料理を待ちながら ~苦行は要りません~2006/05/08 09:24

天神から歩いて21時過ぎにホテルへと帰り着きました。
一休して、時計を見ると21時40分です。
さてと、気になっていたヨドバシカメラの上階にあるインド料理店「スジャータ」へと赴きました。

レストラン街の4階へと上がりますと左手に料理店、奥にゲームセンターが見えています。
新潟のドンキホーテの上もこうだったなぁ(遊戯店+料理店)などと思い起こしながら、ふらふらとゲームセンターへと足を運びました。

雑誌でしか知らないので、ラブ・ベリがあったら見てみよう(場合によってはやってみよう)と探してみましたが、TAITOステーションにはありませんでした。

ぐるっと一回りして、最近のゲームを確認、やって見たいゲームはなかったので料理店へと足を向けました。

料理店街の中ほどに目指す「スジャータ」はありました。
表のランチのセットにチキンブリヤニがあったので、ブリヤニもいいなぁと、ディナーのセットを眺めてみると残念ながら、ブリヤニはありませんでした。

店内に入ってみると日曜日の22時前後です、お客はいません。
こちらにと案内された真ん中のテーブルに座りました。
一人で来る場合、セットで頼む方がお得なので、メニューのセットの部分を眺めます。
グレードが上がるにつれて品数がただ増えていくのでなく、構成が変わっていることに悩みながら、カバブが入っているものを頼みました。

おそらくインド人と思われる男性の店員が辛さを尋ねます。
ところが、あまり上手ではない日本語が早口なので良く聞き取れません。
辛さのグレードが1~50まであると言っている様なのですが、いくらなんでも幅があるしなぁと悩みました。
5段階か10段階だろうとあたりを付けたのですが、辛いものは平気であっても味がわからなくなるので、間違えると大変です。さて、どうしようと逡巡しておりましたら、痺れをきらした店員が甘いのもできます、ちょっと辛い、辛いのもありますと説明しだしたので、ちょっと辛いを選択しました。

店員は立ち去り、持ってきていた「サッカーという名の神様」を読み始めました。
しばらくして、店員が近づいてきます。
早いなぁと思っていましたら、「お待たせいたしました」との言葉と共に水の入ったコップが目の前に。
水でしたか。

一口水を飲むと読書を再開。
一章ほどを読み終えたところでコツ・コツ、コツという足音が近づいてきます。
心持顔を上げますと、足音は目の前を通り過ぎていきました。
あれ?
すると
 お疲れさまー
 お疲れ様デスー
という声が店内を駆け抜けます。
帰る従業員の方でした。
その後も、2回ほど、コツコツコツ-来たか-お疲れ様です、を繰り返しました。
従業員減っていきます。
大丈夫でしょうか。
このまま、全員帰ってしまって、一人店内に取り残されるのでは、などという妄想も浮かんできます。

仕方がないので本を読んでいると、また店員が近づいてきます。
だまされるものかと、読書を続行、やはり通り過ぎていきます。
帰るのかと思いきや、やはりインド人らしい女性の店員は振り返り
 いち、にぃ、さん、し
席数を数え始めました。

私は目に入っているのでしょうか。
不安になります。

読書を続けますが、注意力が散漫になってきました。
厨房からは何かを焼く音が聞こえてきますので、大丈夫だと思います。思いたいです。
顔を上げたら、棍棒をもった店員が立っていて、笑みを浮かべダイジョーブ・ダイジョーブと話しかけながら殴りつけてくるというホラー的展開も頭をよぎります。

ヤンダだって来たというのに…(参照:よつばと5巻)。
こんなに読んでしまっていいのだろうかと思うほど読書が捗ります。
なんかさとりがひらけそうだなぁ。

悟り、啓けませんでした。
料理来ました。
 お待たせしましたぁ
はい、待ちました。

セットにはプーリーが付いていました。
プーリーとナンの違いってなんなのだろう、地方?合わせる料理?など考えつつ、ガツガツと食べます。
食後にしてもらったチャイはアイスチャイがやってきてびっくり。アイスもあったんですね。
残念ながら水っぽく、スパイスの香りも薄め美味しくはありませんでした。

支払いを済ませるときにレジにあった“ガムのようなものです”というスパイスの粒を混ぜ合わせたようなものを“ご自由におとり下さい”ということなので、もらおうと思っていたのですが、うっかりそのまま店外へ出てしまいました。
戻ってもらうのも何なのでいつになるかわからない次回にしました。

ちょっとコンビニに寄ってホテルに戻ったら、すでに11時をまわっていました。
食堂街は11時閉店ですので、かなりギリギリまで居たようです。
オーダーストップは眼に付かなかったのですが、もしかしたらオーダーストップぎりぎりに行ってしまったのかもしれません。
何はともあれ、読書はたっぷり出来たし、料理は良かったので満足いたしました。

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