Provisioning Tandem

With 3 months of meat, fish, veggies, etc. secured on board we certainly hope that we are headed somewhere soon. Each day I trot off to the local market with my green bags and carry back as much as I can lift and there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. The meat has been delivered, nicely frozen and vacuum bagged. The dry goods also have arrived but I'm feeling that I should have purchased more although we certainly aren't going to starve. If all goes well we'll be back thru Singapore in 3 months approx. and can go thru the entire process again.

The meat market, The Swiss Butcher, was a marvel with a dazzling selection of meats and also gourmet items from Europe and some great breads. It took 1 1/2 hours on public transport to arrive at their door and I could actually have ordered everything on the internet but wanted to see what I was getting the first time. My local market is not too bad if we go early in the day but the crowds in the late afternoon make shopping almost impossible. It's a small space and if I dig around and can usually find most of what I am looking for although I still don't know what some of the "greens" are as they have Chinese names that are unfamiliar. The fish are very fresh and all shrimp come with heads and tails on. We usually get Tiger Prawns and sizes are huge! Eggs are a little confusing as there seems to be a rating system that I can't figure and where they come from seems to affect the price. Most are brown and instead of a dozen they come in 10's and are never refrigerated. We love the little quail eggs that we eat for snacks, lunch or cocktails dipped in various sauces or salt or sesame seeds.

I'm including a photo of the busses we use, some of the cute shop houses in Little India, and finally, our favorite meal in Little India, the 3-ft. Dosai and a vegetarian platter for the huge price of about $3 US for both. Not much atmosphere but it has a sink to wash your hands since there are no utensils and the food is great.