarjo is placed between two large rivers of the Brantas River, namely Kali Mas and Kali Porong. Every year in the city of Sidoarjo precisely in commemoration of the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW held a traditional milkfish auction held at the Sidoarjo square. Traditional milkfish auctions are held with the aim of upholding the commemoration of the birthday of the prophet Muhammad SAW and also having the intention of making a whip to increase milkfish production by developing motivation and promotion so that farmer farmers further improve their welfare. The milkfish auction is a business with a noble cause, because the net proceeds of the money are used entirely for social and religious activities through the Sidoarjo Muslim Charity Foundation. The milkfish auction tradition is always accompanied by other activities, namely the bazaar, various kinds of entertainment at no charge, including: Band, Malay Orchestra, Ludruk, Samroh and MTQ competition at the district level. The milkfish that are auctioned are called milkfish "KAWAKAN" which are maintained specifically between 5-10 years and weighing 7 kg to 10 kg per fish. Not only the milkfish auction event, Sidoarjo City also has several special foods such as Kupanng Lontong. Kupang is a type of sea shell that is very small in size. Kupang used in this food is yellowish white which is usually called rice mussel. As the name implies, it is served with pieces of rice cake and given boiled water sauce of kupang. Before it is served on a plate, they give crushed brown sugar, garlic, shrimp paste, and chili (according to the customer's request) and then given a little squeeze of orange juice, while the braids are boiled with leeks and garlic. Not only Kupang Lontong, Sidoarjo City also has a special food in the form of processed milkfish. Maybe this is the reason for Sidoarjo to be a city famous for its milkfish. Creative processing makes fresh milkfish become delicious snacks. Different processing with milkfish, this snack uses a presto tool that works to remove all the thorns. However, the size of the milkfish presto is usually only around 150 grams or 200 grams. After the thorn is gone, the milkfish will be fried in a shaken egg dressing. Crispy and savory flavors that are there will be more stable if dipped in tomato sauce. Umm, so delicious. To make things even easier, there is already a packaging box to be brought into souvenirs typical from Sidoarjo. Maybe you are also wondering what language the people of Sidoarjo use? Everyday language used in the Sidoarjo area is a mixture of Javanese and Indonesian. Javanese language that is used also varies, there are Javanese ngoko, krama inggil, and krama alus. Many dominant communities speak Javanese that arises from habit. While only a few people use Indonesian. For example the people who live in the Sidoarjo City area.