Pempek or Empek-empek Palembang is a typical food made from fish and sago. Actually it is difficult to say that the center is the Palembang pempek is because in almost all areas in South Sumatra produce it.
Presentation pempek accompanied by a sauce of black brownish-called vinegar or cuko (Palembang language). Cuko made from the boiled water, then add brown sugar, shrimp, dried shrimp and crushed chili, garlic, and salt. For indigenous communities Palembang, Cuko than once made spicy to increase appetite. But as the influx of migrants from outside the island of Sumatra is now commonly found cuko with a sweet taste for those who do not like spicy. One of the appendages in a typical meal is tasteless slices of fresh cucumber dice and yellow noodles.
