 The food is believed to be originated from the Arabian Peninsula, spread by Arab traders during the spread of Islam in Indonesia.There are also other typical Bantenese foods, such as "Nasi sumsum" from Serang Regency which is made of white rice and the bone marrow of a buffalo.Other typical foods that can be found in Banten are mahbub, broiler, shark fin soup, milkfish satay, duck soup, duck satay, lemong malimping eggplant sapo, laksa tangerang, sticky rice stick, sticky rice cuer, beef jerky and emping.