The Passion of Street Vendor's Food

18 January, 2007

You must be not Indonesian if you say you don't like "gorengan", kind of fried snacks you can get easily from the vendors along sidewalks or streets in Indonesia. "Gorengan" could be from tempeh, casava, tofu, etc. I believe many of you who live in foreign country may never cease to recall how delicious these snacks to have particularly when you take a coffee break or have a cup of tea. I remember I used to snack them almost every other day at my work. Just asking the office boy to buy some, next 10 minutes I have been enjoying myself with "gorengan" and a cup of tea. Well, you would say how easy to prepare such cooking as what I should do every time I want to have them but the taste, don't tell me, is bit different. Somehow it is less tasty than the one I get from street vendors. Don't know whether the germ or vendor's sweat get involved to this taste, who never knows! Here some pictures of "gorengan" I've ever cooked.