"Would you eat poo?" Coming from your English-speaking friend this question would looks like an invitation to something that would get high rating on YouTube. However, if the question refers to a brand of an Indonesian delicacy, you might not feel the request so strange and might even excited by it.

Poo pictured above is a brand of getuk pisang, an Indonesian delicacy originated from the eastern Java region of Indonesia. It is a sweet and fragrant cake made from mashed banana in form of compacted cylinder. It looks purplish or brownish depending to the type of banana it used.

Getuk Pisang image from "Oleh-Oleh Kediri" in Tokopedia

Getuk Pisang image from Zudi Susanto

Though tasted delicious, "Poo" might not gain market success abroad, especially in English speaking countries for the connotation it has -- with India as exception, as Poo is also the name of a small town in Himachal Pradesh district. (byms)

Nasi Gudeg & side dishes, originally uploaded by bayuamus.

For about two months, sometimes attending them several weekends in a row, this is our favorite spot for weekend lunch or dinner; Gudeg Danukusuman.

It happen right after our neighbor inform us with the precise location of the eateries, which now is located deep inside the abandoned Ruko Alfa shopping mall beside the Carrefour Alfa store at Imam Bonjol street.

Previously we've been searching for this place, but not knowing the exact name or location the search was fruitless. Now with the new information, we're able to find the place without too much effort.

As it turns out, it's almost impossible to spot the place from the main street, since it located deep within the store lots, not on the food hall up front; which sometimes there's also buses parking to completely obstruct the view towards the place.

(see the small green rectangle banner far behind?)

The finding, as you have predicted, resulted in major remapping of our recommendation list for good food in Bali, because not just the food here are delicious, it is also affordable, and you got a lot of option to choose from.

Basically they serve traditional Solonese dishes here, which includes:

• Nasi Gudeg (Solo style) - 8K
• Nasi Liwet - 7K
• Nasi Tumpeng - 7K
• Timlo - 7K
• Selat - 8K
• Nasi Kuning - 7K
• Bubur Lemu - 5K

You can also find various side dishes and snacks, like:

• Sosis solo
• Sosis solo basah
• Quail eggs satay
• Tempe bacem
• Tahu bacem

And variety of traditional delicious drinks:

• Beras Kencur (must try)
• Kunyit Asem
• Wedang Ronde

I'll elaborate more on detail of each dishes later on. Please refer to http://bit.ly/balifoodmap for map reference.
(byms)

Fresh water snails are found throughout the tropical countries around the world. There are different species differs in size and cone shapes, but basically they all looks the same. These snails in Asia are commonly considered as pest to the rice fields, since they saps the nutrients from the stalks. However, due to the existence of natural hunters, these snails are seldom causing trouble. Not to mention, that they are also known as a quite delicious treat to the locals.

Cooked with serai (lemongrass), lengkuas (galangal), kunyit (turmeric), daun salam (Indonesian bay leaves - thanks Pepy), cabai (chillies) and other spices, "Sayur Tutut" or Fresh Sea Water Snail Soup, is a favorite delicacies. Eating them though; could pose a bit of challenge. While with the escargot usually you could finish them using a small fork, but since tutut are considerably smaller in size, then you would need a tooth pick, or do like we do it here: by flash sucking them, or as the Sundanese calls it; "kecrok". Kecrok involves a sudden sucking/flash sucking action, powerful enough to draw the snail out of its shell. But even with veteran "kecrokers", sometimes there are snails too tough to pull out, tough creatures!