Finding 50 Foods

Food Fabulous Food - What was it we asked for?

Can you hear the tune in your head….from the stage show Oliver?

Such was the tune of our experience today of beachside dining - Thai style.

With no language or absolutely no clue upon being presented a menu, Lori and I decided to just have some fun.

We had started our day with an intention to have (more) fabulous Thai food come our way. …in my search for finding 50 fab foods. As we had walked to the beach we could see food stalls and sitting areas that could only loosely be called restaurant/dining rooms. Al fresco for sure, all flies for certain!

We decided to get very brave, diving into the unknown menu, by simply pointing to various items and awaiting the surprise of what would show up. Understand - there were no pictures, no clues, only lovely Thai squirls of language.

I had seen squid hanging across the road, flapping not only in the breeze of the sea, but clouds of dust and car exhaust – thankfully I couldn’t see from that distance the flies…and thankfully I am alive to tell this tale…you see, what you don’t know won’t, in most cases, kill you.

You might guess that 3 of our 5 dishes turned out to be squid!!! One other a whole dried (by the same means???!!!) fish, and another a lovely salad – not of the lettuce kind, unrecognisable, but very tasty.

We ate like Kings and Queens, very aware we were having a 5 Star food experience on a shoestring for us, but what might amount to a weeks wages to a local. Such awareness brings us humility and even deeper gratitude for our abundance and ability to be in this place, at this time enjoying such richness. Another Dream, made Real – Rich, exciting abundant Lives.

Aaaaah, but what is a meal without dessert! As full as I was I went in search of an icecream, not something easily found, therefore something perhaps to add to my list - Finding50 icecreams, hmmmmm. When hope was fading, as a speed manifester magic remains forefront, and just as we turned the corner an icecream bearing man on motorbike appeared. Talk about magic mobile manifestation, delicious at that.