Ni Wayan Sulastri : Serombotan Seller

Ni Wayan Sulastri has been a “serombotan” vegetable seller since her childhood in Banjar Pangi, Pikat Village, Dawan, Klungkung Regency. Her mother passed her knowledge on to Sulastri when the daughter used to help her. Sulastri has now mastered the trade as a profession starting from making the spices up until the sale of the finished dish.
After finishing Junior High School in her hometown, she had saved up enough money to move to Denpasar in search of a better way of life. At first, she worked as a tailor in the garment industry, but the low payment made her return to her former profession as a serombotan seller, a food specific to Klungkung.
At the time, Denpasar seemed to have very few such sellers, but her mother did not agree with her decision to sell serombotan in Denpasar. Sulatri then decided to move to Uma Anyar Sari Market but with some trepidation because of the risk the product might not sell there.
Her fears were unfounded and her serombotan became a hit at the market place. Sulastri’s business was so successful that she managed to buy a house at just off Jalan A. Yani Street, where she lives with her husband, Wayan Siter.
She moved her business from the market to a shop verandah near her house, a place she uses free of charge. Sulastri was happy to see this new venue is as competitive as the previous location. Ni Wayan Sulastri increased her commodity of sale by adding rice cooked in a packet made of woven coconut leaves, “rujak” a delicious mixture of fruits, and cold drinks of young coconut fruit, as well as satay grilled meat, and other nutritious food.
Serombotan itself is made of a mixture of long beans, spinach, eggplant, Chinese bean sprouts, bitter gourd, and Arachis hypogala beans. Almost all Balinese, rich and poor alike, like to buy Sulastri’s commodities as seen from early visits of customers, even before she has opened up her food stall. (Budarsana)

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