Today's Lunch - A cultural note

Again, a picture equals 1000 words.

This was my Singaporean lunch today. A perfect blend of Western and Easters cultures.



Teriyaki chicken: a typical Japanese dish, salty, tasty, and quite healthy (if it wasn’t for the liter and a half of sauce they put on top if the chicken) Takashimaya!
Coleslaw salad: not Asian whatsoever, but it goes so well with the chicken, so I did not care (let’s agree and call it ASIAN FUSION CUISINE, ok?)
Popiah: My favourite in this country. A Singaporean version of what we call in Latin America FAJITAS. A very thin pancake that they stuff with peanuts, soy sprouts, lettuce, eggs and this warm juicy boiled sweet vegetable. Garlic (looooooooooots of it) and chili, of course! Wrapped, and cut in slices for your own convenience. Yummy!
Water: I did not want to drink anything like Calamansi juice, Star Fruit soda or green tea. I stuck to the classic Sparkling water (here called SODA water, GAS water… whatever)
Chop Sticks: Yes, c-h-o-p s-t-i-c-k-s! What did you think we are? A bunch of foreigners eating with our prince-like forks and knives. No, no no. You could not be more wrong, dude! (or dudette). We eat it all the Asian way: with Chop Sticks. Ok, except Krishna, who has not mastered this art and if she intends to have a pleasant meal and get something into her stomach chooses the traditional tool: the fork (or the Indian tradition: her hands)
Styrofoam cups: or plastic cups instead. Cannot say no, lah! And beware if you want NO ICE in your drink. “You think you are too smart, lah. S$ 0,50 cts more, lah!" You get charged a bit more for using a bit more of pulp of whatever fruit you are squeezing to make your drink. (Interesting, lah!)

Details:
1 - mobile phone on the table, very close to you. Without one of these you are NONE in Asia. Literally speaking!
2 - no napkins, paper tissues, servilleites or alike. (Interesting how we survived so far without them)
3 - you cannot see them, but you get lots of people passing by your table staring at your food as if it was the finest delicatessen on Earth (and the last one, too!)

And this, ladies and gentlemen, was my lunch today!
Thank you very much for your attention.
Have a nice day.

BERP!
(Excuse me…)