Base on the observation, the cafe which is a coffee shop has become an urban lifestyle in Bandung,
where it is mostly able to convey a high class image with a low price and comfort. Food is also able to
represent personal qualities such as cosmopolitanism and conservatism, depending on where the foods are
developed.
Arranged in a food court format, The Kiosk, is located on the upstairs of a building which has several
choices of food. The food sold there consist of the famous local foods from different parts of Bandung –
as they got more famous and people started looking for it, The Kiosk owner might built more and more
branches in places around Bandung. Some types of the foods sold were bubur ayam (chicken porridge),
goat sate, ketoprak and gado-gado (Indonesian salad with peanut sauce), some tofu and Chinese cuisine.
The place is comfortable and the food stalls look clean. It is a good place to accommodate different
preferences from different members of a group. These hawkers initially sold foods in mobile carts, now
they are placed in a more representative and clean place, still in their carts but completed with modern
cooking utensils.
Another restaurant and cafe is ‘Ngopi Doeloe’ which is an international branded coffee house with
cheaper rates. This place is mostly a hangout place as opposed to an eating place.
Black Market is similar to The Kiosk, they also accommodate a representative place for hawkers to
sell traditional foods