Monday, April 29, 2019

The Mystery of the Missing Lunch

Hi there, my most Precious Ladies!  How are you feeling today?  I certainly hope those emotions are presented nicely and nicely in control.  Yeah it's a weird situation we have, but it is unique and special alhamdulillah.  So please be patient and nice, things are going to work out great for us inshaAllah.  I had a busy morning today.  I don't like busy mornings because they affect my singing during voice training, but what to do?  After doing chores then driving around paying bills and running errands, I got a haircut.  I hadn't eaten yet today, but I thought I would get lunch at Omar's on the way home.  But he was closed, which was strange to me because it was Monday lunch!  I had my heart set on lunch at Omar's, so I decided to just go home and cook something.  On the way home, there usually are lots of carts selling different foods on the side of the road, but today there was only one guy.  And it was Monday lunch!  I'm fussy about who I buy cooked meals from, so I went home and fried up an egg and a burger, put them between 2 slices of bread with some mayo, and that was lunch.

It's mango season again, and there is a local delicacy called "garam belacan".  It's a dip that's made of soy sauce, salt, sugar, chillies, and "belacan" (fermented shrimp paste).  It's normally eaten as a dip for sliced green mangoes, which are sour.  The dip is very sweet and spicy, so it makes a nice contrast.  Smelly, though.  I made some just now, but I guess I'll enjoy it after I get back from the mosque.