Have Perut Will Travel...: BDO Day 1 │ Exploring BANDUNG • Braga Street • Sudirman Street

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Monday, 27 January 2025

BDO Day 1 │ Exploring BANDUNG • Braga Street • Sudirman Street

First Walkabout in Bandung

We picked you up again right after checking into our Airbnb. While Cat busied herself with laundry, I sorted through the day’s footage. Once everything was spinning in the washer, we took a short nap and waited for the laundry to finish.

At 5:15pm, we left the Airbnb and began our first walk in Bandung. We strolled along Jalan Tera, turned left at El Hotel onto Jalan Merdeka, then right onto Jalan Lembong, and finally made our way to the famed Jalan Braga.

Braga Street

Braga was packed — pedestrians everywhere, both sides of the street overflowing. We ducked into Braga Citywalk hoping for a breather, but the mall felt underwhelming, so we stepped back out into the crowd and walked to the end of Braga Street.

After a moment of indecision, we decided to head back to the Airbnb. We got a little lost, but eventually found our way back to Jalan Tera and Tamansari Tera Residence.

Sudirman Street Day & Night Market

Sitting in the lobby, we decided to give Sudirman Street Day & Night Market a try. We hailed a fixed fare Bluebird taxi for IDR32,000 (≈ MYR9/USD2/EUR2). The driver explained the heavy crowds — Indonesia was enjoying a five day weekend from Jan 25 to Jan 29, celebrating both Isra and Mi’raj and Imlek (Lunar New Year).

As soon as we arrived, rows of red lanterns greeted us. Smoke from sizzling woks drifted through the air — always a good sign.

Barely 100 metres in, we spotted Sedap Purwakarta, proudly claiming to serve the best Chinese food since 1970. We took our seats and ordered:

Nasi Ayam Kuluyuk (Sweet & Sour Chicken)
Nasi Bistik Sapi (Beef Steak style Rice)

While waiting, I wandered off and bought Cakue (Youtiao) — both the original and the “legend” versions — from a stall across the table.

Then I hunted for drinks and returned with a lemonade and passion fruit juice from the rather unfriendly Wedrink stall.

Cat added a bowl of Ronde Kuah Gula Merah from Ronde Jahe Senly, also across from us.

Our first dinner in Bandung — at our first Bandung “food court” — came to IDR167,000 (≈ MYR45/USD10/EUR10).

Heading Back

After dinner, we took a slow stroll around the market to admire the sheer variety of stalls. Eventually, we hailed another Bluebird taxi for IDR40,000 (≈ MYR9/USD2/EUR2) back to the Airbnb.

Step count for Day 3: 10,976.

What’s Next

Be sure to catch our next video — we finally begin shopping in earnest.