AISYAH LOVE VERSE

Restaurant Pecel Lele

It was a tiring day. Romi returns to his desk and throws himself into the chair. He loosened his tie. However, a moment later he actually removed the tie from his collar, and attached it to the computer. He pushed his chair back with his body, then he raised his legs to the table.

“Huufftt!” Romi stretched his arms to drive away the fatigue. He looked at the watch in his hand. At 13.00. It's lunch time. The tables of his two colleagues, Luna and Diana, were also empty.

They both went to the cafeteria.

Romi's stomach was also very rumbling, but he decided to go first to the musholla, because he had not prayed dzuhur. Yes, even though Romi is a man with a whining style, he still tries to be a good Muslim. He never left his five-time prayer.

Romi lowered his feet from the table, then stood up. Just as he was about to leave his desk, William's door opened.

William out of his study.

“Rom, I'm going out for lunch. Have you had lunch?” Ask William.

“Not yet, but I..” Romi had not finished his sentence.

“This is my car key. Let's go out to eat.” William put his car keys on Romi's desk. That means he told Romi to drive his car.

“Hmm, sorry Boss, instead of me resisting, but..”.

“What? Are you on a diet? No lunch?”

“Ha ha…. That can't be happening. I'm also very hungry right now after interviewing ten of your would-be secretaries Will. But I have to go to the musholla first to pray.”

“Ya yes…. I know. All right, I'll give you 15 minutes.” William went back into his room.

Romi hurried off to musholla. He felt very lucky to have such a wise Boss like William. Before working at William's company, he had been an employee at a company, and his boss was very, very killer in terms of time. A little late there will be a penalty for salary cuts.

Finish praying, Romi immediately in William's room.

“Tok tok.” Romi knocked on the door, and then he came in.

“Hmm. Not until 15 minutes,” William stared at his watch. “Only 12 minutes 35 seconds.”

“Sholat only takes time, not more than 5 minutes. God gives us 24 hours a day. How stingy if we can not set aside 5 minutes just to carry out the command”

“Looks like you're going to start lecturing me again,” William stood up from his chair and walked out on Romi, “Quickly, I

really hungry.” Said later.

Romi shrugged his shoulders up, then followed William out. When he passed his desk, he grabbed the keys to William's car that was still lying there. Then he rushed after William who had already drifted away. Not because of William's rapid pace, but because of his posture

william's tall bule body, his legs longer, until his steps

even wider, when compared with the footsteps of Romi who postured the original Betawi body.

“Where will we eat?” Ask Romi as soon as they're in the car.

“I want to eat pecel lele. During my return to Indonesia, I have never eaten pecel lele” again

“Okey. I know a great place to eat pecel catfish.”

Romi started running the car.

Not enough ten minutes later, he stopped his car in a simple restaurant with typical Betawi nuances. There is an ondel-ondel statue in front of the entrance of the restaurant.

“Come Will, I'm sure you'll spend 2 servings of catfish pecel if you eat here.” Romi stepped first into the restaurant.

“We'll see later.” William followed Romi from behind.

“Assalamualaikum, welcome to restaurant Pecel Lele Bang Jali.” Greet a hooded maid kindly as soon as William and Romi entered.

“Walaikumsalam Lisa.” Romi Sahut. Apparently Romi already knew the maid's name.

“Please Bang, sit here.” Lisa leads Romi and William to an empty table. Romi and William followed suit.

Pecel Lele Bang Jali restaurant looked quite crowded that afternoon.

“You order what Bang?” Lisa presents a menu book to Romi and William.

“Pecel catfish 3 servings, iced orange one,” Romi said. “You want to drink what Will?” Romi looked at William.

“I, same. Just order some orange ice. Don't forget mineral water too.” William Sahut.

Lisa records all orders of Romi and William. “There's another Bang?” Ask Lisa back.

“That's enough first.” Romi Sahut. “Oh, almost forgot, shrimp crackers are also 2 packs.”

“Good Bang. Please in wait.” Lisa again noted Romi's additional order.

“You order 3 servings of food, will anyone catch up with us here?” Ask William.

“I ordered 2 servings for you Boss. I told you, you will definitely spend 2 servings of catfish pecel in this restaurant.” Romi said sure.

“Looks like you're jealous of my posture, so you're going to make me fatter.”

“Ha ha ha.” Romi laughed at William's words.

Before long, their order had arrived. A male waiter delivers food using a large tray. He then began placing orders of food and drink, one by one, on the table in front of William and Romi.

“Happy to enjoy the dish.” Said the waiter after he finished serving the dish on the table.

William stared at the pecel lele rice that he had long missed. He then dipped his hands in a bowl of cowboys (a bowl of water that is intended to wash hands before eating), although he had actually washed his hands in the sink.

William began to feed the rice and catfish into his mouth.

“Woow! The recipe is delicious. I feel familiar with the taste of this sambal.”

“Ha ha ha.. I thought you wouldn't notice.” Romi said after hearing William's words.

“From... What??”

“Of course you recognize the taste of this pecel catfish, because you often eat it, first.”

“What do you mean?”

“Hei Will, you remember no, it used to be near our High School, there was a pecel lele tent stall. The owner is named Bang Jali.”

“Yes, of course I remember. That's our favorite place to eat first,” William Sahut. “Wait wait, so you mean, this catfish pecel restaurant,

the owner is the same person as the owner of the tent stall near the school

we were?”

“Yup! Exactly it. This Bang Jali, is Bang Jali selling catfish pecel near our school first.”

“Oh, it's worth it that my tongue recognizes the taste of this distinctive catfish pecel sambal.”

“I often eat here.” Romi said while drinking his orange ice.

“You should be familiar with the servant.”

“You mean the veiled maid girl?”

“Yes, who else? You even know his name.”

“Oh, the girl. She's lisa, Bang Jali's son. He was a kid when we were in High School. But she often comes in her babeh stalls since long ago.”

“Oh...” William said as he continued to chew his food. The dinner plate is already toilet, and sure enough as Romi guessed, it turns out he ate another serving of pecel catfish that is still intact on the table.

Romi laughed at that. “I told you already, you will definitely eat two servings. You used to be that way too. You ordered one serving of rice with two fried catfish.”

“Eh will, you remember not? In the past, Lisa Bang Jali's son, every time he saw you, he must have asked ‘why are your eyes pale? Are you sick?’ Ha ha ha...” Romi laughs.

remember that. “He thinks your brown eyes are because you're sick.”

“Ha ha ha.. Yes, now I remember it.” William finally remembered Lisa. How the little girl used to always look at him wonder and wonder, why his eyes can look brown, while the eyes of people

others are black.

After she finished eating, Romi called the waiter to pay for the food. Lisa, the son of the restaurant owner, came and handed him the bill.

“Everything Rp.230.000,- Bang. ” He said with a sweet smile.

“Give it one million.” William to Romi.

“Good boss,” Romi put 10 sheets of money hundreds on the table, as William orders.

“This is mostly??” Lisa looked at the money.

“Some, bonus for dear Lisa.” William told Lisa. “Oh yeah, look, my eyes are pale, I seem to be sick, I'm,

so I have to get home soon. Ha ha ha...” William laughed widely then stood up and stepped out.

Lisa looked at William in astonishment.

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