Photograph by David Hagerman of Eating Asia If you find yourself in Jakarta, this looks like the man you'd want to buy your satay (or "sate" in Indonesian) from. Between his happy face and confident stance holding that wad of stick meat, I would trust anything he cooks. Robyn Eckhardt of Eating Asia was lucky enough to try his food after waiting in a long line. (Smiling Satay Man seems to have a following.)...
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Lori Baltazar features favorite Jakartan street foods in her latest blog post, one of which is gorengan, literally "fried things." The golden offerings of this gorengan stall included tahu (tofu), tempe (bean curd), pisang (bananas), singkong (cassava), and ubi (sweet potato). And now I add "Jakarta" to the list of places I must visit before I die....
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