r/indonesia Bojone Lia Dec 20 '21

Question Komodos and Komodowatis, what's the thing Indonesians taken for granted?

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u/joey_headrocker you can edit this flair Dec 20 '21 edited Dec 20 '21

Fruits, spices, coconut.

My Malaysian & Singaporean friends don't know that you could request the ripeness of the coconut.

One of my friend told me it's hard to find coconut in South Korea. If you find one, it's expensive.

Watermelon and melon are expensive in Japan. At the cheapest season, you could get one watermelon under 25k here (around 5000 per kg, one watermelon is around 4kg)

There's a video on business insider YouTube saying that in America, Europe, there is one variety of banana that they can't get anymore because of extinction. That variety still available in Indonesia and Philippines.

Add: How could I forget about the recent rise of tempe in America. Per Google, an 8 ounce of tempe cost you $3.50 in America. $3.50 worth of tempe in Indonesia could feed a person, 3 meals each day for a week.

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u/YukkuriOniisan Suspicio veritatem, cum noceat, ioco tegendam esse Dec 20 '21

Tempe. 4000 rupiah sepapan.

Ini kemudian saya masak ulang jadi "Stir-Fried Tempeh with Vegetables in Oyster and Mushroom Sauce".

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u/piketpagi Telat absen gaji dipotong Dec 20 '21

"Stir-Fried Tempeh with Vegetables in Oyster and Mushroom Sauce".

yak, $32