Friday, July 24, 2009

How NOT to make a Mongolian rice bowl

I was tired, as I usually am, after work the other day and decided to take a nap at the dorm. Woke up just in time for dinner and panicked as I found out, I don't have anything to eat yet (not having eaten lunch earlier in the day, you'd understand my reaction). I hurriedly got up and changed to go out to scavenge food for the night at nearby Rob.

Found out that the new Supermarket just opened and they have amazing kiosks there selling food for less than 70 pesos. Perfect for a girl on budget. Since the line for mongolian rice bowls was pretty long, I figured it must be good so I got in line as well. I made my rice bowl as I normally would, placed it next to the line of bowls waiting to be cooked and found out that people have a curious way of making rice bowls here.

How NOT to make a Mongolian rice bowl

Basically, they put the veggies first then top them with ginormous cups of rice then pack the rice to give more space to more rice and maybe a little bit more vegetables. Gotta love rice on this side of the planet!