Exclusively offering timlo, taste and authenticity is of no questions. Taken its name from its initial founder the deceased Sastrohardono, the restaurant has been inherited to his following generation. Sastrohardono started his business back in 1952 as a sidewalk stall. Now his children operate his business in a permanent restaurant, still within the same vicinity of Pasar Gede. 

Timlo is a dish in hot chicken broth of simple recipe that includes garlic, nutmeg seed, pepper and shallot. The ingredients include chicken liver, chicken meat, egg, and a kind of sausage. But Solonese sausage is nothing similar to sausages we used to know. Solonese sausage is minced chicken or beef wrapped in thin skin made of flour. Instead of s stick looks more like a pillow.

Visitors flood into the restaurant as soon is it is opened early in the morning. During the “busy” time waiting in queue for hours is expectable. The restaurant normally closes around lunchtime when everything is sold out. Those who want to avoid the queue or come after lunchtime can catch its other outlet in Penumping that opens until 10 at night. Funny enough that even the other outlet is supplied from the same kitchen, people prefers to baked themselves queueing at Pasar Gede instead.

In effort to maintain or even improve popularity of batik both nationwide as well as worldwide, Solo Batik Carnival is conducted every year since 2008. The latest event was organized by Solo Center Point Foundation in collaboration with the city government of Surakarta, the official name of Solo.

Inspired by Jember Fashion Carnival which incorporates street fashion parade, designed as a community-based carnival Solo Batik Carnival is aimed to become an international event. No wonder that the two events are conceptually similar with one intrinsic distinction, Solo Batik Carnival makes it mandatory to use batik as the main material for the costumes.

It is not an even for fun as it is aimed to present high quality fashion exhibition. Before participating in the carnival all participants have to enroll into a months long fashion design course. The designed costumes will then have to be made and then worn by the participants in carnival that takes place along the main street of Solo, Jalan Slamet Riyadi that ends at the mayor office.

Initially Solo Batik Carnival was conducted in daylight. But since the fourth year the schedule was shifted to be started in the evening. Magnificently luxurious batik material creatively set into beautiful fashion creations look glorious under colorful floodlights, making the event even more appealing. Floods of attendees are coming not only from Solo and surrounding areas but also from other cities and provinces. To make it easier for both participants and attracted attendees to mark their schedule, starting from 2009 Solo Batik Carnival has a fix schedule, every June.

Each year the event brought a uniquely different theme, Masks, Flower of the Universe, Miraculous Legend, and so forth, which then translated into the costume designs. Combination of classic batik patterns with contemporary modern motives dressed up with various accessories like tiaras and beads makes the event getting more colorful every year.

To expand its exposure last year a delegation of Solo Batik Carnival was sent to participate Chingay Festival in Singapore, which receive wide public appreciation.