New Food Friday...Sate Kupang

Recently my blog updates have been far and few, especially the New Food Fridays. I'm sorry for the neglect in posting! It doesn't mean I haven't tried new food, I just don't feel comfortable whipping out my camera when someone offers me food that I've never tried before :) Or knowing I'd probably get a backlash from people after I was offered a certain food that most people would have as a pet and call him "Fido". I've been having my share of new foods for sure.
Well this week i wanted to continue on in the "sates". I was driving down the road yesterday and past a cart that said "Sate Kupang." I had no idea what that meant or was...all I knew is that I had never tried it before. I ordered 1 portion dibungkus(to go) and brought it to my friend's house. When I opened it, the smell hit me before anything else. It was some kind of sea creature. I have to say...I failed this week. I couldn't get past the smell and ended up not eating it. Since no one was offering it to me, I wasn't obligated to taste it, right? Well, there was another person at the house who liked it, so he ate it. He saved me!


So, come to find out, Sate Kupang is made of kerang(oysters), which is not a big deal...I've definitely eaten them before in something that a family made for me once here. But, the catcher was the juice that was served with it(seen in the bag). It was a mix of chili, oyster juice and these little tiny things that looked like eyeballs. I still don't know what they are.

This is a close up of the "juice." It's supposed to be poured into the bowl and eaten with "lontong" or packed rice and the oysters.

Sorry I failed this week's new food friday. I guess it will still remain a new food for me....forever.