Traditional Culinary Sensation At The Pasar Pelangi Rembang

Rembang Regency also has nature tourism potential that is mountains. It also offers traditional culinary. This package can be found in several tourist attractions in Rembang. One of them is Pasar Pelangi RN ASA in Dadapan Village, Sedan District.

In Pasar Pelangi RN ASA visitors are spoiled with views of the expanse of plants arranged in such a way and there is also selfie spot for those who want to take a selfie or picture. This place is surrounded by a rice field. You can tell that Pasar Pelangi is a new tourist destination but this place is always full of visitors on weekend. Apart from enjoying the view, visitors can also enjoy traditional snacks like onde-onde, ketan, lepet, serabi, and so on.

Pasar Pelangi was initiated by Abadi, the caretaker of Pondok Pesantren RN ASA. He said the concept of this place was nature. In its management, he also involves the students, as well as train them to be entrepreneurship. The income earned is also used for the management of Islamic boarding schools.

If you want to go to Pondok Pesantren RN ASA, you have to pass through a mountainous area. The distance from downtown Rembang is about one hour but it is quite exciting and fun because you can see the views of the hills.

You will feel the radiant ambience once you arrived at Pasar Pelangi. At the entrace, our eyes were immediately brightened with colorful decorations. There are some woven bamboos painted in various colors. The decoration adorns the parking lot of the complex of Pondok Pesantren RN ASA.

Taman Pasar Pelangi is located in the women’s pondok or dormitory complex. Previously, this place was a rice field area which was then transformed into a garden. It looks beautiful with neatly lined bamboo huts.

There is also a stage for performing arts. On the stage there are angklung and other musical instruments. So, tourists can watch while enjoying snacks when there is an art performance.

In building Pasar Pelangi, at first Abadi had no intention of opening a tourist spot. He just painting in the parking lot earlier. However, every time someone passed by, they stopped by the hut and took pictures. From there, Abadi saw it as potential. Finally, the huts were built.

On weekends, Pasar Pelangi is usually full of visitors. But there are some of parking area for your vehicle so don’t worry. Besides being able to enjoy the scenery and traditional snacks, usually at Pasar Pelangi there are also art performances. Such as music, dance, and visual art demos.

The presence of Pasar Pelangi is also considered to have a good impact on local residents. The traditional culinary menus served also cooperate with local residents. So, he bought the menus from the residents. Then he sold it. He assessed that the effect obtained could be the economic empowerment of the locals. He himself has set only traditional snacks sold at Pasar Pelangi. If possible, the raw materials for making snacks also come from the local village of Dadapan. (Vachri/ Contributor)