Food faddishist me!

Another memory related to food… instalment 2 of 4...

I am a food faddishist. Hahaha yes I made that word up. What I mean to say is, I would be and am still able, to eat one type of food everyday for a period of time, if I like it. I would have food fads. It doesn’t have to be new foods.

My sister would tell you, how I would always order the same thing at the hawker centre all the time. It would be chicken rice for months on end, then I would switch to hokkien mee, and then one time in uni, it was laksa everyday for me. At home, it was IndoMee MiGoreng instant noodles for lunch every day when I was in primary school. And Myojo chicken instant noodles for supper.

Thinking about this post, I realised that I am still like that. As recent as when I was pregnant with the twins, my food fad was the MacDonalds’ Double Cheeseburger. Right now, my food fad is my breakfast of eggs omelette with cheese between two slices of bread – I have been eating this almost every day for the past 6 weeks.

I recall the food fads I had when I was staying with Po Po and Gong Gong. I had a char siew pau fad. And a lo mai kai (chicken glutinous rice) fad. I would refuse to eat my lunch, and Po Po had no choice but to give me 70 cents to go downstairs to the coffee shop to buy the lo mai kai.

I don’t recall any fad for dinner though. I remember how Po Po used to feed me. We would be sitting on the floor, along the wall of the living room, watching tv. Po Po would have a plate of rice with food, sitting beside me. She would use her hands to squeeze the rice into little balls, and insert bits of meat or vege into them. Then she would pop these into my mouth. I loved how she used to feed me like that, I thought it was very fun! :)