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Ultimate Fishing – Man Style

By aboutindo | Published: May 28, 2010
Most weekend fishermen are happy to bring home a couple of herring.  They might dream of snagging a whale.  For the people of Lembala Island, it’s a matter of survival. They hunt in the traditional way, with techniques and customs passed down through generations.  Their tools are also hand made, more from financial necessity than anything else.  So [...]
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Jakarta Street Food: Otak Otak

By aboutindo | Published: May 22, 2010
Fish patties steamed in banana leaves.  ‘Otak otak’ literally means ‘brains’.  Maybe it’s because they look like little brains.  I’m pretty sure they don’t contain fish brains. Anyhow, these are the fish cakes I spoke about in my post about Muara Karang.  They give you a basket full of them and you unwrap them and dip [...]
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Psychedelic Frog Fish

By aboutindo | Published: May 21, 2010
This new species of fish was discovered last year off the coast of Ambon.  While it has beautiful markings, its shape and movement look clumsy.  The colour and markings are to make it easy to disguise itself like coral, which is why it hasn’t been discovered until recently – the divers just didn’t see it. Its [...]
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Jakarta Street Food: Pecel Lele

By misterjames | Published: April 13, 2010
Warning: some may consider this clip a little bit cruel.  But as regular readers know, it can never be as cruel as my tongue. Fried catfish, quite a common dish in Indo.  Yes, it’s fresh… maybe a bit too fresh for some tastes?  (Maybe it’s better not to look.)  And it’s cheap as chips.  Delicious too.  [...]
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