Street food

Street food
Originally uploaded by Spunkycynth.

There are many nooks and crooks about a city that drives it to infamous stardom. Almost every city in the world would have some kind of night stle bazaar of food and otehr market place. Jakarta is no different. Street food here thrives on the people's habit of getting midnight snack or supper. The darkness of the evening gives birth to the tents and benches, over drains and outside office buildings. The smell of fragrant food often merges with the stench of underlying sewer, but people still come. It's all part of the experience.

Last night I had chicken porridge with corned beef and chicken satay. My two friends had padang satay; made of beef parts with a special curry-like sauce. After a day of hard work, these little things felt heavenly. All of these food with the cost of
A$10 for 3 people.

That's the beauty of food in a third world country. If your stomach has the strength for it...