2 interesting thoughts of the day, from a simple lunch at BK.

Why do Ang mohs like burgers, and not chinese paos? If you look closely, both are really similar. Wheat encloses meat. So why do they choose the former over the latter? Is it because they grew up on burgers and are so used to the taste and eating them? Or they never tried pao enough to like them? Can it be the taste? Or the texture? Is it because burgers have fresh veg and crunchy pickles in them? Or the mayo in fish burgers? Or is it because the patty is grilled or deep-fried, which is what Ang mohs like? Is it because a burger is richer and has more confusing and extreme taste, like the sourness of pickles, and saltiness and the grilled flavour in the patty, and the freshness of the lettuce? What does the meat pao have? Simply mincemeat and a little of spring onions? There's only 1 taste in the meat pao - chinese saltiness. Is the meat bun lacking the interesting blend of taste and the texture? hmm...

女人十八一朵花. Was sitting on a table next to a bunch of young girls, who're around 9 and below. They were joking about their ages and were saying that they're 17 and 19, which still seems young compared to me. Is 18 really the best age for a female, the age which all girls would like to remain? Age 18, still seems like an immature age to me, and age where one still doesn't know anything about the real world and how harsh and complex it is. Perhaps that is the best age to stay at, because one is probably much happier when one remains ignorant of the truth of this modern times we're in.

On another note, the BBQ i had yesterday at my manager's place really leaves me thinking. It seems that the hardest thing to do is not to prepare good food, but to put the food into someone's mouth for the first time. I brought satay and chicken wings over, something which is radically new for the ang mohs, even though it is really common among us SEAs.

The chicken wings were the easier of the two to accept, I thought. But it seems that even the chicken wings weren't much of an attraction. One of those at the party had tried to avoid the chicken wing simply because she thought that they are similar to American's Hot Wings, and she doesn't eat spicy food. But, the fact was that they were honey-glazed wings and didn't contain a single bit of spiciness. It was all just assumptions to prior similar experiences. It was only after some affirmations then she dared to try it, and realized that it was good.

The satay wouldn't have been so welcomed if not for the satay sauce, I think. It's sweet and Ang mohs like sweet stuff. Or maybe, it's more of the chinese who ate more of the satays. Whatever it is, out of 70 satays, I think about 40 were being eaten by others ( I ate about 5-8 myself). General consensus was that it's good, but I'm not sure if it's just a matter of courtesy or if it's really commendable. Perhaps the satay sauce did most of the work. Again, radically new stuff isn't useful at all if it doesn't get into the mouth, even though it's good stuff. Must remember that.