Adopted Food Cravings
Poetry prompt: weird cravings
Mala xiang guo,
Masala chai,
Nasi lemak,
Matcha,
And many more…
Strange food names,
Totally unknown to me,
Before I set foot in this strange land.
But now they make a regular appearance,
In the “cravings” section of my brain.
Along with kottu roti, watalappam, and vadei…
This dish- I mean poem- was inspired by a conversation I had with a dear friend of mine. She was telling me about how she enjoyed “kottu” at a Sri Lankan restaurant in Singapore. I was overjoyed to hear it, and I mentioned how much I enjoyed the Chinese food she prepared too. It led me to think about “adopted” food cravings — the food we didn’t know back in our home countries/cities but begin to love when we move out to new places.
What cravings have you adopted? Feel free to comment on this article or this tweet I posted sometime back…
