This market starts setting up at 1am every night, yes you read that right, in the middle of the night. This midnight market in South Jakarta is a hub for local traders to sell fresh produce for the day ahead for local food businesses to cook across Jakarta.

We venture into the market in Fatmawati at 2:30am in the middle of the night to get a sense of what local life is really like here. These people are here every night on the grind, you wonder when these people ever get to sleep.

While you are tucked up in bed dreaming of your Ketroprak, Karedok, Gado Gado, Rendang, Bakso or your Seblak these people are out here selling the produce for your favourite stall to purchase for the day ahead. Business really starts getting lively from about 3am, despite the PPKM and lockdown this market continues.

Think what you do is difficult? Come watch these people and you'll be relieved you're tucked up in bed every night not having to do this.

Respect and thanks for the lovely people in the market - some very strange looks but also friendly looks - I'm not sure they've ever seen a bule at this midnight market before.

Couldn't truly see Jakarta without venturing into the heart of the system, the cogs in the wheel, the markets that keep the 10.5 million city fed and churning on as the great sprawling metropolis it is.

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