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CHAPTER 5
GIVING LOCAL FOOD
INFORMATION
To become an insightful tour guide, of course we have to remember
local wisdom in an area or city, such as local food in that area, how
the process is made, what ingredients are used, and so on. This
chapter will provide information on how to explain to foreign
tourists about local food from an area
4 Typical Palembang Cuisine
1. Pempek
The basic ingredients used to make pempek are fish. At first the
fish used was belida fish. In its development, this fish is
experiencing scarcity so that besides being expensive it is also
hard to come by. This situation makes people switch to fish which
is cheaper and easier to obtain. Along with the development of
knowledge and the development of community demand for
pempek, the community began to vary the types of pempek
according to demand. People are getting more creative with raw
materials that are very easy to get. Until now pempek has many
types with different flavors.
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