The Vice President Says, There Is No Good Food In West Sumatra: What There Is, Very Delicious Food

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JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin cannot hide his admiration for West Sumatran cuisine. All the food in this area is categorized as very tasty.

The vice president said this during the Launching of the Proudly Made in Indonesia National Movement Campaign (Gernas BBI), MSMEs Rise, Growing Economy in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Tuesday, April 12.

"There is no good food in this Minangkabau (West Sumatra) land, there is only very good food," said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin quoted from Antara. "West Sumatran cuisine is a strength to fulfill the role of culinary tourism today. I ask that the establishment of a halal, safe and healthy culinary zone will further increase tourism," he said. Minang is accepted by the whole community. "With the halal label, it becomes a protection for Muslims around the world so that Indonesian products including Minang cuisine can later be accepted abroad," he said. The vice president was present in Bukittinggi accompanied by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno and took the time conduct a review of MSMEs that stand at the Jam Gadang location. D In this activity, the government also made the typical food of Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Nasi Kapau as a pilot project for the KHAS Zone (Safe and Healthy Halal Culinary) and Halal Zone programs.

"This KHAS zone is a zone where there are culinary delights that meet the KHAS criteria, which were selected and become the flagship of the Bukittinggi City Government, namely Nasi Kapau," said the Head of the OJK Sharia Finance and MSME Development Task Force Achmad Buchori. to the central government, OJK and banks, which provide assistance to the City of Bukittinggi, as a KHAS zone, culinary, halal, safe and healthy. "Los Lambuang certainly deserves to be a special zone, because it is a culinary center in Bukittinggi City, not to West Sumatra if it's called not to Bukittinggi, not to Bukittinggi, if you don't stop and eat at Los Lambuang, by becoming a KHAS zone, of course more and more people will come to visit Bukittinggi City and take culinary tours to Los Lambuang," he said.