Wednesday, July 25, 2012

As a Lesson to the Squid (aka Food)


The food here is awesome! I've been a fussy eater in the past and I've come a long way, but my excitement about trying new things was a little tempered with doubts about finding a ton of food I could eat every day.

There was nothing to worry about at all. It turns out everything here is delicious from the seafood to the purple tongue-flavoured crackers pictured above. They have a habit of pounding rice or meat into a jelly, then frying the result in delicious spices or, more often than not, red chilli paste.

Everything combines sweet and sour flavours here, especially snack food. Bread always contains sugar and a good example of this tendency is their peanut cream sandwiches which you can buy, with the crusts cut off, at a convenience store. It is a sweet white bread with peanut-flavoured whipped cream in the middle.



Our First Stop



Marion House is right across the road from work and is where we stayed for the first few weeks. Man, it was too small for two! Sage conducted himself well, sleeping during the day and howling like a banshee at night. We survived with minor flesh wounds and moved on...