After a walk in the park one very early morning, I drove to my
favourite coffee shop for curry mee (curry noodles) which had been touted as
the best in the city.
On that morning when I approached the lady to order a bowl of it, she told me to hold on as she was waiting for the vegetable-seller to bring the bean sprouts for the noodles. She asked me to have coffee first.
As I was drinking the coffee, she waited outside the coffee-shop for the man. Then I saw her bending down and blowing her nose into the gutter. Getting up, she pinched her nostrils with the forefinger and the thumb of her right hand and then wiped the remaining oozing mucus away by first, sliding her thumb left across the nostrils and then her forefinger coming back across the nostrils. Finally, she cleaned that hand by wiping it on her blouse.
When the bean sprouts arrived, she added some of them into a bowl of noodles with her right hand and placed the bowl in front of me.
I was immediately put off as I had not seen washing her hands before preparing it. I had lost my appetite completely.
That was the last time I ever set foot in that coffee shop to have "the best" curry mee in town!
ltbs
You shall eat the fruit of the labour of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Psalms 128:2
On that morning when I approached the lady to order a bowl of it, she told me to hold on as she was waiting for the vegetable-seller to bring the bean sprouts for the noodles. She asked me to have coffee first.
As I was drinking the coffee, she waited outside the coffee-shop for the man. Then I saw her bending down and blowing her nose into the gutter. Getting up, she pinched her nostrils with the forefinger and the thumb of her right hand and then wiped the remaining oozing mucus away by first, sliding her thumb left across the nostrils and then her forefinger coming back across the nostrils. Finally, she cleaned that hand by wiping it on her blouse.
When the bean sprouts arrived, she added some of them into a bowl of noodles with her right hand and placed the bowl in front of me.
I was immediately put off as I had not seen washing her hands before preparing it. I had lost my appetite completely.
That was the last time I ever set foot in that coffee shop to have "the best" curry mee in town!
ltbs
You shall eat the fruit of the labour of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Psalms 128:2
