I'm dying for a bite of the crispy spicy piping hot pepper chicken at South City Food Court. And the chicken drumsticks stuffed with cheese at Adda Bites. And the Arsalan Spl. Cheese kebab. And freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and brownies at Flury's. And the lamb dish(called something like Rann-e-abadh) at Ivory. And fresh lime soda(that's the only thing I can afford right now). And buttered corn at Big Bazaar. And strawberry milkshake and iced mocha at Barista......the list is endless and my tummy's complaining like hell.

Good food and good company always up my spirit. Add some good music to it, and I'm almost on cloud infinido. I should embark upon a journey across the city with a loaded purse, to hunt for the best restaurants,thelawallas making fuchkas and chaats,pizza corners,maach-bhaat-mangsher jhol shops. etc. and of course check out all the delectable platter they have got to offer.People who appreciate good food and never complain about ever-swelling waistlines are welcome to join me.

I want to tour the whole world and tuck in the local cuisines everywhere(yeah I'm even game for ox tail soups,octopus and the likes).

Meanwhile I should stop rambling and seriously think about making myself something to eat. Ma not being at home, I can't fall back on the rock solid comfort of wailing "Ma khide peyeche". I have to do it on my ownWhat to do? I have decided to refrain from consuming any excess oil,other than the quantity I have to eat at lunch and dinner. So no omelettes,french fries etc.So? fruits are an option but the refrigerator has only bananas to offer and seriously speaking who wants to have them? I hate bananas,save for banana flavored icecreams;">

I don't want to have biscuits.Or chanachur(how do you say chanachur in English??) I'm tired of nibbling at them all the time.It's the same old Marie biscuit or Hide-n-Seek and Treat.I want some apple cookie.I can't make sandwiches. There's nothing to make a sandwich with.Nor there is any Maggi or Top Ramen or pasta.Ma has gone shopping and only when she returns with her buys will there be something of that sort to eat.

There's some leftover from yesterday's lunch. Should I have them?

After 5 minutes of musings, I decide not to have tengra maachher jhol and aloo posto now. Not that I don't like them. I'm a real sucker when it comes to aloo posto.But there's no taker dal to go with it...I'm complaining."Beggars can't be choosers" as they say. But I refuse to be called or think of myself as one in my own house,a 3 minutes walkaway from the local market and with money to spend.I'm just too lazy to go out...no no. I'm exercising my brain cells to come up with an innovative time-saving,energy-saving,labour-saving idea to satiate my taste buds.

As I sit here pondering what to eat, my eyes have already fallen upon the jowaner shishi and I made a dash for it. I chewed on quite a handful of jowan.I love jowan and my addiction to it kind of covers up for my insanity to have it when I'm ravenous and can almost eat a goat up.

Hunger is the best sauce in the world-Cervantes had said in Don Quixote. Damn! Why does everything have to be metaphorical?Why can't it be a sauce?..What I mean to say is whenever we're hungry,we can just press our noses or clap our hands or do any similar thing and spaghetti or alfredo or cheese sauces will be served.From where and exactly how,we can discuss it later for sure.Not now please.

I wonder just how much of rubbish one can produce when one is hungry,cranky or purely insane? though arguably all greatest works of art,literature,science,technology and the likes were created in fits of mad frenzy!

Oi.I can have coffee. Now that's an idea.See you.