October 25, 2015
DOG - BLACK DOG, Jalan Cipaku Raya 32, 3rd Floor, Pasar Santa, Senopati, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan
Right after the visitors climbed up the stairs to the
third floor, they were greeted with different food stalls and carts, all with
an exciting aroma and tastes. One that stands out the first time might not be your
traditional Indonesia street food, but it’s still delicious nonetheless. Let’s
introduce ourselves with DOG – Black Dog hot dog stall.
As the name suggested, DOG – Black Dog is a stall that
sell hot dogs with black buns. No, it’s not charred black because it was burnt,
the bun is actually black and it still tastes like a real hot dog bun.
This dish is recommended with different sauce like green,
cheese, red and white. You can also choose whether you would like a single,
double or triple portion. Unfortunately, there are no further options for the sausage
other than beef sausage. However, there is an option to add another slice of
beef meat on top of it.
Opening Hours:
11.00 AM – 10.00 PM
Price:
Black Dog:
Single portion – Rp. 35,000
Double portion – Rp. 40,000
Triple portion – Rp. 45,000
Extra Sauce:
Green – Rp. 5,000
Cheese – Rp. 5,000
Red – Rp. 5,000
White – Rp. 5,000
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| DOG - Black Dog stall in Jalan Cipaku Raya 32, 3rd Floor, Pasar Santa, Senopati, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan |
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| Sausages and meat at the stall |
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| Single portion of Black Dog with extra cheese and tomato sauce. It's yummy! |
Next to Senopati, there was an area called Pasar Santa,
which is also a famous hot spot for young generation to have their own
gastronomy tour. Pasar Santa is located in Bilangan Jakarta Selatan, in
Pakuraya 32 Street. The spot have numerous stalls and carts that were stylized
after a food court, so that the customers can eat and hang out in there. What
makes Pasar Santa unique is that they have incredible amount of traditional
street food, all remade and refitted for our young generation’s tongue.
SATE AYAM UDIN KELANA, Jalan Sambas 1, Perempatan, Jakarta Selatan
Near the tranquil suburb houses at the corner of Panglima
Polim, next to a park, there was a small street called Sambas 1 where you can
find several carts seling one of Indonesian’s famous traditional food, satay. In
particular, Sate Ayam Udin Kelana had been the first to set its wheels around
this spot and responsible for pioneering the other satay carts to start its
chain at this location.
Sate Ayam Udin Kelana specialized in three varieties of satay; chicken, lamb and egg/skin. The customers can choose whether if they want to add “lontong” or not as a side dish. They also use peanut sauce and sweet soy sauce to enhance the taste of the dish. For those who are on diet: don’t worry, the cart also served a special Diet Satay with Key lime sauce without any oil added.
When thirsty, the cart also hold beverages to their customers. Their recommended drinks are several varieties of fruit juice: orange, avocado, star fruit and tamarillo.
Opening Hours:
05.00 PM – 10.00 PM
Price:
Chicken Satay with peanut sauce (10 sticks) – Rp. 20,000
Egg/Skin Satay (10 sticks) – Rp. 30,000
Lamb Satay with soy sauce (10 sticks) – Rp. 30,000
Diet Satay with Key Lime sauce, no oil (10 sticks) – Rp. 20, 000
Lontong – Rp. 5,000
Variety of Fruit Juice (orange, avocadoes, star fruit and tamarillo): Rp. 10.000 – Rp. 12.000
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| SATE AYAM UDIN KELANA, Jalan Sambas 1, Perempatan, Jakarta Selatan |
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| Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce |
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| Diet Satay with Key Lime |
October 18, 2015
AG STEAK, Lapangan Blok S, Jalan Bira 3, Senopati, Jakarta Selatan
AG Steak is first managed by a woman called Ibu Kartini
from Pekan Baru. Back in Pekan Baru, she is her steak outlet was very
well-known with its deliciousness and was the most sought-after. She currently
opened her outlet in Jakarta a few years ago.
AG Steak has two different culinary that the customers
most adore. Their sirloin steak special
is highly recommended food from all. This dish is added with ingredients such
as peas, carrots, corn, French fries and mushroom sauce. In addition, their sirloin fried rice is also recommended.
This dish is filled with egg, sliced sirloin meat and crackers to make the
structure of the dish juicier.
The other menu included barbeque chicken, nasi goreng gulung and other varieties of fried
rice and steaks.
Opening Hours:
12:00 pm – 12:00 am (Closed on Mondays)
Price:
Sirloin special – Rp. 45,000
Sirloin fried rice – Rp. 17,500
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| Outlet AG Steak Lapangan Blok S, Jalan Bira 3, Senopati, Jakarta Selatan |
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| Sirlion Special Steak, tasted juicy with an unbelievable smell! |
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| Sirloin Fried Rice, a fusion of taste between oriental and western with fried egg and kerupuk that become a distinct of Indonesian culinary. |
BAKSO KUMIS, Lapangan Blok S, Jalan Bira 3, Senopati, Jakarta Selatan
Bakso Kumis had been around for a long time around young
people. Back then, it was opened in 1970 at Darmawangsa Street, inside a tent –
customers are known to be full as it get closer to night. Nowadays, it was far
more well-renowned because of its branches. This Blok S spot is known as its
main branch. The other branches are in Pasar Minggu areas, right at Jalan Raya Pasar
Minggu in front of Holland Bakery.
Its unique tennis-sized meatballs is a one of a kind food
that was famously sold to its customers. There are two varieties that the
customers can pick: “bakso polos” and “bakso urat”. This portion was
accompanied by a delicious broth, celery, tomato sauce, spice, vinegar and
ketchup which can be added according to their own needs.
Opening Hours:
12.00 PM – 12.00 AM
Price:
Meatball (1 Piece) – Rp. 10,000
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| Bakso Kumis, Jalan Bira 3, Lapangan Blok S, Senopati, Jakarta Selatan |
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| The atmosphere |
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| Bakso Polos Kumis |
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| Bakso Urat Kumis |
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| A bowl of Bakso Kumis |
HOW INDONESIAN STREET FOOD CAME TO BE
Before we start on with the main course, let’s have an
appetizer – which, in this case, it’s a little bit of introduction of our
street food in Jakarta and how it came to be.
Now, Jakarta wasn’t always Jakarta – at least from its
name that is. It was originally a small town next to the east Ciliwung River.
Back then, people called Jakarta: “Batavia”,
or as the European sailors and traders called it, “Oud Batavia”, which also meant as the “Old Batavia”. The small city also dubbed by English explorer James
Cook as “The Pearl of the Orient”
because of Batavia’s famed architectural buildings that can be compared to
Amsterdam’s.
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| The map of old Batavia |
In the old days and up until now, Batavia is the trading
center of West Java, a capital city for all business, including food.
Therefore, every immigrants from all across Indonesia came flocking in to the
city while carrying their culture and food from each of their region. A lot of
street foods where established and their local culinary business flourished in
all across the city.
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| The scenery of old Batavia in Pasar Baroe |
Most of the street food owners used traditional carts or
small kiosks/stalls where their customers could have the option to watch them
cook their meals. In addition to that, the small stalls provide a space among the bustling crowds on the streets and enables them to prepare the food faster.
Because of these methods, the owners are able to connect with their customers –
they often get along well to recount a lot of personal stories as they offered
their warm hospitality towards the customers.
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| Carts and stalls in old Batavia |
Among the street food that they’ve sold, some their
famous ones were Soto, satay, fried tofu and other snack food such as peanuts.
Soto, in particular, were the favorites among the locals because each Soto is
different and unique according to their originated region.
Satay is too one of the local favorites. It was made with
slices of meat, often from chicken, beef or lamb that were skewered with a
wooden skewer and served with a peanut sauce and various other spices. It’s savory,
it’s delicious and it’s widely popular inside and outside of Indonesia. Like
Soto, satay can be distinctive according to their region. For example: a satay
that originated from Padang used mostly beef, served with a special spicy
“Padang sauce”.
Finally, there was one of the famous local favorites that
proved to be popular until now. Martabak is made from a large dough that were
stuffed with sweet or savory ingredients. Their favorite flowers were egg
(savory) or chocolate (sweet). A lot of stalls nowadays carried on with
different types of flavor such as green tea. The food is an ideal late-night
snack because a lot of martabak stalls were open until late hours.
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| The old Batavia building |
Within time, these traditions continues to grow on the
local food business. The carts, the food and the joy in their business were
carried on up to this day where it become a novelty.
References:
Karishma Vaswani 2011, Savouring street food in Jakarta, BBC News UK, accessed 16 – 10 –
2015, <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/direct/indonesia/9515508.stm>
Pesona Indonesia 2014, Kota Tua Batavia, Kementrian Pariwisata, Republik Indonesia, accessed
16 – 10 – 2015, <http://indonesia.travel/sites/site/228/kota-tua-batavia>
Pesona Indonesia 2014, Makanan Jalanan Jakarta, Kementrian Pariwisata, Republik Indonesia,
accessed 16 – 10 – 2015, <http://indonesia.travel/sites/site/361/makanan-jalanan-jakarta>
October 3, 2015
LONTONG MEDAN ALAY, Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia
This food is very famous around Pasar Puri Indah because
of its deliciousness. Ko Alay, who originated from Belawan, Medan, North
Sumatra, had been selling his food since 1996 and had four children which all
of them currently also sold Lontong Medan in various other places. His first
started his business in Pasar Petojo area gang Hober basement. Linda, his
daughter, opened a franchise business in Pasar Cengkareng Indah, Tangerang and
Martin, his son, in Jln Sudirman Second Floor, Jakarta. Also with Vero opened
another franchise in Taman Anggrek, Fourth Floor Food Court.
This type of food is attractive because it consisted of
vegetable lontong, Nasi Uduk, which can be combined with additional foods such
as fried peanut tempeh, rending, anchovies, balado chicken, fried fish, gulai
chicken, empal, fried potatoes, balado egg, omelette slices and others.
Opening Hours:
6.00 AM – 2.00 PM
Price (Not
included additional food):
Nasi Uduk – Rp. 20,000
Lontong Sayur – Rp. 20,000
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| Outlet Lontong Medan Alay, Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat |
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| Varieties of side dishes |
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| Variety of side dishes |
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| Lontong Sayur Alay |
HAPPY SARI TEBU MURNI, Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia
Lie Chu started her pure sugarcane beverage business in
2008. The Tebu was originated from the
area on Jawa Tengah Magelang. The owner came from Kalimantan and had since stayed
on Jakarta for a long time, she had two elementary school children of her own.
Based on her conversation, she told us that her Sari Tebu
drink is only grinded for once, while other Tebu traders often grinded the Tebu
for three times.
She sold her product through a combination of her sugarcane
drink with lemon, selasih and jelly also kedondong juice mixed with pure
sugarcane. Not only that, you can add kiamboi, a salted dry plum, to your drink.
Her pure sugarcane is the favorite menu amongst the customers.
According to her information, she can sold for a hundred glass but during
holiday season, it can reach to three hundred glass per day.
Opening Hours:
2.00 AM – 2.00 PM
Price:
Pure Sugarcane Drink or Combination of Pure Sugarcane
Drink with Lemon, Selasih and jelly – Rp. 10,000
Kedondong Juice combined with pure sugarcane and Kiamboi
– Rp. 12,000
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| Outlet Happy Sari Tebu Murni, Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat |
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| Sari Tebu drink with lemon |
KETOPRAK CIREBON BANG HERMAN, Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia
One of the most crowded traditional
Indonesian culinary can be found at Pasar Puri Indah, at Pak Herman’s
Ketroprak’s cart. This menu consisted of vermicelli, potatoes, tofu, bean
sprouts with peanut sauce and combined with lontong, a compressed circular rice
cake wrapped in banana leaves.
Pak Herman is 64 years old
and originated from Cirebon City. Since 2003, Pak Herman had served the
Ketopraks from his cart all around Puri Indah. His son, Yanto, 32-years old, is
currently managing the cart. Not only that, he had other franchises in other
places in Puri Indah Blok A1 in front of fave hotel, which was managed also by
his close family.
In one day, the cart could
sold around fifty to hundred portions, depends on its season. In the future, he
planned to open another cart in around Puri Indah’s areas too.
Opening Hours:
6.00 AM – 14.00 PM (Puri
Indah Pasar)
9.00 AM – 9.00 PM (Puri
Indah A1)
Price:
Rp. 13.000 per portion
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| Outlet Ketoprak Pak Herman, Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat |
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| Yanto, child of the owner, Pak Herman |
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| Ketoprak |
Pasar Puri Indah, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia
Finding a food at early in
the morning, Pasar Puri Indah is one of the culinary places in West Jakarta
where it was around the housing community. A lot of delicious food can be found
around their well-known Puri Indah Traditional market.
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