This document discusses street foods. It begins by defining street foods and their key characteristics, such as being prepared and sold in public places. It then explores some reasons why street foods are loved, such as being cheap, representing local culture, and helping local economies. Specific examples of popular street foods from Indonesia are provided. The document also discusses tips for assessing, experiencing, writing about and photographing street foods. It concludes by inviting sharing of street food experiences and questions.
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Sharing a Love of Street Foods 1.1
1. SHARING
A LOVE
FOR STREET
FOODS
Blogger Sharing Session at Ubud
Writers and Readers Festival 2014,
by Bayu Amus/Epicurina
Ver. 1.1
2. CONTENTS
• What is street foods?
• Reasons to love street foods?
• Street food experience (good and bad)
• Assessing street foods
• Writing tips
• Sharing session
4. “
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THE TERM "STREET FOODS" DESCRIBES A
WIDE RANGE OF READY-TO-EAT FOODS
AND BEVERAGES SOLD AND SOMETIMES
PREPARED IN PUBLIC PLACES, NOTABLY
STREETS.
(FAO Regional Workshop on Street Foods in Asia, held in Jogjakarta, Indonesia in 1986)
5. STREET FOOD
CHARACTERS
• Vendors' stalls are usually
located outdoors or under a
roof which is easily
accessible from the street.
• They have low-cost seating
facilities which are
sometimes rudimentary.
• Their marketing success
depends exclusively on
location and word-of-mouth
promotion.
(Street foods in developing countries: lessons from Asia, F.G. Winarno
and A. Allain)
6. SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOOD?
7. REASONS TO LOVE
STREET FOODS
• Cheap and Yummy!
• A living history
• Inseparable travel experience
• The best example of local taste
• Helps the Earth!
SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
8. CHEAP AND YUMMY
• Originally sold for poor
people without kitchen in
their home, Street foods
today still attains the
affordability
• Years of specialization
combined with sheer
passion = Yummy!
• Here’s some examples:
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOODS
9. BUBUR AYAM
Location: All over Indonesia
Cost: IDR 7K – 15K
A very versatile breakfast, and
available virtually all over Indonesia
Best eaten with chicken, liver, raw egg,
cakwe, fried soybeans, celery, and
sweet soy sauce.
porridge
cakwe
chicken
liver
fried soybean
Cheap and Yummy!
10. NASI GUDEG
Location: Java
Cost: IDR 15K – 25K
A form of mixed rice, with Gudeg as
the main ingredient: sweet slow
cooked young jackfruit.
Best eaten with opor ayam, liver,
pindang egg, and kerecek.
Assorted snacks
Opor Hati Ayam
Opor Ayam
Krecek
Telur pindang
Jengkol
Gudeg
Cheap and Yummy!
11. Cheap and Yummy!
NASI GORENG ACEH
Location: Aceh
Cost: IDR 15K – 25K
A curry tasting fried rice, with assorted
fried meats and refreshing pickles.
pickles
omelet
curry fried rice deep fried stuffs
12. LAKSA MEDAN
Location: North Sumatera
Cost: IDR 17K – 25K
Thick rice noodle with fresh mint leaves,
pickled shallots, mixed with thin fish
curry.
Anchovies curry
pickles
Thick noodle
Fresh mint
Cheap and Yummy!
13. ANGEUN TUTUT
Location: Jawa Barat
Cost: IDR 5K – 10K
Tutut (fresh water snails) boiled in its shells,
with savory light curry soup.
Originally a farmer’s meal during watering
stage of their rice fields, now it’s a rare
delicacy sold only in few traditional
markets.
Best eaten in its own, on family gathering
moments. Both the taste and the look
might look intimidating for tutut-virgins.
Water snails
Cheap and Yummy!
14. ROASTED SKIPJACK
Location: Serangan Island, Bali
Cost: IDR 20K – 30K
A whole ikan tongkol (Skipjack Tuna)
on a stick, slowly roasted over charcoal
fire, to produce the firm textured meat
with smoky aroma.
Best eaten with sambal matah Bali and
warm pile of rice. Well paired with
kerupuk klejat (sea snails) and jukut
bulung (seaweed salad).
Roasted Skipjack
Sambal matah
Cheap and Yummy!
15. GRILLED SEAFOOD
Location: Bali
Cost: Raw ingredients + IDR 20K-30K/Kg
Cooking cost + rice + sambal matah
Go to Kedonganan fish market and
order the fish, clams, lobsters, squids,
even octopus there, then have it
cooked at the stall outside.
Grilled crab
Sambal matah
Lobster
Mussels
Cheap and Yummy!
16. Cheap and Yummy!
SATE LANGUAN
Location: Bali
Cost: IDR 1K – 3K/piece
A minced fish with Balinese seasoning,
wrapped around coconut tree/sugar
cane/lemongrass stalk then roasted
over coconut husk charcoal.
Best eaten with: Sambal terasi, sambal
matah.
17. A LIVING HISTORY
• Many Street foods has been
around for more than 50
years
• Street food preserves the
region’s best cuisines
• Street foods might
sometimes trigger your
memories of the past
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOODS
25. THE BEST EXAMPLE OF
LOCAL TASTE
• Street foods more than often
represents “local taste,” that
reflects local cuisine culture
-- impossible to duplicate
elsewhere
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOODS
26. A WHOLE
DIFFERENT WORLD
“Beignets. You ever hear of that?
- We can get it here.
Not the same.
When you have it here, it's good
because it reminds you of,
like, a whole world of memories
that you have of being there.
'Cause it's like... I'm telling you,
it's like a whole different world.”
(Chef, 2014)
27. IT HELPS THE EARTH
(AND THE LOCAL FARMERS)
• As most street foods are
using local produce, it
greatly reduces the carbon
footprint resulted from
sourcing the ingredients.
• Productive street foods
scene in a city means
thriving local food
producers, e.g.: local
farmers.
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOODS
29. SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
• Street foods safety level
• Telltale of a good street foods
• What’s the cure for Street food related illness?
• Retelling Street food experience
30. STREET FOOD SAFETY LEVEL
• Despite concerns about
contamination at street
food vendors, the incidence
of such is low with multiple
studies showing rates
comparable to restaurants.
Nina L. Etkin (2009-09-15). Foods of Association: Biocultural Perspectives on Foods and
Beverages that mediate sociability.
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
31. TELLTALE OF A GOOD
STREET FOOD
• High turnover means
ingredients are always fresh
• Visible cooking and
preparation
• Social validation
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
32. HIGH TURNOVER CASE
• A very famous street food
stall in Bandung, Jawa Barat
spends about 20 million
rupiah a month for sweet
condensed milk.
• And 200 million rupiah a
month for cheddar cheese.
• And that was back in 2007
33. ASSESSING STREET FOODS
WHAT’S THE CURE FOR
STREET FOOD ILLNESS?
• Ginger to ease discomfort (Global)
• Po Chai pills to cure indigestion (Asia)
• Apple cider to kills bacteria (US)
• Activated carbon to absorbs bacteria (Global)
34. RETELLING STREET FOOD
EXPERIENCE
• Writing tips
• Editing tips
• Photo tips
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
35. WRITING TIPS
• Aim for storytelling instead of
Wikipedia entry
• “Know what you write,” not
“write what you know.”
• State facts but don’t forget
to provide your perspective
• The Drama setup: Starts in
the middle where it gets
exciting, build backgrounds
as you proceed
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
36. WRITING TIPS
• Don’t be your own critics,
aim for bluntly retelling your
story first, refining/editing
later
• Do series of iteration instead
of aiming to nail it right the
first time
• Practice, practice, practice
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
37. EDITING TIPS
• KISS
• Enrich your food vocab
• Adhere to word counts if
you’re writing for a
magazine article
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
38. PHOTO TIPS
• Capture the light!
• Daylight is the best
• Low angled sun for
lively shots
• Cloudy sky for vibrant
colors
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
39. PHOTO TIPS
• Not enough/ideal light?
• Provide your own light
source
• Provide steady footing,
or use “Anypod” +
long exposure
• Shoot in RAW
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
40. PHOTO TIPS
• Narrow DOF and bokeh
provides dramatic
scenery
• Take more shots than you
think you’ll need
• Explore angles,
compositions
• Practice, practice,
practice
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
41. SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
SHARING SESSION:
STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
42. NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE
• Q: “What was your worst
incident of food poisoning
while traveling for No
Reservations?”
• A: “Liberia. I was crawling
around leaking in all
directions for two days.”
(http://www.thebraiser.com/best-anthony-bourdain-answers-ama/)
43. SHARING SESSION
• Tell us your best street food
experience
• Tell us your worst street food
experience
• Share with us the unique
street food of your country
• What are the issues that you
see with street food
44. THANK YOU!
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