Lamongan

Lamongan (Javanese: ꦭꦩꦺꦴꦁꦔꦤ꧀) is a regency in the Surabaya Metropolitan Area in East Java. It has a zoo and an Islamic art museum.

Understand
The topography in Lamongan is relatively flat with the coastal area in the north. Marine and agriculture have become economic drivers. Most people are Javanese so they speak Javanese with an understanding of Indonesian.

Get in
Lamongan is 49 km west of Surabaya City.

By public minibus
In Terminal Lamongan and Terminal Paciran, there is a public transport called Mobil Penumpang Umum (MPU) using the Izusu Elf or Mitsubishi Colt minibus. The routes are:
 * Terminal Lamongan - Deket - Blawi - Glagah - Karangbinangun
 * Terminal Lamongan - Turi - Sukodadi - Pucuk - Gembong - Babat
 * Terminal Lamongan - Deket - Duduksampeyan - Bunder - Kebomas - Gresik
 * Pantai Weru - Banjarwati - Tunggul - Terminal Paciran - Blimbing - Brondong - Lohgung - Palang - Tuban
 * Kranji - Banjarwati - Drajat - Takeran - Karanggeneng - Sungailebak - Sukodadi
 * Brondong - Blimbing - Terminal Paciran - Sendangagung - Payaman - Solokuro - Godog

By ride-hailing services
Gojek has been operating in Lamongan since 2022.

By car or motorbike
Going to some tourist attractions is more flexible to use a rented car or motorbike.

Food souvenirs

 * Gula siwalan, tal palm sugar.
 * Jumbrek, a snack made from rice flour, palm sugar, and coconut.
 * Kripik sunduk, a cracker from ikan sunduk (smooth cornetfish/Fistularia commersonii)

Lamongan cuisine

 * Asem-asem bandeng, a milkfish sour soup.
 * Bandeng colo, a milkfish spicy soup.
 * Nasi/sego boran, boran is a container made of woven bamboo for carrying food. It is rice with various special side dishes such as empuk (fried seasoned flour), pletuk (fried spiced drained rice or peanut), also ikan sili (fire eel).
 * Pecel lele, a fried ikan lele (airbreathing catfish) with special sambal with lime. The dish usually sold in roadside tent stalls with animals pictures on the tent walls which are the meat in the food menu.
 * Soto Lamongan, a typical Lamongan chicken soto.
 * Tahu campur Lamongan, tofu with beef stew in petis (shrimp paste sauce)-base soup. It is different from other Indonesian tofu dishes which always use peanut sauce.
 * Wingko Babat, a snack made from glutinuous rice flour and grated coconut from Babat district of Lamongan.

Drink
Try local drink, es dawet siwalan, an iced drink made from buah siwalan (tal palm/Borassus flabellifer fruit), coconut milk, and gula siwalan (liquid tal palm sugar).

Connect
The telephone area code for Lamongan is 0322.

Go next

 * Bojonegoro
 * Gresik
 * Tuban