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"...why come to India only to escape it?" My feelings exactly. In my many trips to Taiwan and a couple of other Asian destinations, Western-branded chain restaurants like McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks are everywhere. But it's easy to find lots of good food that you could never find at home, without ever setting foot in one of those chains. In all my trips there, only once did I ever eat in a chain restaurant—a KFC in Taipei. It was more out of curiosity than anything else, and I was somewhat surprised to find that it was much better and cleaner than the KFCs in the US, which have now become so bad that I finally wised up and quit eating there. I used to say that I had to go to McDonald's a few times a year to remind myself why I quit!

But I'm not as adventurous a gourmet as you are. That Capetown "cheese steak" looks truly disgusting!

Here at home in the US, I noted recently that at the local food banks, business is still (unfortunately) booming. And while I truly hate to see so many that can't put together enough money for groceries, let alone a roof over their heads, I have a tough time working up much sympathy for someone who (says she) has to live in her car, but buys $1200 sandals, an extravagance I guess I could afford but would never consider. But on the other hand, I guess she "still has choices"--rent or Prada sandals...

There are still some places in the world I'd like to visit, and at this point in my life, probably never will, but India was never on my short list. And your description of it, as accurate and colorful as it might be, didn't do much to change my mind. No offense!

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You should carry some colloidal silver for when you loose the cuisine lottery. I don't go in for much of the woo woo new age medicine, but it's an effective germicide which you can take internally. You could probably take sodium chlorite in a pinch, and it's something you can carry in powder form. A capsule full will make a couple weeks worth of doses.

That's a damn good looking cheeseburger.

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Dear Linh, it sounds like a small outlay of capital for a cleansing aperitif of CIO2 might not be the worst investment to make at the moment after your Indian sojourn.

Greetings

Z

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Dec 29, 2022·edited Dec 29, 2022

"sexpat" -> Not sure if this was a typo or a neologism, but it's a great word which should be added to all dictionaries, instead of the new definitions of "woman".

One of the few times I had food poisoning was after drinking a mango lassi at a Paki/Indian food truck, so I avoided Indian food since then. No great loss for me. Give me Italian and French cuisine any time. Not a great fan of "Asian food" either, except maybe some japanese stuff. The japanese are masters at food presentation, too.

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Think it's near you. Try the Sukhothai noodles (pork noodles...)

https://goo.gl/maps/cgNP1RLFjg2ukD1z7

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