Bakpao

The best thing about rush hour.

Jakarta gridlock may be a blessing for the bakpao market.

Vendors often line busy roads during rush hour to offer these fluffy meat-filled buns to hungry passersby in need of a snack.

Sweet offerings include chocolate and green bean, indicated by a colored dot on top.

No need to go in search of them, they'll find you.

Rawon

Dark soup. Colorful past.

A beef stew from East Java that goes heavy on the keluak nut to give it a nutty flavor and a deep, black color.

The soup base also mingles with garlic, shallots, ginger, turmeric and red chili to make it nice and spicy.

The most famous variant is called Rawon Setan (Devil's soup) in Surabaya.

Rawon Setan, Jl. Embong Malang, Kota Surabaya, Jawa Timur