Yogyakarta (Indonesia) (AFP) – As the morning twilight approaches in an Indonesian city famed for its street food scene, a queue of sleepy customers snakes its way along the road in anticipation of a local culinary legend. The clock hits 5 am in Yogyakarta and out of the darkness appears a small and frail sarong-clad woman on the back of a black motorbike. She climbs off slowly, tightly holding a basket that carries the sweet snacks she has been selling for more than half a century. Now 76 years old, Mbah Satinem was the Indonesian cultural hub’s best-kept secret for decades but is today a cooking sensation after shooting to fame in the 2019 Netflix series “Street Food: Asia”.
