When you traveling to one area, far from where you normally do activities, or you have lived in that area for a long time to work or study. And you find a small stall that provides food that the tastes and delicacy is hard to forget. Then, when you return home or back to where you live, there are times when you want to taste the delicacy of the food again. This is where the tongue starts to fuss to ask for pampering.
Then our mind hovers, imagines how the taste of the food on our tongue, how the atmosphere, the people, the language and accent in the area. Sometimes, a place is always imagined not only because of taste but because of the friendliness and kindness of the seller and the people who are around the place so that the place and the food tastes very perfect.
Imagine, if one day you walk in the area where you live and there is a small stall selling food that you desire, how does it feel? Maybe you will say, “this is a treasure”. Plus, when you taste the food, the taste is really similar to the area of origin of the food. It’s like you reminisce about the area and it seems like you will spread it at least by posting a photo of your social media account so that other people or your friends also know it.
Image 1: The photo i took, make It easy to find.
But unfortunate, sometimes the little stall like miss from attention because it’s too small, tucked to large buildings or located in in the alley so that the place is hard to find. The owner has no other choice because of limited capital to rent a better place, but the ability to cook delicious food is useless if only stored alone. The last solution is to keep cooking and selling even in a perfunctory place.
One day I found a small stall near my house, A small stall that sells typical Surabaya food (a province in Indonesia) that tastes very similar to where the food originated. The name of the shop is "Tahu Campur khas Surabaya” (Surabaya’s Mix Tofu). Not only the food, the seller also speaks and has the same accent.
Image 2: Someone said, The food tastes the same as where it came from
Without thinking twice, I immediately posted the place to Google Map. Fyi, At that time, the people in my place were not too interested in becoming a local guide and incidentally the place was not yet listed on the Google Map. I became the first person who registered the stall on the Google Map, I was very proud. I want that place, more specifically the taste of the food made by this mother, is known by many people. Not only is it known, I also have to help people make it easier to find the small stall. Google map is the answer.
How happy I am when I see other Local Guides reviewing in the same voice. They wrote that this tall was a "longing Medicine”. This means, first, my tongue is not wrong. The Second, I succeeded in helping others soothed their tongues. How happy I am.
Image 3: He said, Miss treated
And from it all, there is a conclusion, that is helps. Being able to help is fun, at least for yourself. Helps soothe other people’s tongues and help small sellers add to their customers.
