Is Ignorance Bliss? The question didn’t arise over a juicy and delicious beef steak1, but the parallels are remarkable. Read on…
Sunday morning after Easter service. Going for breakfast / lunch with people from the church… we decide to eat at the Hin Holliwood Canteen. I’m going for a menu named Century Egg Porridge. Porridge in Singapore means a thick rice stew, and century egg sounded like a nice name to me.
Century Egg Sliced Open
“It’s actually a preserved egg, made using horse urine. You soak the egg in there for years, that’s where the name comes from. It makes the egg a bit spicy, very nice.”
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erm, ok
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The porridge was really good, actually. The egg looks dark and tastes quite different from normal egg. Still, I couldn’t help searching the net when I came back. Nook & Pantry has some nice pictures and dispelled the horse urine story as a myth. Pfeww ;-)
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CHAMBER MUSIC and the ambiance of wealth soak the restaurant around us as we watch a serrated knife saw through a thick, gorgeous steak. The meat is so perfect, charred on the outside, oozing red juice from the inside, that it could be a dream.
CYPHER
You know, I know that this steak doesn’t exist. I know when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, do you know what I’ve realized?Ignorance is bliss.
From: The Matrix film script