For the past couple of weeks we have been recovering from our India trip. It was somewhat of a disaster. We had to cut our trip early and head back to Singapore. Ryan got very sick.... so sick there was no way Ryan could make it to the airport 3 hours away much less get on a plane so he could get treated in Singapore. So we had to go to a hospital with less than ideal conditions. Needless to say you do not want to get sick in India! After getting back four days early we pretty much just rested and thanked the good Lord that we were back in Singapore. We spent a quiet New Year's watching the firework show from our sidewalk outside our building, it was actually quite nice and relaxing. We could have been in Sri Lanka on one of the worlds top ten beaches but at this point we were just happy to be back.
This week we leave for Cambodia. We'll spend one day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before leaving for Siem Reap. We're very excited and keeping our fingers crossed this trip goes much more smoothly.
On a different note I was thinking the other day about all the food I miss from back home. Don't get me wrong Singapore has a tremendous variety of food from Tex Mex (and I use the term loosely), to Chinese, to Italian, Indian, you name it they pretty much have it. But there are a few things I miss from Texas that I just can't find here and I thought I better write them down so once I'm back home in June I'll be sure to have it once or twice before leaving again. Here's the list:
Everything from Mom's kitchen including but not limited to:
Fast Food:
Others:
And just to keep it even here is some food we will miss from Singapore:
I have a feeling I will be adding to both of these lists before our time here is up :)
This week we leave for Cambodia. We'll spend one day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before leaving for Siem Reap. We're very excited and keeping our fingers crossed this trip goes much more smoothly.
On a different note I was thinking the other day about all the food I miss from back home. Don't get me wrong Singapore has a tremendous variety of food from Tex Mex (and I use the term loosely), to Chinese, to Italian, Indian, you name it they pretty much have it. But there are a few things I miss from Texas that I just can't find here and I thought I better write them down so once I'm back home in June I'll be sure to have it once or twice before leaving again. Here's the list:
Everything from Mom's kitchen including but not limited to:
- Mom's spaghetti
- Mom's meatloaf
- Mom's cheesey potatoes
- Dad's BBQ chicken
- Mom's Homemade lasagna
Fast Food:
- Chick-fil-la
- Sonic (specifically they're mozzarella sticks and cherry limeade)
- Whataburger
Others:
- Angie's Okra
- Ryan's Mom's salads
- Anything Nikki cooks
- Hido's (Yes I know this is Asian but I still haven't found fried rice better than theirs)
- Smoothie King
- Sylvia's Kitchen
- Lupe Tortilla
- Los Cucos
- Casa Ama's
- Pretty much any Mexican restaurant and BBQ restaurant
- Chicken fried anything
And just to keep it even here is some food we will miss from Singapore:
- Steamed pork buns from Din Tai Fung
- Noodles (oh the noooodles)
- Gong Cha Tea
- Real yogurt based froyo
- The fruit! Real tropical fruit! mmmm pineapple!
I have a feeling I will be adding to both of these lists before our time here is up :)
