Pempek Candy Sudirman Branch
Pempek Candy
Long-established local Palembang fish cake brand, with crispy-outside, tender-inside pempek, including the submarine egg version, popular for gifts.
A Palembang fish cake brand listed as a must-try by several guides. It is made with mackerel, rich in fish flavour without any fishiness, and fried to a slightly crisp exterior with a soft interior. Its sweet, sour and spicy black sugar vinegar sauce, cuko, is not too thick. Signatures include kapal selam (submarine), a fish cake wrapping a whole egg; lenjer, a long fish cake; kulit, a fish cake with fish skin; and lenggang, fish cake pieces fried with egg. Available to eat in or to take away vacuum-packed. This entry is the Sudirman Road branch next to Charitas Hospital, which has long opening hours and affordable prices.
Opening hours
Daily 06:30–22:00
Nearby sights
- Great Mosque of Palembang
- Kambang Iwak Park
- Monpera (Monument of People's Struggle)
- Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Museum
- Pasar 16 Ilir
- Kuto Besak Fortress & Riverside Plaza
- Musi River Cruise
- Ampera Bridge