There is something wonderful and exciting and fun about trying new foods.

Not that I'm particularly adventurous, but most of my "trying new food" endeavours have resulted in long-time LOVE affairs.

Take for instance,
EXHIBIT A.

Shrimp Paste Chicken.

Not that this is particularly novel, but man, if you smelt it while the chicken was marinating, and looked at the actual marinade, you wouldn't be that impressed. You wouldn't be that tempted to try. But man is it rewarding. I love this like I love chocolate. The crispy oily deep-fried aromatic skin and the succulent chicken-flesh within (yaay I rhyme!)... this is food you could sing about.

Con: After frying, your kitchen/house will stink of prawnpaste for days. I don't really mind, but some people find this disagreeable. And it attracts flies. Those irritating specimens. :)

EXHIBIT B.

Foo-chow Fish Balls.

These are not typical market variety fish balls. These chewy fishballs have PORK in them! Lovely marinated minced pork, wrapped in chewy fish-paste-thingy-whatever-you-call-it. MAN. And then they stew it in soup...... When you bite into the fishball the soup comes out and it is just so flavourful and awesome.

Con: Beware of scalding! These fishballs collect soup. HOT soup.

My lastest fancy,
EXHIBIT C.
Mayonnaise and Ketchup Flavoured Mister Potato.
No picture, sadly...

I know, it sounds weird! Mayo and Ketchup on a POTATO CHIP? But man is it yummy! I can totally taste the mayo in powder form and it's just so delicious. It's one of those odd combinations that work, just like MacDonald's frenchfries with their soft serve icecream. I like! And I just ate a whole can of it today, glutton that I am. ^^

Con: After eating a whole can, you get quite sick of it. I speak from experience. Heh.

For the past half hour I've been looking at various online cookbook-type websites and drooling. There is a puddle on the flooooor... Now for my dinner of fresh vegetables and unprocessed rice and more fresh vegetables haha...