8/26/2010

Asian Food

One of my favorite foods in Asia is Phở, which is Vietnamese for “noodle soup.” The only important letter is the "ở" signifying that it is in fact noodle soup, as opposed to fish eye soup --Phö. As I sat down to eat my Phở for breakfast one morning, I noticed a long black hair in my soup. This is not an unusual sight for me. I have spent a lot of time in Asia and know that a long black hair in my soup is about as common as an NBA approved seat. With my newly acquire chopstick skills, I was able to remove the long black hair in a record time of about seven and a half minutes*. However my little sister, not knowing anything about common Asian soup ingredients, instantly started to make a ruckus about the black hair in her own bowl of soup.
“Eww, there is a hair in my soup!”
“Mackenzie, it’s OK. There was one in mine too. It’s a standard ingredient over here. Stop complaining about their culture,” I responded, “It’s rude.”
“It’s disgusting!” She protested.
“Mackenzie,“ I said, “I’m sure they wash their hair.”

* Why the hell did I ever give up spoon and fork?

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