i'm letting her do the negotiating because they're going to give me a tourist price
wow, you got it!
this is my very first tuk-tuk "Bajay" ever experience! really cool!
good morning guys and welcome back to jakarta
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for today's adventure, i'm heading out to chinatown
i'm now heading down to the street corner where i'm gonna order a grab
because all of you guys in the last video have been telling me don't get a motorbike
my only option now is to order a grab taxi
wow, this is a really busy street! just got dropped off by the grab bike
just gotta find where this tea house is now so i can meet up with Anastasia
what's up! - hey!
all right so today i'm with Anastasia and we're gonna be pretty much walking around chinatown here
and exploring what they have here
it is my first time here looks pretty busy and crowded
you don't want that, do you? - yeah i got underwear here if you need some
sunglasses, sandals, shoes, chino wear,
but now it's a bit quiet - this is quiet?!
this is quiet, usually it's packed
pretty much anything you really need you can find it here probably
including food and groceries
so our first spot of the day is for lunch because i haven't eaten anything all day
and we stopped at this really famous chinese dumpling spot
it is called, what does it called? satong? i'm not gonna be able to pronounce this
i'll just put a description right down below for it
but yeah the prices are pretty affordable
they have everything from chinese food to indonesian cuisine,
so we're gonna grab some dumplings
they were cooking outside on the fryer and looks like they just dump it into like a big bowl
and fried it in all this oil basically
really excited to try this
wow! this is good!
the garlic and chili sauce! - yeah this one is the chili oil
how much garlic? - it's up to you!
sesame oil? - yeah! all right let's try the first one
oh wow it's really good! so inside of it is minced meat and looks like vegetables chinese cabbage
the sauce is really good, i like the sauce!
yeah very fresh and very hot, so right off the fryer
so that place was absolutely delicious, total that was 130k for both of us
iced tea was like 4k and then the dumplings were 60k for 10 of them
that place is I believe, what was it? 1968 when they made it
so it's been around for quite a long time and it's now gotten pretty popular here in jakarta
so really recommend that place
the nasi campur actually looked really good as well,
maybe next time i'm up here i'll try that one next
so we're now on our way to the oldest temple here in jakarta
we're walking back through these little tiny markets
that we were here just about 30 minutes ago
do you know what that is? -
oh is this the pickle?! yeah! it's a sea cucumber
it's quite expensive! - is it really? how much is it?
it's like i think one kilo for like one million
Jesus! that's so expensive!
is it good? have you tried it? - yeah we always eat it for chinese new year
this market is pretty intense
they have just about everything there is here that you may need
you've got motorbikes driving right through here,
i mean there's one right behind me trying to get through
even a seafood market
so this is the oldest temple here in jakarta and it is buddhist temple
It's absolutely gorgeous!
everything is in red and gold and they have these really large candles right behind me
i mean they're literally as tall as me and they're all lit up
really beautiful wow!
i'm really trying not to get my feet run over here with all the motorbikes
it's really difficult to try to keep out an eye out
because they're literally behind you in front of you everywhere
it must be so difficult trying to find your way through these little alleyways,
they're all so tiny
it's a lot quieter here!
- yeah, it's like people's houses right?
and then if you go to the right then you'll find these small alley actually
i'm betting at 15k - you are!
i'm letting her do the negotiating because they're gonna give me a tourist price
got 20k! all right let's go!
i'll let you sit outside
hello hello!
all right my very first tuk-tuk oh my god in jakarta
in jakarta we say bajay instead of tuk tuk
this is my very first tuk tuk 'bajay' ever experience! - it's really cool!
so basically you've got the driver in the front
and there's only really enough room for two people basically
i mean we can maybe fit a small person right in the middle
so if you really want a tight fit it's gonna fit three people in here basically
but this is awesome
you always go with the older guys because they're nicer
so there you go! there's your tip for the day: go for the older guys for your bajays
a lot nicer a lot friendlier
but i guess this is exactly what you guys meant when you said jakarta traffic is nuts
tell me about the buses!
so they would go like around like each area in jakarta
but they would stop like literally everywhere, like you just do this and they'll stop
how much does it cost?
i think two thousand per person. - really?! that's cheap!
and where do they go? - just around jakarta but like they have different numbers to tell
it's just basically like buses - it's like public transport
so on my way here i saw all these basically like little buses and vans on the way into chinatown
so i was always wondering if those are like the public transport and how much those actually cost
so it seems that they're pretty cheap actually
so if you want to hop on you just literally wave them down
and they'll take you around jakarta and it only costs 2k i guess
how's the language barrier though? they're not going to speak english obviously
all right cool! - let's go!
my very first tuk tuk, what is it called? bajay!
so we're now in old town is the name of this area
so really popular come down here because all the dutch colonial buildings are still around
and it's a drastic difference compared to the high rises in jakarta
to what it used to look like here in northern jakarta
look at this cool statue! it's a dude painting the pole, cool!
oh almost didn't see that
are these the bikes you rent?
so we took about a 20 minute break at a coffee shop to cool down
because it got so hot
and literally within like 20 minutes all these clouds rolled in
and looks like it's gonna be raining soon
there's nobody here but some of the areas are actually closed off by the police
really not much to see as it typically would be
so we are actually gonna head back to the chinatown area next
because i've been getting a lot of recommendations to try kerak telor
so we actually found it in chinatown so that's gonna be the next stop
crossing in asia is the most dangerous thing ever
looks like there's a lot of people selling jewelry, antiques here
some wooden carvings as well, underneath this overpass
we have the chicken egg and then the duck egg
he is in the newspaper? he's famous!
is that you? yeah that is you! very cool!
a lot of you guys recommended in my very last video for me to try Kerak Telur
and we found it on the streets here in chinatown
hopefully the mosque is pretty much done, so there it goes again
so yeah it's pretty loud here hopefully you'll hear me
but i actually have no idea what this is, so what is it?
it's like rice with egg and then we mix it with shredded coconut that you cook
and then some fried shallots
okay so he's cooking it over a fire looks like right now
he's been on tv as well! - he's going to be here on youtube now.
okay so that's his youtube channel guys if you guys want to see him on youtube right there
is it good? - oh wow yeah!
so what's on top, what's this? - coconut
i don't know how to describe, it's like a pancake
but it's got egg and what's inside? rice? awesome! i love it!
the guy is famous
so if you guys want to find him, he is right in front this big yellow building in chinatown
really really good
it's actually a little dry, i didn't expect that
but the coconut really gives it a nice sweet flavor
now also one thing i forgot to mention is that that guy said that
Kerak telur is a seasonal thing so he's actually not out all the time there
so he only comes out during like special times special events he didn't say specifically when
so maybe if you come here you might not even find him
because he's only going to be out here certain time periods throughout the year
but overall really good, really enjoyed it
that pretty much going to conclude my day here in chinatown
i'm going to grab a bike to head back home to my apartment building
so hopefully it doesn't rain on me because it's getting really cloudy now
and this camera is not waterproof
i'm soaked guys
it literally just stopped raining as soon as i got to my apartment building
so overall i had an amazing day with anastasia down in chinatown
a really beautiful area, had some amazing food
hope you guys enjoyed today's video, if you did give it a like
comment down below any questions you might have
and i'll see you guys next week
i'm not sure what i'm gonna be filming for next week's video
maybe we'll do a bit, i was about to say a villa tour
maybe i'll do a apartment tour here but i kind of want to wait
and save the apartment tour for near the end of the month
because i still haven't figured out what i like about this place, what i don't like about it
so thanks again guys for watching and i'll see you next week
peace!