This is the fastest food in town
The continuous cacophony of cash register bells A major mistake cost me money this morning. Luckily I had applied to AdvanceLoan.net for an Online Cash Advance yesterday so I had a wad of cash in my pocket. I walked across town to do some shopping and on the way back I took a short cut that delayed me for a long time.
A wedding hall I passed one of those fancy places where wedding receptions are held. I saw people streaming in one door and others streaming out another, carrying different size plastic bags. My natural curiosity was piqued and I joined the ‘in’ line. Inside the air was nice and cool after the heat outside. I looked around and saw table and tables laden with food. The food was all in huge bowls, each with a by weight price on it. The first table was laden with bowls and pots of different types of chicken. Chicken in sesame seed, fried chicken, chicken in apricots, Hawaiian chicken, curried chicken.
I choose curried chicken I filled a container with curried chicken and guessed its weight and then multiplied by the price. Wow – expensive! Expensive it may be but the bells from the 4 or 5 cash registers were ringing constantly as shoppers checked out. This place is operated by the wedding hall kitchen which is cooking anyway. I saw people filling supermarket trolleys with ready cooked meals. I was stunned. This food must be costing 3 and 4 times the cost of uncooked food!
Vegetables Every veg you could think of. I took a container of yellow rice to go with the curry, another of green beans and fell for the sautéed potatoes which don’t go with anything but look great. I fell for a fancy bread, dropped a few breakfast biscuits in a bag, walked past the soups and then collided with the desserts. Help!
Desserts Desserts are basically unfair. They are not there for eating, they are a straight money- making device, designed to prize the last cent out of your pocket. I started by wavering between a blue/purple ice-cream, a basked Alaska and a Cream Caramel. Unable to decide I took all. I added a few slabs of what looked like a solid chocolate chocolate cake, dropped a few dollops of cream on it, closed my eyes as I passed the price tags and ran for the checkout.
Can I please double my loan? Dear AdvanceLoan.net, yesterday I applied for and was granted an Online Cash Advance. It seems that I made a mistake in the amount that I applied for because I used that loan money this morning and it all went in fifteen minutes. Could you please advance me another equal amount for the coming week?
Back home The food was great. It turns out that while I spent about $400 on the Friday night dinner, we will be eating it for most of the week. My wife is delighted at the cooking holiday it bought her and I finally got to eat curried chicken which I love. I will not discuss those decadent desserts here.