A friendly local guy I met at the mall in Makassar offered to take me to experience some local food.

I was keen to try Coto Makassar, a local beef soup. I asked Victor if he knew a good place to go eat it and he suggested Rumah Makan Ranggong, an old family run restaurant.

It was one of those local restaurants that had loads of pictures on their wall of famous people who had visited, including the old president of Indonesia.

The Coto Makassar soup is a broth made from ground up peanuts, and beef meat is added. There's also the option to add various organs such as heart, brain, liver, lung and tongue.

I opted for meat, heart and tongue. It seemed like a good combination.

I liked the taste of the peanuty soup and the beef meat was good quality. The tongue was a bit chewy, as you would expect tongue to be, but still nice. The heart, I wasn't a big fan of. It was very dry.

After doing a bit of sightseeing at Fort Rotterdam, a 17th century Dutch fort, we went to another popular local restaurant for another popular local food.

Pisang Ijo is made from banana wrapped in a green dough made of flour, water, and green coloring from suji or pandan leaves. The banana is then steamed and served with a sweet sauce made of coconut milk, sugar, and starch.

It's served over shaved ice, making it the type of cold, sweet and refreshing dessert that is perfect to eat in a tropical climate like there is in Sulawesi.

Thanks to Mr Victor for taking me to these awesome local restaurants.

0:00 Coto Makassar
14:56 Fort Rotterdam
24:58 Pisang Ijo

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