Soto Bujatmi

Top choice in Central Java


This is the very best place to try the famed chicken soup of Kudus. Cooks stir up cauldrons of the brew over a log-fired oven and diners pack round simple tables decorated with jars of rice crackers. Soto kudus is served with optional extras, such as sate (satay) comprising entrails and cow-skin. Bean-curd wafers are another accompaniment to the broth.


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