Often all of us are busy in our mundane lives and though we may come across some really interesting issues and experiences, we somehow lose them along the way and carry on.
While coming back from my village today I was allotted seat no 2. Getting the first two seats is plain luck, especially for someone like me who was already super late. The jeeps leave at noon and I had arrived at the ticket counter exactly at 12. The sumo I was in had the most flexible gear ever. It was swinging like a pendulum in every turn. Had it been a guy he would have comfortably sat with his legs apart but that, obviously, wasn’t an option for me. So there I was, in the most awkward pose ever. My legs crossed towards the left and my right foot having to hang up there, thanks to the big sabzi bag below me (courtesy traveller in seat no 1).
Regardless of what pose I was in, it didn’t stop me from thinking. This time it was about momos. If you are from a Sikkimese family, you’ve been taught (especially as a girl) that beef momos are semi circle (as shown in the picture above), pork is always made in a round manner and chicken in a different way (known as phi-tsi in my language). Vegetable momos came much later.
Sometime back I had gone to eat in ‘Fusion’ and the first comment off my lips when I saw the pork momos were, “Are those babies of a pregnant pork momo”? What I saw before me were 8 pieces of the tiniest momos ever made. Had I asked the manager, I knew what his answer would be- This is Business. Have you ever wondered what all we manage to pull off under this tag? I ate momos at a small shop in Ravangla today and the pork and beef momos were of the same shape. We’ve all seen this in many restaurants. Apparently, ‘the beef design’ is the easiest to learn and also the fastest to make so most restaurants opt for it. What can I say? This is Business. So much we give up and so much we alter to suit our needs just in the name of business. Funny!
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