Travelling salespersons, kaki lima, morning staples, entertainers

[Travellingchez]

So far the ones I've noticed in my new area is :
Tukang sayur/ayam/ikan- one on a motorbike bike another is a woman who carries in a rattan basket on her back!
Pempek2 - carries on a bamboo rod on his shoulders
Bakso - push cart (kaki lima)
Tukang roti - on a motorbike
A truck /train thing that the whole kampung piles in for the kids with flashing lights and music (it's always packed full so my son hasn't gotten to ride it yet).
I'm sure there is more but I haven't spotted them yet

 

[Travellingchez]

We have the traveling monkey show.
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I've been told we have one in my neighbourhood too. Thankfully I haven't seen that yet. Apparently they travel around with it on a chain

 

[Smallworld]

Budi Sari, Bdg.

Oh .... you live quite close to where I live Jl. Ciumbuleuit, Bdg.

 

[HappyMan]

Oh .... you live quite close to where I live Jl. Ciumbuleuit, Bdg.

Small world?

 

[Smallworld]

Small world?

Hahaha. Yes..... very tiny I would say.

 

[Supir Angkot]

Happyman, I peer over the wall & try to see what is being sold- but my garden is higher than the road so it is easy for me- or I ask the hubby.
Some I just know by the sounds they make, maybe from a few years of learning these things out of curiosity.
The one I like is the steam funnel sound - cos he sells the little steamed rice/coconut & melted brown sugar cakes- delicious- I know the name , but I just forgot it hahaa

I believe you are talking about Kueh Putu bamboo,

red gula jawa wrapped in rice flour with grated coconut and pandan stuffed into small bamboo tubes and then steam cooked, they do make noise like teapot whistling.


Or Kelepon, same ingredients, green gummy balls of steamed sticky rice flour, pandan, grated kelapa with molten gula jawa lava center that oozes decadence when you bit into these gems.


My favorite all the time, I feel sorry for people who never had their tongue graced by these heavenly cakes.

 

[Bad_azz]

I believe you are talking about Kueh Putu bamboo,

red gula jawa wrapped in rice flour with grated coconut and pandan stuffed into small bamboo tubes and then steam cooked, they do make noise like teapot whistling.


Or Kelepon, same ingredients, green gummy balls of steamed sticky rice flour, pandan, grated kelapa with molten gula jawa lava center that oozes decadence when you bit into these gems.


My favorite all the time, I feel sorry for people who never had their tongue graced by these heavenly cakes.

Thats the one- I love it- sadly we don't have that around our village. I miss it- but be sure , when I hear him if I am down near my MILs house I grab my purse and go on the hunt.

 

[merahputih]

When I lived in Surabaya:

6am-9am 4-5 Penjual sayur, we call it "Lijo". They actually brings various things from vegetables, tahu-tempe, krupuk, and eggs; ready to eat food like pindang tongkol, pepes ikan, and botok sayur. Fishes, shrimps, chickens in plastic bag, beef in a wooden box, I won't say they're fresh... One person has styrofoam box with ice for the meat, others don't (bother at all ). Each has distinctive way of saying "sayur". One sounds like "woo hoo eeee hoo".

7am-8am Penjual bubur (rice poridge, chicken, soto broth), tukang pipa, he yells "Air!" but he doesn't sell water, penjual jajan (various kue basah and nasi bungkus), ibu-ibu penjual semanggi.

11am-2pm Penjual soto ayam.

10am-3pm Penjual ember (plastic bucket), tap hardly on the 50cm in diameter bucket, another man sells sapu, kemoceng, other cleaning tools.

4pm-6pm Penjual bakso, penjual kue putu, ibu-ibu penjual bubur madura.

6pm-8pm Penjual soto (not sure if he is the same guy from 11pm-2pm), sate, tahu campur, tahu tek.

5pm-don't know... may be 10pm Penjual gorengan set his carts in the corner of T section.

6pm-don't know... may be 11pm Penjual nasi & bakmi goreng set his carts in the corner of different T section.

We usually call all of them as "tukang xxx (tukang bakso, tukang sate etc.). Except for "jajan", we say "tukang jual jajan". "Tukang jajan"means someone who really like to eat side meals.

 

[roti bakar]

When I lived in Surabaya:

6am-9am 4-5 Penjual sayur,
7am-8am Penjual bubur
11am-2pm Penjual soto ayam.
4pm-6pm Penjual bakso, penjual kue putu, ibu-ibu penjual bubur madura.
6pm-8pm Penjual soto (not sure if he is the same guy from 11pm-2pm), sate, tahu campur, tahu tek.
5pm-don't know... may be 10pm Penjual gorengan set his carts in the corner of T section.
6pm-don't know... may be 11pm Penjual nasi & bakmi goreng set his carts in the corner of different T section.

These are what I miss so much being away from Indonesia, especially in these cold winter nights.

 

[Smallworld]

... especially in these cold winter nights.

How cold does it get in Melbourne?

 

[rabbit_39]

I don't normally pay attention to the sellers that go around peddling their wares. Since 2010,there have only been 3 that caught my eye:
1. Very old man walking around Tebet area selling mortar and pestle. Stone ones. He had 4 that he carries across his shoulder with a bamboo pole. I didn't haggle and bought all 4.
2. Very old woman at a stop light selling packages of tissues.... I ended up buying 20 of these little packages.
3. Another old guy on a 3 wheeled bicycle with a sharpening stone. I don't have that many knives for him to sharpen, let alone when I saw him near a place I had a meeting at. I bought a couple of knives he had for sale.

Their resilience and hard work is another thing Indonesians should be proud of. That they have these people still working hard at honest jobs to survive.

 

[mauricio]

Money Changer on wheels. I was in my house, and I heard loudspeakers of a slow passing car or motorcycle (I didn’t go out to take a look, but I’m sure it cannot be from someone on foot) blaring something like “any kind of money, old notes & coins, riyal, dollar, whatever, bring it out and convert it to Rupiah”. I heard it once only, so this is rare (happened this year).

 

[Bowsaw]

Jamu guy on his old bicycle every day.

 

[Bad_azz]

Teens collecting money... especially at this time of year to pay for the independence day parties.

 

[Anglian]

Whose the bloke who goes around with a whistling steamer, sounds like it's going to blow any minute, never seen anybody buy whatever it is

 

[Bad_azz]

I believe you are talking about Kueh Putu bamboo,

red gula jawa wrapped in rice flour with grated coconut and pandan stuffed into small bamboo tubes and then steam cooked, they do make noise like teapot whistling.
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Whose the bloke who goes around with a whistling steamer, sounds like it's going to blow any minute, never seen anybody buy whatever it is

That one Anglian.

 

[Zavia]

I miss out on so much staying in a mall... damm.
I have to walk a short distance out of the apartment, out of the mall, all the way to the edge (no one allowed to sell on its sidewalks) to get my tahu bakar.

 

[Davita]

When in Jakarta we also live in an apartment above a mall but, when we get the appetite for satay, we call Gojeck and they deliver.

In Bali we get the daily thump, thump, thump from the guy selling plastic dustbins...I was shocked when I noticed he was on a motor-bike with the dustbin over his head...then noticed he's a passenger.

 

[dafluff]

Money Changer on wheels. I was in my house, and I heard loudspeakers of a slow passing car or motorcycle (I didn’t go out to take a look, but I’m sure it cannot be from someone on foot) blaring something like “any kind of money, old notes & coins, riyal, dollar, whatever, bring it out and convert it to Rupiah”. I heard it once only, so this is rare (happened this year).

Usually around Lebaran they do this to convert large denomination to smaller ones for gifts...the commission is pretty steep tho, something like 10% or so.

 

[Pikefish]

Bottl kosong!