Fish Head

The team backed my play. They understand the new architecture and have been bustin' their backs to get things going again with some of the new functionality.

I am getting a little sick of Singapore. But I have had two damn good meals.

If you visit here, you want to eat muslim food. Literally, the signs above the food stands say "Muslim food". I had some God damn good "Muslim Food" for lunch (praise be to Allah), followed by a dinner of the best Thai food I have ever had in my entire life.

Lets take a detour to the signs you see at lunch in Singapore. They are declarative, much like my writing.

"Currey Fish Head"
"Pig Organ Soup"
"Fish Ball".

In general, they use fish oil like we use salt. The simplest, most benign things taste like they rubbed raw fish all over them. If you have never had whole fried fish (with the head attached and the eyes looking at you) then you will have a hard time eating about half the food here.

You get soup, and it tastes like licking a fish. Grab some chips, and what you really grabbed are prawn chips. They taste like...you guessed it...raw fishy fishy fish. Nothing really tastes like what we think of as fresh fish.

If you have had catfish, imagine getting old, oily and just on the verge of spoiled catfish. Grind it into puree. Then douse everything you eat with it. Osama bin fish-head just piloted an oily mess into the taste centers of your mouth. If it makes you even a little bit sick to your stomach, you look forward to tasting it for the next 4 hours while you work.


Oh, and by the way, nothing is fresh. Everything has had the hell cooked out of it. Green, or otherwise. Like a salad with your food? Everything has been boiled or fried and has a *ton* of oil on it one way or another (butter, cooking, fish).

Perhaps you would like a simple roll with some good Italian sausage, with some fruit? Screw you whitey! Eat some damn fish head!

Chris