UPPKA Cempaka VIII

Traditional Indonesian delicacy seller, specializing in making Abon and Kentang Mustofa

• Kentang Mustofa is an iconic Indonesian side dish made from potato that is grated or cut into juilenne, and then cooked with sambal balado. Kentang Mustofa also an Eid Mubarak food, where majority of muslim household will serve it in the Holy Day of Ramadhan. Despite the name “Mustofa” sounds like middle eastern name, Kentang Mustofa is not at all originated from Middle East. It is believed that Kentang Mustofa originated from Indonesia First President’s cook, named Opo Mustofa. When Opo Mustofa working as cook for Ir. Soekarno, he felt that it will be a waste to not utilize the left-over potato in the kitchen. So he decided to make something out of it and serve it as one of President’s meal. One day, this particular potato dish is missing from the meal set, and because there isn’t any settled or official name for the dish, the President asked “Where Mustofa’s Potato ?”. Hence, the dish name become Kentang Mustofa.
• Abon, is a traditional Indonesian food made from shredded meat fibers. Its appearance is usually light brown to dark brown due to seasoning with palm sugar, and resembles cotton fibers. Because it is dry and almost devoid of moisture, when stored in airtight packaging, Abon can be preserved for weeks or even months. In addition to being made from meat (beef, goat, horse, pork, and lamb), there are also some varieties of abon made from seafood ingredients, such as tuna, catfish, mackerel, eel, blue crab, and shrimp.