accompanied by my friend

from Indonesia

I'm going to visit

a grocery store they shop

locally

that nobody else in Taiwan really knows about

because it's so located

in the downtown Taipei

and I've been in the neighbourhood

never noticed it

How do you say Hi in Indonesia?

Halo

There's Vietnamese

These are Vietnamese instant noodles

Oh these

this and that

What about

These are from Korea

You also eat instant noodles from S. Korea?

Yes for sure

These are all from Indonesia

Yea the flavours

My favourite one is

this

Is this one real spicy?

So these are perfumes from Indonesia?

Yes yes

Haha we also have this mosquito cream in Taiwan

These are bottled chili paste

I can feel the heat from here

What about this?

Oh I see lemongrass

This is umm well

If we cook with this

it's to make dishes sour

Yes very sour

can't remember the names in Chinese

Oh I've never seen this

Yea this is the fruit we use to make that sour paste

What about this?

Um what's that..

can't remember what it's called in Taiwan

ummmmmm

I can't understand the writing

I'm guessing it's a type of fruit?

Yea it's a type of tropical fruit

also quite sour

These are noodles

In these bowls

there are meatballs

They are lamb meatballs

Which ones are less spicy?

I think they are all spicy actually

The chili paste is already added

We Indonesians really enjoy this

You guys like this?

What's in here except fish?

There's fish, egg

sometimes there's also

Dry-Fried Tofu

Sure sure let's take one

bos

here

You want to buy this?

NT$100

Sure

Have you been in Taiwan for quite some time?

About 2 years

Oh 2 years

What made you begin this business?

Huh?

What made you..

No no no

This business isn't mine

Ohhh you are an employee

ok let's go

How do you say thank you in Indonesian?

Terima kasih

Terima kasih

Terima kasih?

Woah this is the whole entire fish

So here's fish

Petai marinated fish

Petai?

Woahh

there's noodles, rice

And also fried potato chunks

Oh I see potatoes

What's this dish called in Indonesian

Nasi batas

Nasi batas

So I'm going to try this

Nasi batas

from Indonesia

This is a very popular local dish

which contains a lot of

hot pepper

chili pepper

as you can see

and I'm a little bit intimidated

right now

okay

Wow it's a lot of

chili pepper on this fish

Mmm

Mmmm

Okay

right away

right away

the chili hits me

Omgosh

this chili is not a joke

So you will have to wear this when you return to Indonesia?

Yes we will have to wear these

This is a set

A set?

Wow

Wear this

With this

You can wrap this around your head

Your hair

so much hair

Woah

very cool

Mmmmm

Do I look pretty?

but it's so warm