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Garut is one of popular destinations in West Java, Indonesia. Garut offers a strong culture, as well as an impressive creative economy sector. This is the main attraction of this city dubbed as Switzerland van Java. If you visit Garut, it won't be complete without bringing home souvenirs from its unique creative economy products. We recommend some typical Garut souvenirs. First, Vetiver Root Crafts. Vetiver root is often used as a medicine for toothache, rheumatism and to eliminate bad breath. In fact, the leaves and stems can also be used as raw materials for crafts.

Some crafts made from vetiver include bags, wall hangings and woven root dolls in the shape of sheep. You can buy various crafts from Vetiver Root when you come to Garut. The price of Vetiver Root crafts varies from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of rupiah, depending on the type of craft and the level of complexity of the manufacturing process. Visiting Garut without buying dodol is incomplete. Moreover, this fudge-like sweet made from glutinous rice, palm sugar and coconut milk is indeed a culinary icon of Garut, whose popularity has even earned Garut the nickname "City of Dodol". This typical Garut dodol can be easily found throughout Garut. There are various flavors such as sesame dodol, peanut dodol and various fruit dodol such as pineapple, jackfruit, strawberry and even durian flavor.

For the people of Garut, Kuntji's sweet soy sauce, which has been around since the 1960s, is an inseparable part of their culinary delights. The popularity of this sweet soy sauce began when the Tin-Tin company was founded, which is said to have been successful because it started with the tenacity of a married couple, Lie Ma Pan and Tan Soe Ing. As a result of their hard work and tenacity, now the Tin-Tin factory produces not only superior soy sauce, such as Kuntji sweet soy sauce, but also various other types of soy sauce with different trademarks, namely Angsa, Hade, Selera, Sarasa soy sauce, Haremis brand soy sauce, to food vinegar products with the Cabe brand. If you visit Garut, don't miss the opportunity to buy this legendary Kuntji branded sweet soy sauce product.