{"id":2782,"date":"2015-05-24T04:17:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T04:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/?p=2782"},"modified":"2015-05-24T04:19:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T04:19:24","slug":"the-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/the-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I spent about twenty minutes walking around to find the plate of noodles that made me think of it day and night, for a few days in a row, after a local penang friend took me there.<\/p>\n

The plate of noodles was prepared in a mobile stainless steel food truck and attached to a motorbike. Two middle aged men took turns to cook the noodles, while an old lady sat by the side, taking down orders. A younger woman, delivered the food, holding up to three plates stacked on each arm.<\/p>\n

Upon receiving my noodles on a foldable plastic table, while I sat on a portable chair, along the roadside, I could not help but admire the dish for a few seconds for it looks like a piece of art – the green chilies are in the spoon, fried dumplings that sit on the top side of the plate – the noodles are swimming in a dark gravy and garnished with reddish slices of barbequed pork meat.<\/p>\n

I stirred in the green chillies and they melted into the dish, the gravy blended in the meats and dumplings, before digging into the tantalising dish that – man – made me feel like YES this is the best time of my life after a long hard day of work.<\/p>\n

The heat was unbearable, but the food was too tasty to bother. I drowned down a ice cold freshly squeezed orange juice after the meal. Life is beautiful.<\/p>\n

I am back in the air conditioned room, back to technology, back to the inter-connectivity. But for a moment of time, I was transported into the nostalgia of the past – when my grand mother was still alive.<\/p>\n

I miss her so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I spent about twenty minutes walking around to find the plate of noodles that made me think of it day and night, for a few days in a row, after a local penang friend took me there. The plate of noodles was prepared in a mobile stainless steel food truck and attached to a motorbike. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n