First Laksa, then Mee Pok, what's next?

At first, there was this "Katong Laksa" war along....uh...Katong.

Now, it's the Mee Pok war.

What's next? Char Kuey Teow war?

Well, these wars are usually on who produced the "first" famous dish, cooked their style. Of course, the history of the stalls, named ### and ### (or whatever number they named themselves), are some what combined together. Like, some dude cheated some other dude, and then opened his stall, stole the consumer base...

Blah. Blah. Blah.

Of course, I find this rather...amusing.

Well, first of all, welcome to the world. People are going to follow you when you start striking it rich thanks to your food. Leave the area because of the rent, someone will set up shop and take over your name and stuff.

However, the important thing is...the food! There should be some sort of difference between A and B, because no matter how well taught the pupil is, the master always wins.

Or is it..?

Well, it depends. The trick for the pupil to defeat the master...is simply for the pupil to think of something which the master have not taught of before. So, B takes A's formula, adds something new, and poof, he's striking gold too (or oil, whichever you wish).

However...how many ways can you add something new to...food?

And for that matter, Mee pok? Laksa is sort of understandable. The gravy is the key. It sucks, the whole Laksa sinks.

Mee pok? Uh...the noodles must not be able to be picked up together with 1 strand of noodles? (Er...think school food? XD)

I mean, just look at Sunday Times Review. When you start comparing which stall gives you more prawns (A gave 3, while the rest gave 2), you know something is wrong. Even if the food is in small quantities, if it taste good, then it's good. Food is (usually) quality over quantity.

Usually, because school food sucks so bad, you actually go for the stall which gives more quantity. LoL.

But yes, how many real ways are there to cook Mee pok? Not that I'm a huge fan of the food, because noodles+chili sause+some fish thingys don't really appeal to me that much, probably because of the damned chili.

Whatever the case, it truely is...amusing, what business competition can result into.

I look forward to the next food war: Battle for the Chicken Rice Supremacy! \o/

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Song of (whatever) changed to Ichirin No Hana by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR, which is Bleach's 3rd opening theme. Caps don't suit them, but some how, senseless screaming does suit this song, if you have watch Bleach, that is.