Culinary: Nasi Goreng Gila Menteng, Five Stars Hotel Taste at Low Price

Know about 'nasi goreng'...? Perhaps fried rice is more friendly name for 'nasi goreng'. For you who have stayed in Jakarta for a while and have tasted what 'nasi goreng' is like must have sometimes missed it so much when you have been staying here in Jambi. But no more worries, now you can find a Jakarta's taste guaranteed of 'nasi goreng' called 'Nasi Goreng Gila Menteng'. Located in two separate places, the first counter is located in front of entrance gate of Villa Gading Mayang Estate and the second booth is in front of state library building TAC. The owner of 'Nasi Goreng Gila Menteng', Mas Slamet, guaranteed that you will sense same taste and aroma of his 'nasi goreng gila' as if you buy them in Jakarta because this menu is his creation when he vended fried rice with same name in Taman Suropati, a park in Menteng, Jakarta Pusat Regency. Since the park was forbidden for street vendors, Mas Slamet migrated to Jambi and he has been staying here for almost 2 years vending his trademark 'Nasi Goreng Gila Menteng'. Just come and taste the real 'nasi goreng' from Jakarta there, this culinary brought to you a five stars hotel taste at as low as street vendors price.

Various menu of 'nasi goreng'

Try this one, 'Nasi Goreng Gila'

Culinary: Ketoprak "Kedai Almas"

So you have been in Jakarta and now you are in Jambi City and missing kind of food what in Jakarta is called Ketoprak. It's so hard to find ketoprak in Jambi but you may find same ketoprak as if it is served by culinary street vendors in Jakarta, just visit "Kedai Almas" in Telanaipura, precisely in front of IAIN campus buildings. For those who have tasted what Ketoprak Betawi is would like their ketoprak seasoning blends that close to ketoprak you can find in Jakarta.

Open from 16.00 to 23.00 daily, "Kedai Almas" brings the original taste of ketoprak and it is very suitable for those who missed Jakarta typical culinary. Ibu Sri, the owner of "Kedai Almas" built her ketoprak cart similar to the one you can find in Jakarta, so you may taste and feel the real "Ketoprak Jakarta" atmosphere in Jambi City.

"Kedai Almas" cart

Ibu Sri, owner of "Kedai Almas" is preparing and mixing ketoprak

Ketoprak

News: 2011 Edition of Smog Seems to be Ended on This Month

In last 15 years, smog in Sumatera have expanded to wider areas and have reached neighbor countries, Singapore and Malaysia. The smog itself is not a natural disaster since the local governments reported that many of fire spots were commonly triggered as the impact of land clearing by local people when they are opening lands for farming or companies that have forestry concession are opening new plantations by burning their area concession which this way is the cheapest and easiest way to open the new areas. Bigger wildfires are usually occurred when land clearing touch areas that contains peat area and when it is happened in the dry season like past two months which many smog cases reported, it is just like a candle light being thrown into big gasoline tank.

Article: Get Acquainted with Sumatran Tiger

A special subspecies of tiger, Sumatran Tiger is the smallest "big cat" that called as tiger and exclusively live only in Island of Sumatera. They have darker brown skin compared to their families, other kinds of tiger like Malayan Tiger or Bengali Tiger. Since experts told us that stripes on a tiger's skin are like our finger prints then we know that Sumatran Tiger own their typical characteristics. Estimated only last 250-300 of Sumatran Tiger exist on 2008 and distributed in Aceh, Riau, Sumatera Barat, Jambi, and Sumatera Selatan. Sumatran Tiger is critically endangered on the World Conservation Union Red List of threatened species. This species needs our help to make our grandchild will be able to see this amazing "big cat" in the future rather than to imagining what Sumatran Tiger is like.

Merangin: Lake Pauh, a Quiet Inland Lake

Lake Pauh is actually a volcano lake, means the lake was formed from volcano activities. Situated in Jangkat Regency, an administrative area to Merangin Regency, western Jambi. The location is approximately 95 km westward Bangko, the capital of Merangin Regency and can be reached by vehicles. The road infrastructure to the lake is in very bad condition, considering prevailing weather is great for people who want to go there to avoid being trapped in muddy roads.