Jember has been famous
internationally for its carnival, Jember Fashion Carnaval. Unfortunately I visited this regency last month on June when the event
doesn’t take place.
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| Jember Fashion Carnaval (zimbio.com) |
Since I only got a chance
for strolling around in three days while working then here’s the wrap up of place
that you too can visit in downtown area of Jember.
Transportation
Blessed Garuda Indonesia
for opening route from Surabaya to Jember and vice versa in 2014, otherwise I have
to take four to six hours on the road to reach the regency. Garuda using its sub-brand
Garuda Explore of ATR 72-600 fleet manufactured in France-Italy that can
accommodate 70 passengers. The flight can take you to Notohadinegoro Airport of
Jember with only around 30 minutes from Surabaya. Almost all seats we’re
occupied and Explore offers service as good as Garuda.
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| Garuda Explore (@vinafalah) |
Once
you arrived, there are taxis lining up ready to take you up to the hotel or
other more reliable choice is Damri shuttle. It can take you to the destined hotel
with Rp30.000 charge. It is quite expensive actually compare to Blok M – Soetta
Airport Damri bus which only charged Rp40.000 included toll fee.
If
you stay by the downtown area it’s not hard strolling around the city. It is
advisable to take public transportation (angkot)
rather than taxis because if the distance is too close they will charge minimum
payment of Rp30.000 – Rp35.000.
Since
all angkot are in yellow then it is differentiated by alphabetical lines. There
are seven lines (A-E and G-H) of angkot each with different routes. Check this www.jembertourism.com/informasi/transportasi/angkot.
And when it’s time to
go back home, several hotels cooperate with Warna Tour to pick you up and take you back to Notohadinegoro Airport for Rp35.000.
Accommodation
I
chose Ebizz budget hotel near Jember University in Kalimantan road. Single room
with breakfast but no toiletries and cabel tv cost for Rp225.000/nett. But if
you want to have culinary tour it will be better to stay around Trunojoyo road
like Hotel Istana where you can indulge for varied local food. Other lavish
option is Aston hotel, the only big hotel chain in the town.
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| Ebizz Hotel (pegipegi.com) |
Cuisine
Like all the Main Square,
it’s a spacious place where people can chit-chat in the park, skateboarding,
exercising and of course finding food. So many food stalls lining with lesehan seats selling local temptations
in the night such as rujak cingur, scallop skewers, pecel, and more. At the
other side, there are also common street food such as seafood and satay.
After disappointed with
the taste of local food near the hotel, I picked the safe choice of salted egg
shrimp with white rice and ice tea that cost Rp55.000 which tasted too salty
but far better than the food near Ebizz.
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| Alun Alun Jember (jembertourism.com) |
My Sumatran tongue can’t
keep up with some taste of the food around hotel. It wasn’t peculiar local food
either, just like wedang jahe and Padang dish but the flavor are just not
right. When local food tastes so weird, then fast food has been always my best
option. Aside KFC that is quite far from our hotel, there is Cbezt Fried Chicken
in Kalimantan Street. During Ramadhan, it opens from afternoon until sahur. The
price is way much cheaper and the chicken is so big which made me suspicious in
what kind of chicken is it that they’re selling :p.
Indonesia Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute (Puslitkoka)
@kopikakao_jember
Founded in the 1st
January 1911 and was named Besoekisch Proefstation, ICCRI offers tour to
educate people more about the process to produce good quality coffee and
chocolate in Indonesia. Tour to its manufactures should be by appointment and
group tour is preferable. After finishing tour, visitor can buy processed
chocolate and coffee in its shops.
Jl. PB.
Sudirman 90, Jember 68118
Phone: (62331) 757130, 757132
Phone: (62331) 757130, 757132
Glovic Bakery @glovicbakery
Started by selling
bread, Glovic has turned into a chic café that can satiate people’s appetite for
desserts; ice cream, éclairs and cake. The store occupies spacious home office in
A.Yani Street. What a complete selection of dessert for afternoon coffee or tea.
Address: JL. Jend A Yani, 7-8
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| Glovic Bakery Cappucino (@vinafalah) |
Tape Cake
Best cake with cassava
tape ingredient! The tape isn’t sour, blended perfectly, garnished with cheese
topping and smells good. I chose Prol Tape Purnama Jati in Trunojoyo Street.
Bandung is also famous for its cassava tape but they don’t make it into prol like
in Jember J.
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| Prol Tape (pricepedia.org) |
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