Ketoprak

Food for Thought: The desperate journey to my Ketoprak

By: Emily Huang, SFU Student It all started when my parents in Indonesia sent me a picture of the Ketoprak they had for lunch.  As the day dragged on, the image of vermicelli noodles glistening in peanut sauce, accompanied by fried tofu, rice cakes, and a hard-boiled egg, haunted me. Ketoprak is one of Jakarta’s iconic street foods. Whether enjoyed by the side of the street or in an open-air restaurant, vendors selling this plate of vermicelli noodles all have a similar set of equipment: mortar and pestle, two pans, and a tall red-capped biscuit can to store crackers. All…

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