Sharing a Love of Street Foods 1.1
Transcript of Sharing a Love of Street Foods 1.1
SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODSBlogger Sharing Session at Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2014, by Bayu Amus/EpicurinaVer. 1.1
CONTENTS• What is street foods?• Reasons to love street foods?• Street food experience (good and bad)• Assessing street foods• Writing tips• Sharing session
WHAT IS STREET FOODS?SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
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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)
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)
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOOD?
SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
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
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
BUBUR AYAMLocation: All over IndonesiaCost: IDR 7K – 15K
A very versatile breakfast, and available virtually all over IndonesiaBest eaten with chicken, liver, raw egg, cakwe, fried soybeans, celery, and sweet soy sauce.
porridge
cakwe
chicken
liver
fried soybean
Cheap and Yummy!
NASI GUDEGLocation: JavaCost: 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
Telur pindang
Opor Ayam
Jengkol
Gudeg
Opor Hati Ayam
Krecek
Cheap and Yummy!
NASI GORENG ACEHLocation: AcehCost: IDR 15K – 25K
A curry tasting fried rice, with assorted fried meats and refreshing pickles.
pickles
omelet
curry fried rice deep fried stuffs
Cheap and Yummy!
LAKSA MEDANLocation: North SumateraCost: 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!
ANGEUN TUTUTLocation: Jawa BaratCost: 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!
ROASTED SKIPJACKLocation: Serangan Island, BaliCost: 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!
GRILLED SEAFOODLocation: BaliCost: 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!
SATE LANGUANLocation: BaliCost: 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.
Cheap and Yummy!
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
Nasi Ayam Bali Made Weti
Sate Lilit Ayam
Batter fried eel
Pepes Ayam
Sambal matah
Fried shallotsChicken blood
Telur balado
Assorted Urab
White rice
Lawar Ayam
Nasi Ayam Bali Warung Satria
Ayam Betutu Warung Liku
Nasi Ayam Ibu Oki Uluwatu
INSEPARABLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
“You haven't been to” + [region name] + “if you haven't eat at” + [street food name]
REASONS TO LOVE STREET FOODS
Ayam Taliwang from Lombok
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
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 goodbecause it reminds you of,like, a whole world of memoriesthat you have of being there.
'Cause it's like... I'm telling you,it's like a whole different world.”(Chef, 2014)
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
ASSESSING STREET FOODSSHARING 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
SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
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
TELLTALE OF A GOOD STREET FOOD
• High turnover means ingredients are always fresh
• Visible cooking and preparation
• Social validation
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
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
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)
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
• Writing tips• Editing tips• Photo tips
ASSESSING STREET FOODS
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
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
EDITING TIPS• KISS • Enrich your food vocab• Adhere to word counts if
you’re writing for a magazine article
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
PHOTO TIPS• Capture the light!
• Daylight is the best • Low angled sun for
lively shots• Cloudy sky for vibrant
colors
RETELLING STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
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
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
SHARING SESSION: STREET FOOD EXPERIENCE
SHARING A LOVE FOR STREET FOODS
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/)
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
THANK YOU!
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