Monday, June 05, 2023

3 NIGHTS AND A DAY AT JL. SABANG

Kemang nights 
crowded streets, shitty hotels, Lotte Mart and Hooters long gone 

Menteng days
palatial houses, treelined roads, Novotel Cikini and a bike lane

But Jalan Sabang has been claimed by the Defender of the Truth.


A briefing
2.4 kilometers of afternoon prayers
goat satay, mutton soup, cold Bintang
Googled and misled to Sate Pak Heri
second best on the first night


A meeting
2.9 kilometers into a narrow alley
Nasi Goreng Kebon Sirih in a paper box
burning goat meat and cold beer for dessert
second night but still second best



The Secretariat
beef grilled in fried red chilli pepper
Blue Bird pelted with meatball rendang
nasi padang, burnt eggs, singed chicken skin
Grab motorbikes running on cold beer 
blue berets and a blue bike at Monas
Sarinah's mural and photo bombers
meat skewered at Sate Lamongan Jaya Agung
the best there is on my last day




Subalit mas malinamnam pa rin ang pinispisang kambing noong Sabado at ang adobong salugabang n'ung Linggo bagamat  bahagyang matabang ang lasa dahil sa hindi inaasahang pagpanaw.

Kahapon ay naubos sa Pamasahe ang upa sa Serbis and Selina's Gold tasted like naked melons... 


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