Dinner

Condensation leaks down my glass of orange colored creamy deliciousness. It is red tea with cream on top and I like to use my straw to push the cream down and swirls of orange start to emerge. The noodles to my left are orange too, with bean sprouts and some pork that has been barely seasoned. It has peanut sauce and all kinds of vegetables scattered throughout the cellophane noodles. My dish is white sticky rice with pineapple curry on top, orange again, with tofu and bell peppers. Huge chunks of pineapple sit in the serving spoon for later. To my left is the desire of the evening. Sizzling and sputtering with the almost caramel sauce, are huge pieces of fresh spinach. They are topped with crispy pieces of tofu, as crispy as anyone can get tofu, and for the first time my mouths starts to water. The noodles are tangy with some lime that was added after they got to our table and my curry is much spicier than the 'mild' I was prepared for. But the spinach, oh it melts like so much butter and caramel. Everything is so good that I order another tea and finish off the family's left overs. A few bites of bean sprout prolific noodles here and a snatch of the sizzled spinach with a generous dripping of caramelized sauce there. It tastes like heaven only the heaven where stuffed people go when they die.