At first glance, when you hear the name of this menu, you will surely wonder what kind of shape and taste. Very easy to find places to eat which serve the original menu Bangkalan this. One is located Jalan KH. Muhammad Cholil, namely Public Enjoyment. Its location right behind the office or the local newspaper west direction (Radar Madura).
The seller, Marinten, already quite famous. The woman who was nine years as a cow eye salad seller has a lot of customers, ranging from the rickshaw workers to civil servants within the local district government.
The 40-year-old woman said, his business started with selling salad cingur. Since a lot of competition and often not sold, he swerved to try to sell beef salad eye. The initial idea is simple enough, that is only because of the many sellers who simply take the salad cingur cingur (nose cow) and discard the cow eye.
"From the initial idea, then I tekuni to continue selling beef salad eye. Yeah okay, so many have liked, "said the Legal Marinten found in his stall while mengulek salad.
When asked about how to cook, especially the basic ingredients of cow's eyes, Marintem explained that the process is almost the same way with cooking cingur, which is boiled. But, the boiled cow's eyes only, not the head.
Likewise, cow eye salad seasoning that is not much different from the salad cingur. There are some basic ingredients that pulverized the herbs, such as peanuts, fish paste, and salt to taste.
Presentation is quite simple. When the peanut sauce is ready, the main menu in the form of cow's eyes directly included, plus a complementary menu such as rice cake, bean sprouts (toge short), water spinach and cucumber. Marintem also add fruit, like pineapple, bengkoang, and mango.
"It depends on buyer demand. Just for sure, the eyes of cows that have been boiled into the main menu, "he said.
So far, Marintem admitted no trouble finding the raw materials in the form of cow's eyes. Because, other than the seller obtained from cingur salad, beef head follows the eyes tend to be easily found in several existing markets. The price is also quite cheap.
In a day selling, Marintem claim to be able to spend up to 5kg cow eye. It is conceivable, lucrative profits obtained when a portion appreciated Rp10 thousand, including mineral water. Marintem loyal customers usually start lining up at open approximately at 09.00 pm.
"Not just from here (Bangkalan) only. My customers also have an external (Java), which is usually during the holiday to come here, "he said.
One customer from Surabaya, Hasan Husen, express love and addicted to eating beef eye salad, it tastes different from another. He admitted that initially only told friends. Intrigued by the menu, she immediately drove to the Bangkalan.
"If eaten during the day, plus steady. Unlike cingur salad, which tastes like that's all, "he said.