Gili does not only offers the charm of natural beauty such as the crystal clear sea water, and exotic fauna. Gili also provides rural atmosphere that is still beautiful with the natural hospitality and special culinary. Like most coastal regions are so thick with seafood. Shrimp, squid, fish and shellfish are the main menu in coastal areas, including Gili. But you will find unique culinary and different, there are Ayam Taliwang and Plecing Kangkung. Spicy taste is so slap, your tongue is burning by the heat of the chili. You must try to eat that culinary while seeing to the blue wave.
Actually Ayam Taliwang is from Lombok, precisely in the Kampung of Karang Taliwang, Desa Chakra Utara, Kecamatan Cakranegara, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). Based on that place, people of Lombok call Ayam Taliwang. The uniqueness of this cuisine is the use of the young chicken, 3-5 months. Although small, it feels really shake your tongue. Even many restaurants outside Lombok serve this Ayam Taliwang. You just need to be careful with the stomach’s ability to receive a spicy flavor which is typical of this culinary.
Eating culinary form of Ayam Taliwang and Plecing Kangkung is into one package that can not be left one of them. Tasting Ayam Taliwang will be no completed without Plecing Kangkung. It gives different sensations. The specificity of this Plecing Kangkung is in the vegetables such as that comes from special kale. This vegetable is planted in a flowing river with a certain method. So it results the large trunked and crispy kale. Its texture is also soft and fresh green.
From both these culinary, you can also taste the seafood affordable at roadside stalls opened every 5 pm. Presented diverse menu, such as crabs, squid, shrimp, lalapan chicken, tofu and Tempe, sate, lobster and mushrooms. Gili Trawangan culinary tour will be safe and comfortable for Muslim tourists. This is because the majority of the local population is Muslim Gili Trawangan, so that food is halal.