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Eat Destinasi: Tanjung Puting Photo: Borneo News/ Keluarga Besar Fotografer Kobar Destinasi Indonesia | 18 Floating Eatery 19 Kubu Beach Seafood Kubu Beach, Kumai subdistrict, Pang­ kalan Bun, often become the coastal tour and culinary target to people of Pangkalan Bun and its surrounding areas. The beach is equipped with grottos and row of street vendors that open 24 hours. Seafood is their main dish. Grilled fish, crab, squid, shells are cooked with variet­ ies of seasoning. Since the location is near the sea, everything is fresh and alive. From all the eatery available in Kubu Beach, there is one interesting place, Lintang Eatery. You can order varieties of grilled, fried seafood with different kinds of sauce such as oyster sauce, padang sauce and many more. Lintang the cook is always ready to bring out the best cuisine. The food ranges from Rp40 thousand to Rp100 thousand per portion. Enjoying the food while feasting your eyes with the sunset and feeling the wind blows can help you release your burden and weary. Unfortunately, waste has pol­ luted the beach. Kubu Beach Seafood Sarang Walet Soup Besides seafood, Lintang Eatery also serves Sarang Walet Soup for Rp 100 thousand per portion. Pangkalan Bun and its surroundings are the producers of Sarang burung Walet. This menu adds more variety to the menu. A lot of people come for the soup. Sarang Walet, made of the bird’s saliva, is believed to make you healthy. If consume regularly can keep you body healthy, raise vitality, healthy skin, to prevent from cancer (contain antioxidant) and many more. Destinasi: Tanjung Puting Photo: Borneo News/ Keluarga Besar Fotografer Kobar Destinasi Indonesia | How do you feel eating at a floating eatery in the middle of the river? You must try. E xtraordinary! That’s the best word to de­ scribe Alam Ria, a float­ ing eatery that floats under a bridge in the middle of Arut River. The bridge runs through Pangkalan Bun towards Old Kotawaringin, West Kotawar­ ingin, Central Kalimantan. It is interesting to see the eatery sway whenever a boat passes by. The green rice that was on the menu is mouth watering. The smooth and savory rice really blends in your mouth. The aroma of pandanus leaf makes the rice more tempt­ ing. Mas Pandikono, the eatery owner, and his wife Salimah open up their green rice’s secret recipe. “The green color comes from the blended spinach, the aroma is from the pandanus leaf, the taste of savory comes from coconut milk, lemon grass and salt, explained Salimah. ” The green rice that has been the eatery’s main dish is only served on Sunday. On the week days Alam Ria Floating Eatery serves plain rice. You can have a choice of fried or grilled chicken and fish, hot tomato sambal and raw vegetables to go with the rice. If you want to try the sway of the boat and menu of the eatery, it is best to come in the afternoon. Sunset around River Arut Bridge is worth seeing, beautiful and romantic. Eating at Alam Ria Green Eat­ ery can be a special experience for tourist. The sensation felt since you lay foot on the eatery. The view of the boat pass by, sunset and the taste of green rice an experience cannot be found anywhere else.