Indonesian Food Blogger: The Unifying Power Of Cuisine And Social Media
The diverse Southeast Asian country has more than 17,000 islands, a median age of 29 and an expansive fare influenced by many cultures. And the tech-savvy population is reaching out to the world.
by Ari Shapiro
Nov 03, 2017
4 minutes
Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world, and its population is young â the median age there is 29, nearly a decade younger than the U.S. or China.
People in the capital city of Jakarta also tweet more than in almost any city in the world. Social media is, in fact, one of the threads that ties this country of more than 17,000 islands together.
One of those social media celebrities is 29-year-old food blogger and Instagram enthusiast Prawnche Ngaditowo, who is known online as "foodventurer."
Ngaditowo is of Chinese descent, but he grew up in the Indonesian city of Medan, where his father was a prawn farmer (hence his name). He moved
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