Steaming Char Kway Teow on Banana Leaf in on a weathered outdoor table near Jakarta

Steaming Char Kway Teow on Banana Leaf

by Callie Jensen

Flat rice noodles glisten with dark soy sauce and oil, tangled with charred edges and chunks of shrimp resting on a broad green banana leaf. The leaf lies directly on a weathered wooden table, its grain swollen with recent rain and marked by water droplets. Soft, diffused afternoon light flattens shadows, revealing the steam rising in thin, translucent wisps from the hot noodles. Small pieces of garlic and bean sprouts scatter across the dark sauce. one drop of condensation rests on the edge of a shrimp shell, reflecting the grey sky above. The humid air hangs heavy, visible in the way the steam lingers just above the food before dissolving.

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Camera Pentax ME Super*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Pentax ME Super photos, grab one online.
Lens 28mm f/3.5
Focal Length 28mm
Aperture f/3.5
Shutter Speed 1/1000
ISO 800
Film Fuji Superia 400 everyday tones
Location on a weathered outdoor table near Jakarta
Date 1986-03-02
Credit VEETER
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