Hello, friends!
Near where we live, there was a traditional market, and there, it had a big building, well but I am not going to talk about the building because what is the purpose of a building, if there weren’t any humanbeings there. Yes, in our country selling things on the street was a kind of culture that we should keep as a positivity or as an added value, an authentic culture that we have.
Here how the gate looked, it had green color.
You could see mom was next to bajaj, a blue vehicle, that came from India, and it is actually a traditional one, but it still used here, what made me sad, maybe next time it would be better if we change it to a green concept vehicle one.
Not far from where we stood, there was a woman who broke the young coconut, oh how strong, she is a woman!!
You could also see that we also had a traditional food stall there.
Not far, there were fruits seller. The fruits that the stalls in the market had more fresh texture than the supermarket because it freshly delivered from field. They had from guava, mangosteen, orange, potato, dragon fruit and watermelon.
While on another fruit stall, you could find some fruits that the first stall didn’t sell, mango, snake skin, pineapple, melon, et cetera.
Also in the same market you could find sweet potato and cassava plus another pineapple. Sweet potato and cassava are ours favorite.
The same market also had batik daster’s stall. They sold many kind of daster/duster, it actually one of our authentic sleepingwears in my country, you should buy them! They are all comfortable to wear and I love it much .
Not far if you felt hungry, you could also have some snacks there, from healthy ones like boiled corn, rice cake, etc and you could also eat some fried dishes too there, like fried tempeh, fried banana, etc, and they also had some other cakes.
There was also mom’s favorite dawet ayu, our traditional desert that you should try. It made from natural suji leaf and also contained coconut milk plus brown sugar. A must try desert for you all!
After wandering around, then we found the things we were looking for.
At the first stall, we bought red shallots and chillies.
While on the second stall, we arrived to the stall where we usually buy some of our cooking needs. There, we bought galangal, pandan and red kidney beans. She offered us some kecombrang (maybe someday I will buy it to try the taste, cause she said it is also used in megono rice.
Last, we bought mom’s favorite, raw tofu with yellow color skin. Guess what we cooked with that?
Hope you enjoy my journey to the market today, happy Friday and see ya!