Hungry Dale on a street food hunt in Bandung. Let's get some!
Most of the streets near my hotel had plenty of food available but I headed to one that was actually designated as a food street on Google Maps. Sudirman Street is styled as a "day and night food street."
My first impressions of Sudirman Food Street were great. It was a fully pedestrian street with a covered roof. No traffic to watch out for and no worries if it rains. A perfect place to grab some local snacks and relax.
I was surprised to see pork available at many stalls in this food market. Indonesia is a Muslim majority country, so it's not that common to find pork when you're just walking around. It is available in some places but you need to know where to go.
It seems that Sudirman Street is one of two areas in Bandung that are designated areas for the selling of pork foods. Plenty of options were available, including pork meatballs, which was the first food I tried there.
The lady working at the "Baso Goreng Babi" (Pork Meatballs) stall was wearing a hijab. It didn't occur to me at the time that it was strange for a Muslim lady to be selling pork. Only after this video did I do some research and found out that the lady has been featured in local news about her pork selling.
Her name is Lia and is an employee of the meatball stall, not the owner. In the local news article she said "I never eat them, because I know that they contain pork." She always makes clear to customers that the meatballs contain pork, especially to the Muslim customers, so that they don't eat them by mistake.
With a camera in one hand and a portion of pork meatballs in the other, I had to find myself a table and chair. The food street is made comfortable with a seating area in the middle of the alley, between the stalls on either side. I've been to plenty of food markets in Asia where they don't provide this, and expect you to just walk around the busy market and eat.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a free table in this popular food street, so I went looking for some friendly people who might allow me to sit with them. Fortunately, I didn't have to look too hard. In fact, I didn't have to look at all, as someone found me.
A Batak man who lives in Bandung mistook me for Food Ranger. After having a chat with him I invited myself to sit with his family. They were a super friendly bunch and I ended up spending all my time there with them.
After my pork meatballs were demolished I ordered 20 sticks of "Sate Babi" (Pork Satay) to share with the table.
After the pork feast I was onto the sweet stuff. I searched for a famous Bandung snack called Bola-bola Ubi, which are sweet balls made from sweet potato. The way they are cooked is interesting, and they end up is light, airy, chewy balls.
I tried another famous Bandung dessert thanks to the Batak Family. They brought Ronde Royal to the table. It's a sweet, hot soup with tapioca pearls like you'd find in Bubble Tea, except they have peanuts inside them.
The Ronde comes with a sachet of ginger paste, to be added to the sweet soup. Ginger is one of the main ingredients in Ronde but it's given on the side so that you're in control of how gingery your dessert is. I like mine just a little bit gingery!
I thoroughly enjoyed the food street experience in Bandung and will surely be back there for more in the future.
0:00 Street Food Hunt
1:40 Bakso Goreng Babi (Pork Meatballs)
12:23 Sate Babi (Pork Satay)
27:40 Bola-Bola Ubi (Sweet Potato Dessert)
39:22 Ronde (Ginger Tapioca Dessert)
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