Bakso

Bakso commands the streets with its springy beef meatballs swimming in a savory broth, often accompanied by noodles and fried wontons. Each bowl contains an average of 8 meatballs, each boasting a 90% beef content, which is 15% leaner than the runner-up Martabak’s filling. Mobile pushcart vendors, numbering over 500,000 nationwide, serve up to 3 million bowls daily at an average price of IDR 15,000. The broth simmers for 4 hours, extracting deeper flavor than most competitors.