so...

so i've been away for a week. you know, not having regular internet access and all that. plus that thing about having nothing much to say. or, having so much to say but not being able to say it for reasons that probably make less sense than i think they do. last week was momentous. mo-men-tous. things happening right, left and centre. or not happening at all, depending on how one looks at it. someday i'll tell you all about it. need to get my thoughts together first (or whatever's left of them).

but guess what had the honour of putting the first genuine smile of the week on my face! i just want to say Congratulations to Miss (or Mrs) eatmisery on the soon-to-come new addition to the family!

anyway, for lack of anything to tell, i'll spend today's post writing about radish. yes, radish. the root-vegetable thing. i don't know if it's a vegetable, but i think it's like a potato... grows underground, like a whatdyacallit... tuber? i don't know, i'm not exactly a vegetable expert. i like radish in soup. chicken soup.

so that lasted about 5 sentences.

i'll tell you something else. i am, currently, craving greatly for mee goreng mamak. i'd translate that for you non-Malay speaking readers, but i'm afraid it'll just end up being "mamak fried noodles". and what is mamak, you may ask? well that, i can't really tell you. because i don't know. so, Malay readers who are more proficient at the Malay-slang-to-English translating than i am, what is mamak in English? i'd describe what mee goreng mamak is, but being the non-chef that i am, the best i can come up with is "thick yellow noodles fried with egg, chicken, that starchy yellow thing that looks like fried tofu but isn't, and lots of mamak spices, and, i guess, soya sauce". best eaten with popadum, which again, i'm unable to translate. and neslo ais, which i can translate - iced mocha... mamak style. or teh o ais limau - iced lemon tea... mamak style. cos there's no other. and dining al fresco is a must. not that you'd have a choice, actually. seriously. i wish i could cook. cos i'd cook me some mee goreng mamak. but no, i'll just have to settle for toasted garlic naan with hummous. it's East meets Middle East meets Western technology (the toaster).

fusion, baby.