Malioboro Street (and their vendors)

On top is huge base made of stone to grind the sauce and make pecel

And reasons why street vendors are still the best!

1. Of course, to bargain and haggle with the seller is important part of the fun!
2. Walked along the street with the sellers offers you this and that, you'll be surprised with how many things (that you don't actually need or plantobuy) you ended with:D
3. A chance to practice local language (for me: to practice my "javanese", although at one point, I couldn't understand what the seller replied back to me, so that I was standing still at that moment, and the seller realized that I only know limited javanese word and start laughing at me)
4. As I would emphazise, going along small street with lots of seller arranging their stuffs.. was amazing!
5. You won't miss a chance of buying bamboo flute and top from and old man along the street, and he will taught you how to play them and laughed together when you, again, failed to spin the top (I paid double prices compare to the price in Mirota Batik, but this is more fun!)
6. Ask around of where the nearest "pecel" (Indonesian's salad, or as Yogyakartanese said: "lotek") seller to the local, they will definitely know. And you'll have an amazingly yummy meal for lunch!
7. Running and trying to avoid other people who run to different direction than you when the drizzle comes.
8. I just couldn't stop looking here and there, so many colorful food they have in front of them!:)))
Gosh, I miss it!

The small alley beside Malioboro of the most delicious food I've had that day.. and yes, to make it more perfect, it was raining that day,so we sat under the rain and ate.

Pecel is an Indonesian food, made of several kind of boiled vegetables and peanut based sauce. It's origininatede as Javanese food, but now it's widely spread throughout Indonesian provinces.

It consists of boiled spinach, water lily, cabbage, beansprout, long bean, and some other green vegetables, then chunk of soyabean cakes or deep fried flour called "bakwan", for the last touch, some chips are spreaded over the vegetables and peanut sauce.

Pecel sellers are a lot speaded in Yogyakarta, the most common sellers are as one located beside a small alleys in a stall or even only a table and tent. Each ones of them has their loyal customers who are willing to wait for hours for their turn.

The seller normally prepare the ingredients in the morning before they left the house.

The seller ground the peanut and brown sugar sauce

The order can either for take away or eat at that place, sitting in a colorful plastic chair andhold the plate on hand all time (since there's no proper table).

The place might be not very well representative, but the taste! unbelievably yummy  (of course I am biased!)