Indian choice!

Food-wise, yesterday was one odd, crazy day—completely unplanned, utterly random, and I only realised the pattern while driving back from the island. Every single meal I had was Indian: breakfast, lunch and dinner!

It all started with breakfast at my regular Indian spot in Bukit Mertajam. I had headed to the Post Office early in the morning to use their Poslaju service and on my way back, I decided to grab some thosai and masala tea. My usual Chinese coffee shops were all closed—it was a Monday, after all—so the choice was easy.

A few hours later, I found myself heading to Penang Free School to pass something to the Headmaster. As usual, I lingered around to soak in the school's vibes. The place was unusually quiet thanks to the school holidays, but before I knew it, it was lunchtime. 

Since I was already in the area, it was an automatic decision to stop by The Garden restaurant for some Indian vegetarian banana leaf rice—just a stone's throw from the school.

And dinner? I ended up driving my friends from KL and Japan to Little India. Our wanderings led us to a newly opened restaurant where we treated ourselves to a sumptuous Indian meal that included some prawn masala, palak, mutton bone soup and briyani rice. 

It was only while driving home that it hit me: every single meal of the day had been Indian! Surprisingly, I didn’t miss my usual Chinese food at all.