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Bir Pletok: Traditional snacks and drinks such as this Bir Pletok (Betawi traditional herbal drink) are available in Jakarta's Craft and Souvenirs Center. (Photo by Novani Nugrahani) |
Looking for something genuine and unique to bring home from Jakarta is not an easy thing to do. But the following three souvenirs can serve as fresh options if whenever you are looking for stuff that really breaths Jakarta in this massive multicultural city.
Jakarta's Craft and Souvenirs Center
Hidden among giant skyscrapers on Jl. Dr. Satrio Jakarta, Jakarta's Craft and Souvenirs Center is a modest shop situated around 100 meters from Lotte Shopping Avenue. The humble shop is managed by Jakarta Tourism and Culture Agency and sells various souvenirs.
Traditional snacks and drinks like Bir Pletok (Betawi traditional herbal drink), Dodol Betawi (traditional sticky sweet confection) and Biji Ketapang cookie (traditional cookie made from flour and dried coconut) are sold there.
Most of the products displayed at the shop are made by small entrepreneurs who are supported by the Agency. Visitors can find souvenirs ranging from key chains, t-shirts, snacks, ondel-ondel miniatures to Betawi batik clothes.