Lontong, Heroic Brand

December 3, 2013

RESIDENTS of Banyu Urip, Kupang Krajan, Sawahan, start their day earlier than other Surabaya citizens. The 100 or so families, most of whom sell lontong (boiled rice wrapped in banana leaves), rise between 1am to 3am to begin their work. The people of Kampung Lontong, as the lontong producers' neighborhood is called, have to remove the food from their boilers after cooking it for 10 to 12 hours. "From the boilers, pieces of lontong are drained and

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