Who was that guy who said, “You are what you eat. You become what you think”?
Profound. But that is not what I intend to be today. I say, I stuff my stomach with weird food so that I stuff my head with weird memories.
I remember my “cobra dinner” in Hanoi, the tamelok from Kinabusch in Puerto Princesa, or the bayawak (monitor lizard), palaka (frog) and camaro (beetle) from Nueva Ecija (thanks to my loving mother-in-law). Oh, yes, the alligator from China and the turtle soup served in some truly Chinese restaurants in Quiapo. There are more ...
The weirder, the tastier. (They have to taste good to attract crazy eaters like me, I suppose.) And the richer the experience, the more unforgettable.
I usually take snapshots of most of the interesting food I eat for posterity. But, human as I am, I sometimes forget because, perhaps, of my excitement to take the first bite. In any event, Time Captures features some of these snaps.
Enjoy.
Jun
PS
Tamelok is a wood worm extracted from decaying mangrove trees which abound in Palawan. It is served fresh, but refrigerated, in vinegar with sliced chili. (slurp!)
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