Mie Lethek Cap Garuda – Typical Culinary Delights of Bantul Yogyakarta

Mie Lethek Cap Garuda – For travelers who love culinary, you must try Mie Lethek. This is one of the typical culinary delights of Bantul Yogyakarta that is worth trying. Mie Lethek is noodles made from traditional ingredients and the way it is made is unique. Usually, Mie Lethek is served fried or bowl. The basic ingredients for making Mie Lethek are cassava and tapioca flour.

Mie Lethek Cap Garuda

Mie Lethek is made in a traditional way and has been passed down from generation to generation. One of the well-known producers of Mie Lethek in Bantul is Mie Lethek Cap Garuda. The production of Lethek Noodles has been around since the 1940s on a home industrial scale. The location of the Mie Lethek factory is in Bendo, RT. 101, Trimurti Srandakan, Sawahan, Trimurti, Bantul, Bantul District, Special Region of Yogyakarta.

For tourists who come to Yogyakarta, perhaps you can take the time to visit the mie lethek factory and taste the typical Bantul culinary delights. Not many foreign tourists go there, because the location is far from the city and there is not much people promoting it. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, also tasted Mie Lethek during his visit to Indonesia in 2017.

The name Mie Lethek is taken from Javanese which means dirty or dull. This is because the ingredients used consist of cassava flour, tapioca flour and do not use preservatives or food coloring, so the color of the lethek noodles looks dull or dirty. Lethek noodles have a unique taste and a different texture from other noodles.