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Hahán tasi luxu husi<br />
restaurante simples ne’ebe<br />
iha tasi ninin<br />
Kada loraik, wainhira loro-matan tun<br />
daudaun ona besik ba kalohan no nia manas<br />
komesa menus ba daudaun, tasi ibun iha<br />
Bebonuk mai ho aktividade moris nian,<br />
labarik sira bilin balan tun sa’e iha tasi ninin,<br />
duni kadiuk atu lori fila ho sira nia fatin botir<br />
plastik, joven mane sira halai ho pár, balun<br />
para hodi joga bola hamutuk iha tasi ibun<br />
kotuk, aman sira tuur hodi haree ki’ik oan sira<br />
halimar iha rai-henek, no inan sira kele hela<br />
bebe halibur hamutuk iha fatin mahon iha ai<br />
hun okos iha estrada ninin.<br />
La dook husi tasi ibun, ho laloran ne’ebe<br />
mamar, peskadór sira ho bero ki’ik hean<br />
hale’u tasi ninin atu buka sinál sira kona-ba<br />
ikan hobur fatin, hasai sira nia redi tau ba tasi<br />
hodi he’in. Peskadór ida hean nia bero fila<br />
mai tasi ibun, vendedór ikan ho sira nia balde<br />
mosu husi baraka sira besik no la’o ba tasi<br />
ninin ho esperansa bo’ot katak iha ikan fresku<br />
butuk ida atu fa’an ba konsumidór sira ne’ebe<br />
hamlaha ona ba hahán kalan nian. Bero halai<br />
liuhosi laloran, dudu ba rai-henek no lakon<br />
husi ema barak nia halibur atu haree liu<br />
rezultadu husi peska nian.<br />
Hari’i dook husi fatin ne’ebe rame,<br />
Restaurante Marlelo Beach ho meza no<br />
kadeira ne’ebe simples, sai fatin ne’ebe<br />
perfeitu liu atu tuur ho serveja malirin ka<br />
jús fresku ruma no tau matan ba prosesu<br />
sira ne’e. Na’in ba restaurante no xefi<br />
koziñeira mak mana Mariana, ema ne’ebe ho<br />
Sumptuous seafood from a<br />
simple beachside restaurant<br />
Every afternoon, as the sun dips closer<br />
towards the horizon and its blazing heat<br />
begins to soften, the beach in Bebonuk<br />
comes alive with activity. Gaggles of kids<br />
roam the shoreline, chasing crabs to<br />
take home in their cut-off plastic bottle<br />
containers. Young men jog along in pairs,<br />
some stopping to join a football game at<br />
the back of the beach. Fathers sit watching<br />
toddlers play in the sand; mothers with<br />
babies gather in the shade under the<br />
roadside trees.<br />
Just offshore, in the gentle swell, fishers in<br />
small dugout canoes scan the surface for<br />
signs of schooling fish, put out their nets<br />
and wait. One fisher turns to shore and<br />
starts paddling back to the beach. Fish<br />
traders with buckets emerge from nearby<br />
huts and wander down to the water’s edge<br />
hoping for a good pile of fresh fish to sell to<br />
hungry evening customers. The canoe glides<br />
through the waves, surfs onto the sand and<br />
disappears into a crowd of people gathered<br />
to inspect the catch.<br />
Set back from the bustle, Marlelo Beach<br />
Restaurant, with its simple tables and<br />
chairs, is the perfect place to sit with a cold<br />
beer or fresh juice and observe the goings<br />
on. Restaurant owner and head chef is<br />
Mariana, who politely welcomes her guests<br />
then disappears into the kitchen to cook<br />
up delicious seafood dishes popular with<br />
Timorese and overseas visitors alike.<br />
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