Today, as a by-product of an afternoon lunch, I did my bit for the tsunami affected fisherfolk of Tamil Nadu. I gorged myself silly on a seafood feast at good ol' Moonrakers in Mahabalipuram. Vacuous as this may sound, it's the kind of thing that is needed to re-build these peoples lives.
To hell with all these post-tsunami rumours about fish being contaminated and likely to spread disease as a result of feeding on human corpses and toxin levels in the sea, yada yada yada. I think Metroplus ran a great article this morning, dispelling these silly rumours and convincing people that's it OK to consume seafood. The WHO and a host of others proved it, for God's sake!!
It's bad enough that the fisherfolk have lost their homes and their livelihoods. Fat lot of good it's gonna do if we all act like paranoid morons and stop eating fish!!! (Apparently, sale of seafood has gone down by over 50%)
Anyhow. I'm glad to see the paranoia dying. Finally a revival of Sunday afternoons at Moonrakers - pigging out on masala calamari, prawns in butter garlic sauce, giant fried fish with seafood fried rice....ah, the good life.
:: naazita ::
Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 12:36
Nothin' fishy here
Surya Swamy said...
Masala calamari and prawns in butter garlic sauce!!! What sadistic pleasure do you get by teasing us home-sick blokes? :)
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Naaz said...
Sorry Surya, excuse the insensitivity. Perhaps there is time to make amends still. Hunt down the chef, find the recipe (this masala calamari is just the BESTEST) and share on food.nomadlife.org? ; )
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Surya Swamy said...
Deal. We shall await the BESTEST recipe. Though I doubt even the most skillful culinary experts can match a moonraker's prawns or calamari dish. Nonetheless, make haste:)
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