Today, I will talk about food again. This might be not very appetizing for some people, maybe because of where it comes from and the look of the food which is still showing its shape. But this is soo yummy for me and also for a lot of people here.
Swike Soup
Usually, my family and I go to the Central Java area to find this dish, because it is a bit difficult to find this dish in the city where I live. This is the food, it is called “Swike/Swekee”. This is a dish made from frogs (the thigh). This dish is an influence of Chinese cuisine in Indonesia. There are several kinds of dishes from this which are fried, soup, and stir-fried. My favorite is the swike stir-fried with a little bit of soup. Very delicious especially if eaten when it rains.
Usually, we eat this dish with a serving of hot rice, topped with “sambal” to make it spicy and some people also like to add lime juice. The dish above is my favorite, it’s stir-fried but with a little bit of soup, it is sweet but also tastes delicious from fried garlic and some other ingredient in the soup. It’s so yummy.
This is the fried egg frog, not my favorite but this actually tastes good as well. There’s also fried swike but we didn’t order it last time. Usually, for the fried swike they grease the meat with wet flour and then fry it. If you see the red thing on the small plate, that is what we call as “sambal”, we have so many kinds of sambal in Indonesia for that one we call it “Sambal bawang” that’s made from ground cayenne pepper with a mixture of garlic, a little salt and usually with a little msg. Also doused the sambal with a little hot oil (this is my family’s way of making sambal). And it will be ready to be served. This dish is worth to try if you love unusual or unique food!
I will give you some recommendations of the restaurant to enjoy this dish (these locations are where my family and I use to go):
- Swekee Bu Reso dan Raja Penyet : https://goo.gl/maps/ffkeG89sScaPh6f88
- Swike Bu Reso : https://goo.gl/maps/oPApfhucJQi2ZWU89
- Warung Swekee Mbak Ning : https://goo.gl/maps/gWv4wGkuizYfq8758
I’ve only had the stir-fried variety. The eggy one looks interesting too. I’ve only eaten the legs made separately. But in your photos it looks like most of the torso is also used. Is that right?
Ooo, where have you try it?
And yes but cannot get much from the upper part, so most of the time I try to get the meat from the thigh. Also we better not eat the bones because its not good for the health after eat the bones.
Good to know. The French also eat frog’s legs. That’s where I’ve eaten it. They only use the legs.
Wow! Interesting! I just know about this. Thank you for telling me about it. And do they have the soup as well?
I think not
Would like to try it too one day!
Good to know and I almost eat a deep fried frog while I was younger while in Taiwan and I thought it was chicken haha! Nope I returned it and I haven’t tried up to now. Maybe someday!
Haha, it’s worth to try! The fried also tastes good! Well, my experience is based on Indonesian cuisine taste, so I say it’s worth to try! But I think anywhere might be similar if it’s fried. 😄
Great post! I’m fascinated to see a non European use for frogs in cuisine! Hope i can try this one day! It looks really good
Thank you! This cuisine also has been here for a long time. And Yes! Hope you’ll try this, cause it’s really worth to try! 😄
Surely unique!
Yes, it is! 😄✨
My British friend called the French “frogs” because of their dish featuring them. That’s an insult-name from WWII. The Germans are “krauts” because of sauerkraut. In turn, the French called the British “Roast Beef”. Ha ha!
Ha ha so many calls for each
Yes, I think the names are very funny. Like siblings who fight a lot, but need each other.