My Cold Chef's

Lupis, Cenil and Klepon

Aidan looked up at the face of his wife who suddenly went up to the second floor. His face was confused and agitated.

"What's up, Thara?" ask Aidan while looking down to complete the work of financial statements from all branches of RR's Meal around the world.

'Ai 'i... Can I ask you something?"

"Ask what?" Aidan is still struggling with a stack of files.

"Make this." Thara shows pictures of traditional Javanese market snacks on her ipad.

Aidan squinted his forehead. "Lupis, the phone and the cenil?" Thara nodded.

"It looks good" said the pregnant woman as she rubbed her lips which began to drool.

Aidan gawking. The last time he ate this market snack was when he was a child in Jakarta. Ogan Abi and Necan Dara always provide a variety of traditional market snacks at the dinner table every morning. Abi is a traditional foodie.

"Are you serious?" Adrian looked at Thara.

"I'm so serious Ai. Can't you?" ask Thara expectantly.

"I've never made it but Aunt Rain can. Did Aunt Rain ask me to come here? In the raw materials for making this snack there are all in the pastry kitchen right?"

Thara's eyes twinkled. "Can Aunt Rain really? Ask dong to come here."

"I'll call you first, Thara." Aidan shook his head. "At least you didn't ask for a cupcake of 200 seeds. Horror knows!"

Thara laughs.

***

Rain comes along with Rajendra who is enthusiastic to see how Oma and Oomnya make traditional food from the country of Oma and her mother. Rajendra still holds two nationalities, British and Indonesian.

"You crave really Indonesia anyway" kekeh Rain while wearing an apron prepared by Aidan.

"No idea about Auntie. All of a sudden I love those cookies." Thara was sitting in a chair near the steel table where she and Stacy used to work making various pastries that made RR's Meal customers addicted.

"Yes already, meaning Oma's grandchildren want Indonesian food, such as Necan, Oma and Ogannya" Rain smiled.

Some RR's Meal employees stopped their work to see how Aidan and Rain worked together to make traditional sweets that are usually sold in traditional markets.

Stacy and Rajendra also came to know how the flexible Rain makes lupis. Even Stacy helped make Java sugar liquid while Rajendra mengeyel to grate the coconut even though it had to be exposed to old school grater which was collected Aidan. All five fingers of Rajendra's hand have been wrapped in plaster with Disney images.

Three hours later everything is ready and Thara's face looks sparkling to see the work of her husband and Tantenya who is smart to make pastry.

Thara put in a piece of lupis and her face looked happy. "Hhhmmmmm."

"She looks like Sekar when pregnant with Rama if you get the desired food" Kekeh Rain. Rajendra tried to taste the cenil.

"Omm... It's so delicious! This too" he said as he ate his klepon. "This is also."

"Come, all on the tasting. We made a lot of it" Rain said.

"What's Rain doing?" the sound of the baritone made the people in the pastry kitchen turn their heads. Looks like a tall man who is aged but still looks dashing with a bewok on his chin. His bluish-green eyes radiated sharply like an Eagle but were gentle and full of love for one woman only.

"Make a market snack. It's lupis, klepon and cenils. You ever made me first" Rain smiled as she approached her husband who gave a friendly smile.

"Thara cravings?" the man turned to look at his nephew's wife.

"Yes Oom Jeremy, sorry to bother" said Thara.

"The name is also sniffling. Did Sekar cravat what Ai? Blue Velvet cupcakes huh?" The eagle looked at Aidan.

"Yes Oom" replied Aidan.

"Opa. Looky!" Rajendra showed off five fingers wrapped in blue plaster with various Disney characters with happy faces.

"What happened to my grandson's finger?"

***

Aidan, Thara, Rain and Rajendra immediately dragged a look at the sharp gaze of the McCloud Ocean Eagle who did not receive his grandson's finger injured.

"Jendra asked for Opa. Don't get mad at Oma dong" Rajendra pleases.

"But you can forbid Jendra not to be hurt like this" complained Elang. "If Arjuna knew what was no more frenzied?"

"If you really want to be a chef, you should never get grated or sliced knives. Oom knows that even though I am a professional like this, sometimes still injured as well" said Aidan defending Rajendra so as not to down get scorned by his opinion.

"Yes Opa. But is the food good? Best grated grater. Kan Jendra grated him feelingly" said the handsome boy.

"Yes" the smile of Eagle and Rajendra kissed her cheek.

"By the way, how do you stay a little? I'll take it again, Ai." Thara stood up to take her lupis.

"You stay here, let me get you." Aidan went down to the kitchen.

"Ai've changed a lot already Thara" said Rain as he leaned over to the Eagle. Rain's habit has always been to tend to her husband if you sit together.

"Alhamdulillah Aunt." Thara is shocked when Rajendra sticks her ear to Thara's stomach.

"Kok no duk Duk Duk like dik Rama yes Oma?" the boy's comments were confused.

"Yes not yet. Later next month it will be heard Duk Duk Duk." Rain laughed at the look on his grandson's face.

The term Duk Duk Duk was when Rama in the stomach kicked Sekar's stomach and Rajendra was the first to feel the kick of Rama.

"May men be aunty" Rajendra said.

"Why women?" asked the confused Eagle.

"Like looks. If women, Jendra is confused later the guard, Aruna or Jendra's sister" he said innocently.

Rain and Eagle gawking. "Cock get to Aruna again?"

Thara just chuckles at the thought that if her daughter, following where Rajendra went will upset her for interfering with Aruna.

***

Aidan only fell silent judes saw the plates containing lupis, call and pennil were not left.

"Who is this spending?" tanyanya cold.

Goro, the sous chef approached timidly. "We're all chef Blair" he said slowly.

"Have you?" ask Aidan again.

"So good chef!" exclaim his men.

Aidan just shook his head.

"Tomorrow again, chef? I've learned how. Can we serve an afternoon tea?" pinta Stacy with a hopeful face.

"Next week we use the theme of Indonesian cuisine. How's it?" proposed Aidan. "Pastry three of those treats."

"Again chef!" exclaim the crew of Aidan.

***

Aidan walked into his study with a manyun face.

"Why Ai?" ask Rain.

"Spend the kids downstairs" said the blue-eyed man.

The eagle, Rain and Thara laughed out loud. "Yes it's okay. We do it again sometime."

Thara approached her husband.

"I think it's important that I've eaten so I crave obedience" she said, hugging and kissing her husband.

***

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