I’ve discovered my new favorite dish in Indonesia. Petai udang. Which means Shrimp Petai. A spicy shrimp-veggie dish served with rice. What, you ask, is petai? It is a quarter sized green leguminous seed that comes from rain forest trees. The consistency is like uncooked lima bean, and the taste is sort of like asparagus. Delicious! I know you are dubious, but don’t knock it until you try it. I ordered it for dinner last night by accident, and I am now in love.
Returning to more serious topics – I’m off to the field tomorrow, and will be back to a computer in about two weeks. Today was yet another day of getting letters – in the third city thus far – and I am now free (more or less) to continue research in this fine bureaucratic nation.
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