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Live and let cook


I was in Melbourne the past couple of weeks. The highlight of the trip was not the work I did there (well…..it never is honestly). It was more like the people I met, the things I did and offcourse the food I ate.


Sample this:-
Everything has a beginning, middle (a big one if it’s me) and an end. It was no different for Mr Lobster.

It began with being pulled away from a siesta with its friends in the aquarium…(see picture) finding its way into my hand and surprise, surprise….in less than 15 minutes it comes before me in peices....looking very different but in a somewhat similar hue.
In one of my rare moments of decency I decided against photographing my plate after I had the lobster. You can well imagine it was not a pretty sight.

Incidentally I could only have half of it and dutifully asked the rest to be packed for take-away. After a couple of days, as dutifully I took the packet out of the fridge and threw it into the dustbin.

What is interesting is the photograph of the tools with which I was supposed to have the lobster. I have no idea what they are called. The photograph is interesting as it was taken after I had the food. Why use tools when we are so good with our fingers.
For those who really want to know…yes, the lobster tasted really good.
BTW....what is a Cray fish? Are they the same as what I am calling a lobster...because I think the waiters called it a crayfish while the bill called it a Lobster. Was I conned?
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  1. --xh--May 2, 2008 at 2:43 PM

    ha ha ha.. true, whn we can use our hands so well, why thses tools.. and you threw out half of a loabster??? man... you could ahve parceld it to me... :P

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  2. New guyMay 6, 2008 at 11:34 AM

    @xh: I share your sense of loss...what I would do to get my hands on that half a lobster now!

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