BPK Ginka
The Batak-style Babi Panggang Karo (Karo roast pork), known as BPK, is a popular dish from the Batak Karo tribe. To make this dish, marinated pork is roasted and cut into small pieces. It’s served with gota sauces (spicy blood sauce), cassava leaves, sambal andaliman (Batak peppercorns), and hot steamed rice.
BPK restaurants can be easily found across Jakarta. Among the most well-known restaurants is BPK Ginka, serving pork with an ideal lean to fat ratio, resulting in crispy skin and juicy, thick meat.
In BPK Ginka, you can choose how much pork you want on your plate. Regular servings are available at Rp 30,000, while the jumbo ones Rp 50,000. If you want to have succulent pork chops for your next dinner with your family or the upcoming party with your friends, you can order BPK at 0.5 kilograms or 1 kilograms for Rp 100,000 and Rp 200,000 respectively.
While you are there, don’t forget to taste the local pride from Pematang Siantar, North Sumatra—the sarsaparilla soda Badak, which tastes like root beer. The fresh carbonated beverage is commonly found in Batak restaurants across Indonesia.
BPK Ginka has opened two outlets in the capital city—Kemayoran and Gambir in Central Jakarta.
BPK Ginka, Jl. Letjend Suprapto No.28, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta | (+6221) 4245236
BPK Ginka, in the Protestant Churches of Western Indonesia (GPIB) Immanuel area, Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 10, Gambir, Central Jakarta