Just Me and Batagor

Batagor. Bakso tahu goreng. If I translate it into English is fried meatball and tofu.

Close-up photo of batagor. Photo by restyu.

Batagor is a famous Sundanese dish here. It's known as food from West Java consisting of tofu, meatball sometimes, fried dumplings, and peanut sauce. Sometimes there's cucumber on it.

I don't feel quite well since morning. I have a mouth ulcer on my lips and it hurts whenever I speak, eat, and drink.

Somehow, I end up ordering batagor for my dinner. I don't why but suddenly I'm craving this food.

Since I really am hungry and feeling slightly weak. So, I want to grab dinner and then take a rest. I just put it on my small green plate without thinking about plating.

My dinner tonight is batagor. Photo by restyu.

As the usual batagor, it smells nutty due to the peanut sauce. Well, to be honest, I can smell sambal a bit. But I don't think it's gonna be so spicy and I can still handle it!

But boom! When I take a bite, it hurts! It really hurts! It touches my mouth ulcer a bit. Dang, it! It hurts!

Even though I can still taste batagor slightly like sweet, nutty, and crunchy. However mostly what I feel now is something stings on my lips.

Not to forget to mention the spiciness from sambal also punch on my swollen lips. I know sambal is made from chili and chili has a lot of vitamin C. But I never imagine it like this.

I still try my best to finish my batagor. I don't like wasting food. So, even if it hurts my lips, I will still finish it. Well, I will eat batagor again once I'm fully recovered!

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—restyu, 280622.