After well-nigh iv days of subsisting on whatever's been inward the fridge, supplemented amongst a few fresh veges, I decided that I'd splurge on a takeaway earlier Michael returns home. Several times throughout Midweek I idea well-nigh what I should order. On a wintery eventide amongst "showers in addition to local hail" forecast, delivery seemed the smartest option. But delivery constrained me to pizza or Indian, neither of which I was specially interested in. What I truly wanted was some Chinese-style mock meat from the White Lotus vegetarian eating seat in addition to I was pretty certain they don't deliver. Phoning ahead in addition to picking upward presents a few to a greater extent than obstacles than it should: y'all see, I don't drive. No license, no car. I merely never got to a greater extent than or less to it. It would live on a long mutual frigidity walk, an extravagant cab ride, or a cumbersome tram trip. But every bit I walked habitation from function to clearing skies, I knew I wanted it that much. I phoned my fellowship in, in addition to the homo receiving it warned me that they were busy in addition to would quest 35-45 minutes to hit total my order. As it was I needed 35 minutes to larn there! The idea of some steaming 'duck' in addition to veges cocooned me from the mutual frigidity air in addition to I was inward the eating seat for less in addition to thus 10 minutes earlier I had my nutrient zipped upward inward an insulated pocketbook in addition to out the door. I almost skipped dorsum to the tramstop in addition to fidgeted all the agency home, knowing that the object of my wishing was hidden inward the pocketbook beside me. By this fourth dimension I was ravenous amongst hunger. It was truly entirely a piffling over an hr betwixt my telephone fellowship in addition to arrival dorsum home. Strangely I had the self command to introduce my sweetness in addition to sour 'duck' ($14.50), mixed veges ($11.50) in addition to steamed rice ($1.50) on my mistaken White Lotus plate (purchased inward Footscray a few weeks ago) in addition to cause got a few photos. The rice in addition to mixed veges were null special, in addition to afterwards such a journeying it was inevitable that the battered "duck" wouldn't live on every bit hot in addition to crisp every bit it should be. The sweetness in addition to sour sauce, packed separately, was pleasantly tangy in addition to non the saccharide syrup that it thus oftentimes is. Hardly seems worth the trouble, does it? Yet the planning, the slightly inconvenient trip, the edifice hunger in addition to the anticipation were an unexpected joy inward themselves. And no lukewarm carrots could spoil that.
(You tin read well-nigh our previous take in to the White Lotus here.)
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