Friday, October 14, 2005

In the interest of health and deliciousness, I have taken to eating yong tau foo pretty much everyday, and sometimes twice a day (like today). Part of the reason for this is that there aren't actually that many other alternatives for things to eat at school that haven't been drowned in vats of oil. Yong tau foo is so great though- it's like a huge banquet of make-your-own soup or noodles. You go through a line where you put all the things you want in your soup (different vegetables, tofu, meat) and then request for it to be made specifically how you like it- type of noodles, with or without broth, etc. I always get some grass-like green veg, tomatoes, seaweed, and tofu. And maybe some eggplant or carrots, but no noodles, and just broth. And then you add this sweet sauce and a little chili, and mmmm, the perfect lunch. The other thing I love to have here at school is fresh-squeezed juice. Watermelon or mango are my current favorites.

The school cafeteria is quite interesting here. I kind of like the set-up, though if only there was less oil.... Basically, they rent out space for food stalls run by locals. So all over campus there are little food venues set up just like the hawker stalls that you can find throughout Singapore. Because of the multiple ethnicities here, they always have different stalls for Chinese, Indian, Muslim, and Western food, with a lot of other variations.

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