Tag Archives: Jogja

Belinjo / Melinjo

Leave a comment Posted by on January 5, 2014

I’ve been seeing a lot of this tiny red fruit at the Prawirotaman market the first time I was there so the next time I went there with an English speaking Indonesian cook, I asked her for the name.

Belinjo says the cook while showing several fruits in her hand.
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Here’s a closer look at the fruit and its nut inside.
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Belinjo nut can be made into a krupuk when roasted, peeled and pounded manually. Krupuk is a standard side dish in Indonesia with several variations and this is one of those.
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Garlic krupuk, shrimp krupuk and belinjo krupuk (pointed by the red arrow) with sambal as accompaniment to the lunch meal we prepared.
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Sate Bamboo Fan

Leave a comment Posted by on January 4, 2014

Designed for fanning live charcoal when grilling satay (and for other similar tasks).
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Salak / Snake Fruit

Leave a comment Posted by on January 4, 2014

I’ve seen this palm fruit all over Yogyakarta, also in Magelang. Seems all over in Central Java.
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The skin is akin to that of a snake.
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Peeled salak. Crunchy, sweet and sour.
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Lemper

Leave a comment Posted by on January 3, 2014

Sticky rice with shredded chicken filling in banana leaf packaging.
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Oleh-Oleh

Leave a comment Posted by on January 3, 2014

The concept of pasalubong isn’t unique to Filipinos. It’s an Indonesian habit too and one can’t fail to notice that at Yogyakarta airport from their baggages and even as I queued at Dunkin Donuts to buy 2 pieces for my kid. Locals would order several dozens but instead of having it boxed by dozens, each doughnut was placed in paper bag, that’s about 36 tiny paper bags for the guy in front of me. Presumably those were for his work colleagues in Jakarta or maybe for his relatives and friends in Surabaya or Bali. Wherever his destination may be, he was leaving Yogyakarta with his oleh-oleh in the form of hand-carried 36 paper bags of Dunkin Donuts.

A place for last minute oleh-oleh shopping such as bakpia in Yogyakarta airport.
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Oleh-oleh pertains to food/beverage only, that’s the difference between the term oleh-oleh and pasalubong.
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Timbangan in Java

Leave a comment Posted by on January 2, 2014

They call it timbangan in Bahasa Indonesia just like in Tagalog.

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Weighing half kilo of salak (snake fruit) at the fruit stall near Borobudur temple in Central Java.

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The 500 gram weight for the salak.
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Mostly I see timbangan in red.
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Here’s a blue one at a snake fruit stall in Malioboro street.
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Various weights on the table for the scale.
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Weighing chili peppers, the main ingredient in lots of Javanese dishes and of course the sambal too.
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Weighing lettuce.
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Timbangan for the dressed chickens at the market in Prawirotaman street.
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Puthu

Leave a comment Posted by on January 1, 2014

Ricecake steaming via bamboo tubes similar to  puto bumbong of Philippines.
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New Year Horns

Leave a comment Posted by on January 1, 2014

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Colorful sound generating instruments for the Tahun Baru 2014 (Jogja’s New Year celebration).

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Underground Art

Leave a comment Posted by on December 30, 2013

Walking around Jogja one can notice the prevalence of graffiti everywhere.
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Wall art even in this place where I took Javanese cooking lessons (and that explains the apron).
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Bensin Station

Leave a comment Posted by on December 30, 2013

Mini gas stations for the thousands of motorcycles in Jogja and gasoline is 50% cheaper than in the Philippines at 7000 rupiah per liter.

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Sate Ladies

Leave a comment Posted by on December 30, 2013

Looks like it’s a woman’s job to peddle sate on a chosen spot sitting almost at floor level beside their tiny grill.
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Portable tiny grill that’s fit for the tiny skewered meat.
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Banana leaf as sate plate.
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More sate ladies in the street.
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Jogja Bike Saddlebags

Leave a comment Posted by on December 28, 2013

Weaved cargo carrier boxes for motorbikes that can function as merchandise table, a practicality.
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Saddlebags on a running motorcycle.
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As for the bicycle saddlebag version, weaved baskets.
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