Tag: Culture, Ed Caffin, Food, Trending
Five Things to Love about Kaki Lima
By: Ed Caffin Not everybody loves them. The Indonesian mobile food-cart, the kaki lima has an infamous reputation. Most people find them annoying and claim they...
Nano Suratno: Father of Sundanese Music
By: Patrick Durkan Known more popularly as Kang Nano S. this prolific and influential composer did much for Indonesian and more specifically Sundanese (West Java) music...
My House in Cambodia
By: Thomas Weber Carlsen January is Indo-China month at Latitudes. Thomas Weber Carlsen is a Danish architect and industrial designer who has been living with his...
Inside the Keraton of Yogyakarta
By: Rohman Yuliawana Keraton Yogyakarta is located in the south of the city. The walled complex covers fourteen hectares and consists of dozens of eclectic buildings...
The democratization of the stapler on Bali
By: Diana Darling The staple—a tiny bit of wire with pointed tips, which, with one crunch of the hand, can join papers together tightly and neatly, until the staple...
Sundanese. A Language of West Java
By: Emma Kwee The Sundanese have their own language, which is totally different from Bahasa Indonesia. When walking around in Bandung you will probably notice the...
Tahu Isi. So easy to prepare
By: Chandra Drews One of my favourite childhood snacks, this stuffed tofu dish is one of the main starts of Indonesian fried street food (gorengan). I mean think...
Experience food in Indonesia
When expats make plans of going to Indonesia, they usually imagine the busy streets of Jakarta, with their vibrant atmosphere and traces of colonial history, or...
Krupuk: The Indonesian Crunch
In the annals of Indonesian cuisine, there is one food whose importance is often overlooked. This is the krupuk-a crispy wafer whose name is most likely derived from...
Get rich quickly in Malaysia with a Toyol!
By: Diana van Oort During lunch at work we share stories about our cultures. Ghost stories were the most recent topic. Many ghost stories revolve around the Japanese...
