You eat where you are

So my apartment is over the Uwajimaya. It became obvious as soon as I leased the place that I was eating different, a lot more asian food.

I instantly began to eat more fish, because the supply was excellent. But that was not necessarily asian at all. I began cook with more fruits and veggies. And also I cook with more exotic veggies. Diakon, Napa cabbage, and chinese broccoli are more common than their western equivalents, even though both are readily available. But this merely lead to more inventive cuisine. I did a lot more homemade fusion dishes.

So when was I eating all this asian food? I took me a while to realize that what really changed is what I do when I don't want to cook. What are the fall back, fast and easy meals. These have changed radically. A few of them are fusion, Nigella's salmon and bok choy leaps to mind. But most are pure Asian. Udon, soba and ramen have become staples. I have the makings for instant laksa around. And during the winter I'm never without the makings of a good thai curry. Simple dishes that can be whacked out without thought or care, and still taste good.

It's my easy dishes that have changed, not my all-out, I'm cooking all day Sunday dishes. And that is actually fairly surprising to me.

I would have supposed that the take-out I eat would change (and it has), but would have assumed what I have always fixed as easy food would stay the same. I figured that I defined easy by what I could cook without thinking. But it appears that I define it by what I can buy without thinking. I can buy the makings of a sandwich, or spaghetti, but I simply don't. They aren't nearly as obvious as the asian food. And I eat them a lot less.

It turns out I'm more of a consumer than I thought I was. Interesting and a little bit disturbing .....

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