Enjoying Pak Waluyo’s Special Wedang Ronde at the Legendary Ruksobayan Parking Lot in Yogyakarta
YOGYAKARTA-ASWINNEWS.COM- Wedang Ronde is a warm ginger drink, containing sticky rice balls filled with peanuts, and additional ingredients such as palm fruit, white bread, and roasted peanuts. This drink is perfect for warming the body, especially at night or in cold weather.
H.Sujaya, Advisory Board of DPP ASWIN, delivered an exclusive report from Yogyakarta, Sunday evening, February 23, 2025.
Here is further information, from H.Sujaya for aswinnews.com readers, exclusively.
Wedang Ronde comes from the influence of Chinese cuisine, similar to Tangyuan in China. However, in Indonesia, wedang ronde has been modified with the addition of typical Nusantara ingredients. Yogyakarta is one of the cities famous for wedang ronde, often sold at angkringan or street vendors.
The ingredients of Wedang Ronde consist of ginger, brown sugar or rock sugar, sticky rice balls filled with crushed peanuts and sugar, Kolang-kaling, sometimes added with pieces of white bread and roasted or fried peanuts without oil.
My favorite popular place to enjoy Wedang Ronde in Yogyakarta is at Warung Angkringan Wedang Ronde Pak Waluyo, which is located in the parking lot of Ruksobayan Malioboro Yogyakarta.
When this media hung out at his stall again this year, while enjoying wedang ronde accompanied by drizzle, it made the legendary atmosphere even more fitting for me. Plus it turned out that we also met the Atthaya Tour and Travel Indramayu Bureau Crew, those I already knew in Indramayu and were hanging out before I came.
While enjoying Pak Waluyo’s signature wedang ronde, the media interviewed him. It turned out that he had been selling here for almost 15 years, even with the proceeds from his sales he had completed his only child’s Bachelor’s degree at Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta and is now working.
“I open a wedang ronde stall from 15.30-23.00 at night. On average, I can finish 50 portions which are sold for Rp10,000 per portion,” said Waluyo who is now 52 years old.
“I often like to be involved in banquet events at the Yogyakarta Palace during the era of President Jokowi. The sad thing about selling here is that it is quite popular and well-known, but sometimes we are subject to discipline by officers. Our hope, in my opinion, is to obey and be orderly to the officers as long as we can trade,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, H. Juanda from the Atthaya Indramayu Crew when interviewed said that his team usually subscribes to enjoying Pak Waluyo’s wedang ronde while waiting for the students he brings.
“Enjoying wedang ronde here is very exciting, especially like now accompanied by dim lights and. The blue sky accompanied by light rain makes it even more fun and romantic. For us, this is the atmosphere and taste of wedang ronde that makes us addicted,” said H. Juanda closing the conversation.
H. Sujaya
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