Describe the scene at a crowded food center My favorite food center comes alive only at night, every night.. At night food vendors are allowed to make use of the place to sell their food
Trang 1Describe the scene at a crowded
food center
My favorite food center comes alive only at night, every
night During the day it is a municipal council car park At
night food vendors are allowed to make use of the place to
sell their food They have to pay a small fee to use the
place, but I am sure they can afford it
Trang 2With a couple of friends, I reach the food center at about
seven in the evening The sky is already darkening and
the vendors have their portable fluorescent lights switched
on I walk between two rows of food stalls
The very first thing that strikes me is the mouth-watering
smell coming from the satay stall Ah, I can see the satay
seller half hidden in the clouds of smoke from his charcoal
fire There are many people seated around the tables
behind him obviously enjoying the very delicious satay
We are in luck A group of people at a table is just leaving
Trang 3So my friends and I quickly occupy the table before some
other people do
The satay seller knows me, for I often come to have some
satay to eat He nods his head to acknowledge my
presence I wave in return In a minute or two, a steaming
plate of satay is placed on our table, followed by some
pieces of cucumber and onion Our gravy then arrives and
we proceed to put the lovely pieces of meat into our
mouths
Trang 4For five minutes or so I am oblivious of my surroundings
All I do is to eat and eat until nothing is left on the plates
When all the food is finished we order glasses of sweet
sugar cane juice to drink I finish off two glasses How
wonderful it is to have such food and drink
We pay for the food and drinks and leave the satay stall
We decide to walk among the stalls to have a look
It is about seven thirty and the tables around the stalls are
nearly filled with people Young and old, fat and thin
Trang 5people of all shapes and sizes come here to enjoy in the
many varieties of food available I see the mee seller
feverishly at work trying to cope with the orders for his
mee Some of his customers are already eating
Chopsticks and spoons dig into the bowls of mee Other
customers wait patiently for their food
Next to the mee stall is the tea stall The fat man selling
tea there is busy making teh tarik He pours the tea from
one cup to another with practiced ease Not a drop is
spilled Some passers-by stop just to watch him pouring
Trang 6the tea He pours the tea from even higher A small boy
claps The fat man is obviously very pleased He grins
happily
I look around me There are stalls selling rojak and mee
goring, sup kambing, sup ayam, koay teow, popiah,
chicken rice, fried rice, rice with fish, fruits, drinks etc, The
variety is staggering No wonder the place is so popular
The food is cheap and good It is great to be able to eat
them It is great that we have food centers like this in our
country