Food!

Yes, this blog post has only to do with food. There will be another post coming soon that's less narrow and in the same format. I just wanted to share this first. Mostly because it's easier to think about the food that I'll miss here than to think about all the real things that I'll miss here...

Food (or food-related things) that I'm looking forward to coming back to:

• pita chips
• stick pretzels
• “mixed veggies” on a menu not meaning frozen carrots, peas, corn and green beans (example: “mixed veggies, avo spread, and hummus sandwich”....)
• chips and salsa! real tortilla chips and salsa that's more than mashed up tomatoes seem to be very rare here...
• more than three carefully placed black olives on a Subway sandwich (amusing story)
• “plain” flavored things (crisps, crackers, pretzels - most everything here must have a flavor...)
• “plain” flavored things tasting plain instead of actually meaning onion or cheese
• tofu (because here it's over 5 dollars a box!)

Food that I'm going to miss:

• samoosas (Pick n Pay brand especially!)
• Nando's peri peri wedges and delicious veg pitas after church on Sundays
• chocolate powder and strawberry soy ice cream at midnight
• Budget Rolls on campus for R10
• Chai smoothies (actually more like shakes...) from Kauai
• Rooibos tea with lemon from Alma Cafe across the railroad tracks
• Woolworth's R6 noodles (like Ramen noodles...but vegan...)
• original flavor skittles (because here they don't have gelatin in them...)
• litchi juice available at a convenience store