Tegal

Tegal is a city on the north coast of Central Java, near the border with West Java.

Understand
Tegal is the home of the ubiquitous warteg eating places across Indonesia (from Warung Tegal), known for their low prices.

By car
Tegal is on the North Coast Route trunk road (Jalur Pantura). From the west, a tolled motorway connects Jakarta,, and Cirebon, , with Tegal. The toll ends at Tegal's western outskirts. To the east, the trunk road continues to the provincial capital Semarang,.

By ride-hailing app
There are some online ride-hailing apps such as Gojek. You may choose to go by motorcycle or car.

Tegal food

 * Glotak, a spicy dish made from gembus (Javanese tofu dregs).
 * Kue pia, mung bean pastry.
 * Nasi bogana, rice with side dishes wrapped in banana leaves.
 * Olos, tapioca starch batter snack.
 * Rujak teplak, boiled veggies with cassava sauce.
 * Sate Tegal or Sate kambing muda (young goat or mutton satay)
 * Sauto is soto, the widely available clear broth soup, but with the addition of fermented soybeans (tauco) giving a delicious umami hit. Widely available.
 * Tahu aci (fried flour-filled tofu)
 * Tahu pletok (fried flour-filled tofu)

Drink
Tegal is famous for tea served in a small earthenware teapot (hence its name teh poci or teapot tea, clay pot tea), with little earthenware cups to drink it from. Normally strong, and served with a lump of rock sugar so big that it barely fits into the cup. Widely available.

In the Slawi District of Tegal, there is a local iced drink called es lontrong, made from agar, mung bean, white bread, coconut milk, and pandan syrup.

Go next

 * Brebes — known for its duck-salted egg.
 * Cirebon — the 'city of shrimps', a city about to the west.
 * Pemalang — one of the pineapple cities.