Rawon or Javanese Black Soup, the black colour of this beef soup is coming from Keluwak or Keluak, hard nut that's look like castanea with black paste inside. This food originally from East Java althought known by some people in Middle Java.
It's made from cutted small beef, with red onion, garlic, keluwak, court case root, chilli, and lemon grass. It normally served with salted duck egg, kerupuk, bean sprout and rice.
Where to find:
Rawon Nguling
It started on 1942 from a small village name Tongas - Probolinggo, but now can be found in some places in Surabaya (Kendangsari and Kutei streets). It's not as black as normal rawon, a little bit clear and red, and they also sell their special menu beef knuckle rawon.
Rawon Setan
Rawon Setan or Ghost Rawon because it's start open at 11 p.m before, now they start the business in the morning, their first place is crossing JW Marriot Surabaya. It serve in big portion with big cutted beef inside, but to oilly.
Rawon Ria
Ria Restaurant have a comfortable place to eat, and their rawon taste like homemade dishes, it's very rich and the serving appearance is very nice. They have many place, the biggest one is at Jalan Kombes M Duryat, then at Sutos Mall, and Tunjungan Plaza Surabaya.
