Food for Thought
I’m the first to admit, I’m no foodie. I used to say I ate “like an astronaut,” since if I couldn’t tear open the package with my teeth, I couldn’t be bothered. Which meant I ate gourmet food like ramen, Power Bars, microwave popcorn, Pirate’s Food. Frankly, I’m surprised I’ve survived.

I also went through a period where I only ate things with my hands — I was way too BUSY to bother with utensils. This was a particularly disturbing period of my life where I was only sleeping like 4 hours a night for years on end.

In fact, I realized I was on the brink of insanity when one afternoon I was standing at my kitchen counter (no time to sit!) and I thought: “If only I could chew faster, I’d get so much more done.” Luckily, I stopped this line of thinking just shy of an intervention. I heard my own cry for help.

Nowadays, I’ll eat whatever’s put in front of me, sort of like a dog. Just eat till it’s gone, regardless of taste or taint, which is why I’ve succumbed to some pretty nasty episodes of food poisoning over the years.

Here’re links to posts of my sickest stories:  

No Mas, No Mas, Peru
Trannie Revenge, Thailand
Ewwwww…Eel Sushi, SFO

Best Meal of All Time: Read about it:  
Islands off Auckland, New Zealand

Best Meal: Runner-Ups

• Belize: Homemade cinnamon rolls and fresh morning coffee on the beach of Ambergris Caye, right in front of where we were staying at Ruby’s.

• Siberia: Who da thunk? Homegrown food, covered with fresh dill and homemade sour cream, enjoyed at a B&B on the shores of Lake Baikal.

• Saigon: Vietnamese sandwiches sold on the side of the road. (Warning: you may have to pick out the gnats that got mixed in the bread batter, but worth it).

• Indonesia: A big plate of nasi goren hits the spot!

• Hong Kong: Indian food was the most affordable – although I’ve often regretted the lunch-time Indian buffet: All you can eat spicy, cheap food. At least it was good going down.

• Greece: Beef-steak tomatoes served by beef-steak men. Yum!