DOA - Chairil Anwar

We are from Power Puff Girl group ( Dewi Sagita, Dia Rakhma, Annisa Firdhasavitri, Uswatun Chasannah) and this is our work towards the Creative Writing assignment - to put some photos representing the poem. We took the poem entitled Doa- by Chairil anwar

A Special Taste after Your Cough and Sneeze

What do you think after hearing the word ‘Chicken’ for your meal? Delicious ? Easily found ? or is that boring to eat that ? Get prepare with something I’ve got from ‘Lesehan Teh Nining’s special menu’ .         

What I mean by Lesehan is an eatery commonly known as street vendor, usually offering affordable price yet satisfied to eat. Located near my dorm in Karangmalang, Yogyakarta, I often visit lesehan teh Nining. Everyday, across Lembah Fitness UGM ( Universitas Gadjah Mada Fitness Centre) starts from 4 p.m a tent has been set up a long with the small table without chair, that’s why this is called ‘Lesehan’. Visitors sit on the floor which has been covered by carpet. Around couples of minutes more, the crowded comes until night around 10 p.m.  Teteh’s food lovers were enjoying the meals, including me.

            Here I’m gonna talk about what I’ve written first ‘Chicken’. Last Tuesday, at 5 p.m, I visited that street vendor and being welcomed by the owner rolling also as a chef, Teteh (the way sundanesse people call the older sister or woman, becuase she coriginally comes from West Java). She was smiling at me when I said  “ Biasa teh, Ayam Terong Saus Tiram (Chicken and eggplant that are eaten with oyster sauce ) “. After she began cook, I knew so well what would be about to come. ‘Cough’ or ‘sneeze’. Perhaps you are wonder why I had coughed and sneeze when this food was being cooked. This was the secret, I thought, that makes the food delicious.

            As all the spices (garlic, chili, and onion) that has been mashed were put into oil, the aroma of that spices filled the atmosphere around that Lesehan and made me and the other visitors cough and sneeze. What was this? It was hard to explain but the aroma of that food being cooked and stimulated us to get a cough or sneeze was called ‘Segrak’( sundanesse) . anyway, you can feel that when you come here. Moreover, i didn’t just sit as I used to be while waiting for my order, but I saw Teteh cooked Ayam Terong Saus Tiram. After the spices cooked well, she poured a bit water to the kettle and then put chicken meat to be mixed up well. Few minutes later, she put the eggplant and then poured oyster sauce (saus tiram) and cook the food until it was done well and ready to be served.

            Here it was. The food, ayam terong saus Tiram was ready to eat. The portion, along with the rice, was enough for one person and it was served on the plastic plate, unfortunately. The taste of the broth was really good; it tasted a bit salty, sweet and spicy (depends on how you order how spicy the food will be). The meat of the chicken was mixed well with the spices and sauce; I could see from the mushy textures of the meat which was nice to eat and it tasted pretty good. The eggplant one was also nice; it was smooth, mushy, and mixed well with the oyster sauce. So far I ate the food, it made me satisfied to have the same order when I come here the other day.

            Besides the food I’ve just eaten, Lesehan teteh Nining offered other various food. There were many kind of penyetan (usually chicken, fish, tempe, tahu, etc which are fried), pecel (rice or vegetable along with the peanut broth /sauce), and any roasted food. The visitors came more and more crowded up to night because of the taste of the food. A friend of mine, Dia had special menu to order : terong saus tiram and fried Nila. “I don’t know why I order the same thing every time I come here. It just tastes great. The crunchy of the fried Nila makes me want to eat the whole meat except the fish bound, hehee” she said while enjoying the food.

            By spending IDR  12.000,00, you can have Ayam terong Saus Tiram completed with the welcoming bonus ‘cough and sneeze’ ceremony. This might a bit expensive for the street vendor food, nut according to the taste and the service, that price worthed enough for the food. The satisfaction was served for us,  dearest customers.