Sunday Scoop : Roti Bakar Bandung (Toasted Bread in Bandung Style)

Hey Ladies

Let's drive over the night

Hey Boys

Wanna get grooves beyond times

Give me your love

Naughty Smoothie are poured

Gettin' hot and drunk

Cozy late night are just awaiting

Poppin' the bark and bouncy

I wanna give you this

Let me untie your colored shoes

Everybody got the position

To mild away in passionate surprise

Hey, let's go

We ain't be a dummy mummy

Sinking mind in gloomy gummy

Because we own the night

of something yummy

Now listen this..

Everybody untie their pomp a while

Had glamorous dance in softy sound

Took a show hook the breathe

Everybody faints until sober out

Had consciousness dream in flavorful sound

Cook by cheese Look by tasty

Now eat this..

we are luscious in the same loaf

Sounds, abound, ground until we're pound

Stolen, driven, fallen in toasted seduction

Blissful, feel full and be tasteful 

Hey Ladies

Hey Boys

Do you wanna heating up some?

'Cause I'm gonna toasted you in this chillin' nite

~ A Chilled heart, Warm Toasted Bread @HeiKi'14

(Indonesian Ver)

Minggu pagi ini, seperti biasa yang dilakuin pertama kali ya bersyukur masih bisa menikmati weekend ditambah makan enak. Kali ini yang menemani termasuk jajanan malam karena jualnya dari sore menjelang tengah malam dan sering jadi teman rame-rame penghangat suasana, Roti Bakar Bandung. Kalau biasanya kita mungkin menikmati roti bakar di dalam ruangan, entah cafe atau restoran, nah yang satu ini termasuk street food karena dijualnya pakai rombong / gerobak. Kadang pernah kepikir hubungannya dengan Bandung apa ya? Kurang tahu juga tapi biasanya kalau nama kotanya diikutkan pasti kebanyakan dari sanalah panganan ini. Semisalnya aja empek-empek Palembang, karena, konon katanya, disanalah hidangan ini mulai dan paling banyak dijual. Lha terus apa bedanya sama roti bakar biasanya? Sebenarnya sama saja dari yang biasa kita temui / santap pun juga sama rotinya. Yang paling mencolok adalah tesktur luar rotinya yang bergelombang seperti alat musik harmonika. Jadi pas rotinya dibakar, garis belang-belang-nya semakin kentara. Yang lebih unik, meski bentuknya kotak persegi panjang, ternyata roti ini bisa dibelah dua bagian yang sama, dan di tiap bagian bakal dipotong-potong tanpa putus. Hal ini bikin kita gampang mencomotnya,  makin banyak variasi isi yang bisa ditambahkan pula. Selain itu, caranya memanggang roti ini juga mirip salah satu menu masakan Jepang yaitu Teppanyaki. Yup, pakai flat iron plate, lalu sebelum dibakar rotinya terlebih dahulu dioles mentega di setiap sisinya supaya tampilan akhirnya lebih menggoda dan rasanya lebih gurih. Setelah itu tinggal diputar-putar oleh penjualnya sampai rata lalu bungkus deh. Paling enak sih dinikmatin panas-panasnya. Rotinya masih terasa empuk dan olesan butter / menteganya masih lembut, makin lahap dengan variasi isian yang kita pilih. Sedangkan untuk variasi rasanya antara cokelat, kacang, strawberi, blueberi, nanas, keju atau bahkan rame-rame alias campuran dari semua rasa yang ada.

Karena jualnya dengan gerobak sederhana, jadinya memang nggak ada pilihan lain untuk dibungkus alias dibawa pulang. Seperti biasa tetep perlu milih-milih mana penjual yang lebih enak (biasanya sih yang banyak ngantri) Dengan kisaran harga 10 - 20 ribu rupiah tergantung beda isian, sayang juga kan kalo semisal (pengalaman sih) kedapatan isiannya ternyata sedikit atau rotinya keras (pakai roti lama). Yang asyik, kalau nggak keberatan menunggu pesanan kita, nikmati aja si penjualnya 'beratraksi' alias membolak-balik rotinya di atas flat iron plate yang berdesis sis sis... karena bertarung sama menteganya. Yah, kalau udah bosan boleh deh diajak ngobrol yang jual, siapa tahu dapat ilmunya hehe...

I'm toasted baby

and you...?

(English Ver)

I know, it may looks ordinary and nothing special than a toasted bread stuffing with variants flavors of jam. What's else? Just let me introduced you why these night snacks being favorite in my country. First, it named Roti Bakar Bandung which in translate Toasted Bread in Bandung style. So, what is Bandung style? Actually it's just a name of capital city of West Java province in Indonesia. A beautiful city, it's recommendation. If you ever another famous Indonesian dish named Empek-Empek Palembang that I ever had post, you'll noticed there's also a city name. I don't know why Bandung was inserted, although left on mind, maybe it's the origins of these snack. It becomes a signature for these snack, which began to sold from evening until midnight in its own booth. Next, the outside texture of these rectangular loaf was looks like a harmonica (although nowadays we can found these mold) so when it get toasted, it gotten the stronger lines. The way how it toasted are using flat iron plate, like we used to know on Teppanyaki, a Japanese dish. So when it already hot, the bread which buttered in each side before, is cooked until looks golden brown. Definitely best eaten while it's hot because you can enjoy the tasty butter melted in bread, the softness and juicy flavorful stuffing. As you can see in pics, the rectangular shape of the bread can be divided into two parts, which every part would be cut to made it easier to picked by hand and eat. And for stuffing, jam such as blueberry, strawberry, pineapple, kaya, until the customer fave like peanut and chocolate. Mixed flavor in same bread are also available, cost more pricey.

So, if we are familiar to eat toasted bread on restaurant or cafe menu, which sure it has better quality, softer bread, while some are homemade too and have more amazing stuffing and topping, what these bread had to satisfy the expectation? It's only cook in street booth, full buttered and jam, not yet counting the calories you may wondered? Well, how it's sold and placed to be a street snack and all factor I listed before, it just about we getting the euphoria. You know, a kind of excitement feeling when you found a night food booth, enjoy the smell, looks and stuffing like that. Also, it's nice to wait and see the seller do his 'martial' times to execute the bread on flat iron plate, giving his attention and lots of love, wrapped or packaged it then we hold the warmness to finally eat it in togetherness (or alone). I could say, the power of street snack, the different feeling than you already get it ready to eat in cafe or restaurant. Those expectation are like putting an enjoyment when we bought it, bring it home, share in togetherness. Yet, for some people maybe it's just nothing but I guess it's an pleasure excitement.

Sambil menikmati roti bakarnya, aku juga menambahkan chocolate ganache, kebetulan masih ada sisa sedikit krim dan coklat, tinggal ditambahin kalau isiannya masih terasa kurang banyak. Karena makannya nggak sendirian, aku juga buat es kopi dan orange squash untuk menambah suasana santai. Nah, siapa bilang snack sederhana ngga bisa dibuat enak?

Since this is a sunny Sunday, why not adding dark chocolate ganache to be extra topping? I know less is better but more is luck right? :D I also made Ice Coffee and a cold Orange Squash to joining the party.