Hotel Novotel In Palembang

Palembang has so many hotels for stay with your family or partners . Hotel Novotel is one of star hotels located in the center of Palembang. Next to The Palembang Trade Center, The hotel has lux facilities such as 194 rooms, 4 suites, 48 apartments, meeting rooms (up to 1500 people), two restaurants, and pool and fitness center. Fore more information, call the receptionist.

• Jalan R Sukamto No 8A South Sumatra , Zip Postal : 30000, Palembang Indonesia
• Phone : (+62)711/369777
• Fax : (+62)711/379777
• E-mail : info@novotelpalembang.com

Dam in Belitang

It is located in Belitang, South Sumatera

Cooking Steamed Fish (Foods)

Steamed fish is one of Indonesian foods. Some time the fish is cooked by wrapping the fish with banana leaf. Here is the recipe:

• 1 fresh fish (750 gram)
• 1 teaspoon of lime water
• 1,5 gram of salt
• 10 cm turmeric
• 3 cm ginger plant / alpine galanga
• 7 onions
• 3 garlic
• 2 red pepper chili
• 25 gram basil leaves
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 banana leaf to wrap

Pour the fish with lime water and add a half of teaspoon of salt and wait for about 30 minutes. Slice turmeric, ginger plant, onions, and garlic and mix them with 1 teaspoon of salt, and smear it to the fish. Wrap it with banana leaf. And then steam it.

The History of Palembang

Based on Kedukan Bukit Inscription (June 16th, 682), Palembang was established since 1382 years ago by the king of Sriwijaya. In topography, Palembang was surrounded by water that came from rivers, bog, or water rain. Even until now, 52% of lands in Palembang suffused by water. May be because of that reason, the ancestors named it Palembang (Melanesia language) that mean the suffused water land. This condition has been used by Palembangnesse to make the water as a means of transportation for trading.

There is an interesting thing from Chinese chronic, Chu-Fan-Chi written by Chau Ju-Kua in 14th century. It says that the Sriwijaya Kingdom (Palembang) was located in South sea and power foreign commerce traffic at strait. At that time the Sriwijaya port used iron chains to fight the pirate by turning down the iron chains when they come. If there were ships passing the harbor without stopping by, the ship would be surrounded and was attacked by Sriwijaya ships.