Just Akhnaf: Tugas Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2 : Food Review

Ah... Food. The only thing that very difficult for me to be reviewed. Because you see my friend, my mouth is very objective. If it’s halal, it’s edible. Nothing much I can say about food, my mind is dry like desert when try to compare or say anything about food.

But because since it’s for assignment and I didn’t have time to go to fancy restaurant or something and I can tell it is tasty or not since it’s not my own cooking, then I’ll tell you about the only thing that I can say, THE VERY BEST IN UNIVERSE.

“Introducing, PECEL MADIUN!!!”

Yeah, my friend. You didn’t misread this. Pecel Madiun, is the only best thing that you need, that you ever taste. And I can proof it to you, my reader. The reason why Pecel Madiun is the only best food in... My heart, I don’t know about you. Maybe you only prefer expensive sh*t that taste pretty horrible, I’m not sure.

Okay, since it is not a very full-versed review. I didn’t go into Reviewer Mode. And speak by my own language. Warning, there might be some bad words or some insult, because this is my way of talking.

The Ingredients.

Most people didn’t know what Pecel Madiun is, or even worse they might not know where Madiun is (True Story BTW). Why I said this? Well, because my friend, most people didn’t know, the one and only true Pecel in Indonesia... Okay, exaggerated. In Padang they have their own Pecel (or Pical, they said). But in Java Island, they ate the wrong pecel all this time. Pecel in Madiun is made from peanut sauce, not common peanut sauce, but Madiun’s Style Peanut Sauce. Made from peanut (of course, duh!), chilli (or not if you are not Indonesian a.k.a coward), brown sugar, onion, garlic, some salt, pepper, terasi (some kind of fermented prawn paste, smells like sh*t FYI), and the unique grated lime skin (or its leaves, vary through area). If you said “eh, but Akhnaf, I did ate some Pecel in some 'place'.”, let me make this certain, if there is no lime flavour and not like a peanut paste, you got different thing my friend.

Why Is It Perfect?

You might be wondering why I said this is perfect? It’s only a food with peanut sauce in it.

Well... It is true that is a food with a peanut sauce, but Pecel is not a fixed food. You can combine all the side dish that you want in it! You feel so hungry and you might eat someone, put that chicken or lam or beef meat in it. You feel that you are similar to meat that I mention earlier? Just go herbivore mode and put that rice along with vegetables (It also vary, I allow you to say WTF at this moment). Or maybe you are on a diet, propaganda that forbid you to eat good food? Just made it a smaller version without any rice. It still good that you will have another serving!

Aside from the side dish. The timing is also perfect. You can eat Pecel Madiun every single day, every single time. Just made the side dish different and you are good to go. Based on my first-hand experience, even you have other dishes, Pecel Madiun’s sauce is still go well with the others.

"Akhnaf, where's DaProof??"

"What? William Dafoe??"

"No! The Proof!"

"Oh... Yeah we'll get to that."

"So Yesterday (on 28th March to be precise), my package of Madiun's Pecel had arrived at my apartement. Sh*t they took so long to send this thing! I ordered it on 20 of March and it took 10 days to arrived."

There's more at fridge.

"And next morning, I decided to made it. Using hot water to dillute the sauce, and Buset Mak. The aroma, the flavor... Brings back the memory of Grandmama and mama itself."