Move over Susur Lee...

...make way for Steve A!

It would be quite a stretch to say that Steve is a fan of fusion food, but he would never let any food faux pas stop him from pleasing his taste buds. Sometimes, however, I wish he would.

This man loves his sauces and condiments. It doesn't matter what he's eating or what sauce is served with it. The more sauce, the better. For whatever reason, he just really likes his food WET. If you've ever looked in our fridge, it's 80% condiments and 20% beer and juice.

In his world, there's no such thing as a wrong food-sauce combination. The first time I became acutely aware of this was at dim sum, when he would dip his food into any sauce he could find on the table. Siu Mai with mayo that came with the deep fried seafood, why not? Short ribs with the sweet and sour sauce that came with dumplings, sure! My relatives seemed quite entertained by the whole thing. I was just happy he found stuff he'd eat at dim sum.

Recently, we had lunch at a HK cafe. At HK cafes, pretty much anything goes. There are so many combinations of meats (chicken, pork, beef, fish, etc.), sauces (tomato, cream, portugese, curry,etc.) and bases (nissan noodles, vermicelli, rice, spaghetti, etc.). Leave it to Steve to come up with just one more.

Steve: I want sweet & sour pork on spaghetti.
Me: WHAT?!
Steve: That sounds good.
Me: No it doesn't...and it's not on the menu.
Steve: But they just missed it. All the other stuff they throw on spaghetti anyway.
Me: Well, I'm not ordering it for you. It's too embarassing.
~waitress comes~
Steve: Can I have the sweet & sour pork but with spaghetti instead of rice?
Waitress: Really? Um...I’ll have to ask.
~waitress goes to the kitchen~
Steve: I’d be pissed if they don’t do it...they serve spaghetti with all the other meats and sauces!
Me: Yea, but what you’re asking for is just gross.
~waitress comes back~
Waitress: Yup we can do it.
~I ordered my stuff in Cantonese~
Steve: Steph, tell her it’s not your fault that I’m weird.
~Waitress laughs~
~Steve’s dish comes~
Waitress: It looks good! No one has ever ordered that before. You’re the first one to try it!
~Waitress laughs at Steve again~

Classic.