While I don't have any new or exciting photos or stories to share so far this week (the usual here... lots of rain [which foiled our Car Free Day biking plans this past Sunday], an attempt to buy bedside lamps turned into an experience akin to our bedsheet fiasco...), I have discovered some Indonesia-centric blogs that may be of interest if you don't have a full picture of what Indonesia looks/feels/tastes like (since I am still a little bit chicken about taking photos of people/asking people if I can take their photos). If you have a few minutes, I encourage you to check out these great blogs!
We Love Jakarta is a blog from a couple of Aussie sisters living in Jakarta for the past few years. I found them via a blog post (entitled "This Traffic is Making Me Gila" [gila = crazy]) of theirs on the Jakarta Globe. Great photos (very illustrative of the day-to-day sights in Jakarta), fun stories... In particular, I saw several photos taken by the We Love Jakarta ladies that perfectly capture some of the Jakarta sights I find particularly interesting:
Mobile roadside tailors using what I think may be the vintage featherweight Singer sewing machines that my mom is always looking for for her quilting buddies (I had been promising to take a photo of this and share with Martha, but hadn't yet):
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| Image from We Love Jakarta |
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| Image from We Love Jakarta |
Shoeless construction workers on every corner:
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| Image from We Love Jakarta |
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| Image from We Love Jakarta |
I've also found some great blogs about Indonesian food (I know there are tons of Indonesia food blogs in Bahasa Indonesia, but I didn't think those would be as useful to share with my Bahasa Inggris-speaking audience!):
Indonesia Eats has a ton of recipes that I want to try (and share on my other blog) once I decipher the ingredients at the grocery store (I've learned the basic ingredient names, but some of the very specific types of coconut, etc., escape me). I'd love to take a stab at cooking with tempeh, which is used pretty frequently here in Indonesia. Perhaps this tempeh sate from Indonesia Eats?
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| Image from Indonesia Eats |
Cooking Tackle has some absolutely beautiful photos of Indonesian food and some tasty looking recipes, too. I'd love to try some of the stuffed banana-leaf dishes they have here, including the nasi bakar rica-rica from Cooking Tackle:
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| Image from Cooking Tackle |
I'd also love to try Cooking Tackle's version of the Balinese lemongrass fish satay, sate lilit Bali. It's so fragrant and delicious!
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| Image from Cooking Tackle |
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