Ku-Hungry Hearts Diner, yiba ngumphathi wendawo yokudlela encane endaweni ethule
Ingxenye ye-1970's Tokyo. Le SIM yokuphatha indawo yokudlela evamile
iza egcwele indaba, futhi nizoba nethuba lakho nobabili
hlangana nabangane bakudala futhi uhlangane nobuso obusha.
Sekudlule iminyaka eminingana kusukela ezenzakalweni zangaphambilini
Izinhliziyo Ezilambile, noGogo usanda kungena kuye
idina endala. Ukuphila akuzona zonke izimvemvane namaphaya wama-apula,
futhi unqunyelwe umsebenzi wakhe wokubuyisela indawo
kusimo se-tip-top. Ukwenza isidlo uwedwa akulula,
ikakhulukazi uma unezikweletu okufanele uzikhokhe!
...Ngenhlanhla, uGogo lapha unosizo!
Wena, kodwa futhi u-Sue osebenza kanzima, isandla sakhe sokuqala esake saqashwa.
Intombazane ayinalwazi, futhi iwisa izitsha ezingaphezu kwalokho ezomisayo,
kodwa ungumsindisi esitolo. Okungcono nakakhulu, ujabule
njengamapentshisi ukuya edolobheni futhi akugijimele ukudiliva!
Kodwa sekwanele—awuzile ukuzolalela isalukazi
ramble. Ngakho, kuyoba yini? Isitsha esihle, esilula serayisi? Noma kanjani
i-pipin' hot yenkomo croquette, fresh out of the fryer? Lesi sidlo siyasiza
cishe zonke izitsha zesi-Japanese zakudala ongazithola ngokwesilinganiso sakho
indlu ye-hash yendawo, futhi izingxenye zivulekile ukuqala.
Hlala isikhashana, kanye nendlela kaGogo ewubukhazikhazi
maduze uzoba nengxoxo njengabanye abavamile bakhe.
Bayiqembu eliyinqaba, futhi bonke babonakala benelabo
ingxenye yezinkinga. Kodwa ngemva kwesitsha sesithathu sesobho le-miso noma kunjalo,
bazovula futhi baveze izindaba zabo, ezijabulisayo nezidabukisayo.
Hlanganyela ukuze uthole isethi entsha yezinganekwane, ezinye ezimangazayo
ajike ajike endleleni. Futhi khumbula, wonke umuntu
bathole lokho kudla okukhethekile abangasoze bakukhohlwa.
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【Indaba】
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Emgwaqweni omncane oseceleni endaweni encane engenagama kuhlala i
idina endala yaseJapan. Izinto zithulile lapha; isidala
ungase usho. Kodwa-ke banjalo. Yisikhathi sikaShowa eJapan,
kanti nethelevishini isiqala ukuduma.
Ngena, uhlale, uvale amehlo akho.
I-Thunk thunk ihamba ngesigqi esiqhubekayo sokunquma ummese
imifino. Hisss; umsindo wenyama ecwebezelayo epanini.
Ukulamba? Kuhle, ngoba ukudla lapha nakanjani
fudumeza isisu sakho sikushiye ujabule futhi ugcwele.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, ugogo omdala onomusa ophethe indawo uyadinga
lonke ibhizinisi angalithola. Avele avule indawo yokudlela
iminyango ngolunye usuku, futhi umatasa njengenyosi ezama ukuhlala
ukuntanta. Ukuphatha indawo yokudlela ephumelelayo akuwona umsebenzi olula lapho
unesizungu—huh?
Ima kancane, ubani lowo omsizayo ekhishini?
Siyakwamukela ku-Hungry Hearts Diner!
Yindawo ethokomele, indawo lapho abantu abajwayelekile bebuthana khona
amatafula okhuni agugile ukuze alume—futhi mhlawumbe anobungane
ingxoxo, futhi. Lapha, uzothola ukudla kokugcwalisa isisu sakho
nezindaba ezizofudumeza inhliziyo yakho.
Siyabonga ngokuza, futhi sithemba ukuthi uzokujabulela ukudla kwakho!
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Ngakho, ake ngiqagele. Umbuzo ozibuza wona njengamanje
"ingabe lo mdlalo ngowami"? Hhayi-ke, mhlawumbe kunjalo.
-Ingabe uthanda imidlalo evamile / engenzi lutho?
-Ingabe uthanda imidlalo lapho unesitolo?
-Ingabe ufuna indaba emnandi, ephumuzayo?
-Uke wadlala noma yimiphi eminye imidlalo yethu, efana ne-Oden Cart, Showa Candy Shop, noma The Kids We were? (Uma kunjalo, ngiyabonga inqwaba!)
-Ulambile?*
*Isexwayiso: Lo mdlalo awudleki. Sicela ungazami ukudla ifoni yakho.
Uma uphendule "Yebo!!!!" kunoma yikuphi kokungenhla, kahle,
mhlawumbe lo mdlalo ngowakho. Inikeze ukulanda futhi uthwebule.
Kumahhala, ngakho ngeke kukubize ngisho indibilishi!
Sithemba kakhulu ukuthi ikulethela ukumamatheka, futhi endleleni,
mhlawumbe nezinyembezi.
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Ukuhumusha kwesiNgisi:
USamuel J. Allen
npckc
Ukuhumusha KwesiShayina Okwenziwa Lula:
Wen Li
Ukuhumusha kwesi-Indonesian:
Nita Kusumaningrum
Kresna Luginawati
Umqondisi Wendawo:
Gavin Greene
Kubuyekezwe ngo-
Okt 24, 2023
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