arem-arem | region | indonesia <sep> arem-arem is an indonesian-javanese compressed rice cake in the form of a cylinder wrapped inside a banana leaf, filled with diced vegetables, tempeh or oncom, sometimes also filled with minced meat or abon (beef floss), eaten as snack arem-arem is often described as a smaller size lontong with fillings, thus sometimes also called lontong isi (lit 'filled lontong')it is common in java, and often found in indonesian marketplaces as jajan pasar ('market munchies'); as a type of kue (snack) offered there arem-arem is  served at traditional ceremonies, family gatherings, birthdays or office meetings, and often presented in a snack box it is quite similar to lemper, but uses regular rice instead of sticky rice 
arem arem comes from indonesia.arem-arem is an indonesia-javanese compressed rice cake