May 2008
| Meidi-ya supermarket in Singapore was like a mini Japan. You could get most things Japanese there. I remember being extremely excited when I saw proper sushi being sold there (then I found out that you could get sushi anywhere in Singapore). 'Natto maki' is my all time favourite. Natto is fermented soy bean. It has a very distinct smell and taste. Like I wrote to Orah in May 2008, I miss natto and raw egg on a bowl of steaming rice. Although I can get frozen natto from the local Chinese supermarket (sell by date is a bit suspect), I don't really fancy eating eggs raw here. Probably because it is not a done thing. In Meidi-ya supermarket, they sold eggs that could be eaten raw. In Japan, so long as you get good quality eggs, they are fine to eat raw. No problem. I have perched myself in a little space between the cabinet and the wall, daydreaming about eating eggy natto on rice. A daydream of elsewhere. | 
25 November 2013
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