This is where "they" eat
This is where I eat. This is my martabak maker. He makes both egg martabak, and chocolate & peanuts martabak. Yum!I have to walk pretty far to get out of the tourist restaurant area. It is quite a different class of tourist from those I met in India. Here they wear high heels and evening dresses. I didn't really see that in India.
She is like a tempura lady, making mixed vegetables, sweet potato, tofu, tempeh, and banana tempura. Yum!
This guy grills this fish paste on a bamboo sticks - 10 pieces for a dollar. Yum!
My favorite - gado gado (spicy peanut sauce over steamed vegetables and hard boiled eggs). For it to look this nice, you have to eat where "they" eat.I have had some other interesting meals as well:
bakso - meatballs (I don't know what type of meat) in spicy soup
oleh oleh - deep fried mixed vegetable balls
mie goreng - fired noodles with vegetables
cap cay - mixed vegetables
It is nice to eat vegetables not cooked to death.
Thought for the day:
As I rode my bike today, I was thinking about "equanimity" - practicing being present in whatever environment I am in, not just they really beautiful places. HH Dalai Lama once said that it is easy practicing compassion when you are around the people you love. The Chinese government has been a great teacher for him - to practice compassion towards everyone.
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