For the love of prawns

“Why do they get to have so many when we have so few?” “Because they don’t eat the paplet (pomfret), raja.” “It’s not our fault they don’t eat fish. Why are we being punished? We like the kolumbi (prawns) too” “Next time, I will ask for many, many more to be bought from the market. [...]

Moving is so much cowbell

I’ve been away a long time. To tell you the truth, it didn’t seem quite that long from my point of view. Time has really zoomed on by here, what with all the packing, moving and unpacking I’ve been doing since I last checked in with you. This moving thing, it really is as annoying, [...]

Not-so-French toast

I love eggs. The Eggnoggins If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, this may not be news to you. I hope you aren’t tired of hearing it though because this certainly won’t be the last time I play this tune. Eggs are my favourite food. After potatoes, of course, but before everything else. [...]

Kimchi for rice

Combine a hectic work schedule with an insane social life and you find yourself staring wide-eyed at the calendar wondering where April and most of May have gone. I’m thankful for both, but various things seem to have gathered momentum at the same time and it has taken considerable effort to stay ahead of it [...]

Fast food

As a transplant from another place, you reach a point in your life when you think you’ve gotten a handle on things, culinarily speaking. The cooking and consumption of foods from your original home strikes a somewhat fragile balance with foods you’ve grown to love in your adopted home. You’ve tried most of what is [...]

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