The dates show that we had this burger only two weeks ago.
But it feels like a long time.
Guess there are seasons in life where reasoning and calculating and calibrating become such an every day thing that the days turn both long, and short at the same time.
At first sight this may not be that big deal of a burger- I mean, it is not a burger that unusual, difficult to eat or difficult to find. It is, shall we say, a fairly ordinary rice burger that one can get from MOS Burger, which outlet we went to at Toa Payoh Central an evening a fortnight ago.
It actually has been a long time since I last had a meal at MOS Burger.
There was a time when I'd go for the hamburger or the cheeseburger or the ebi rice burger and nothing more.
But it wasn't what I wanted to have this evening- I wasn't in a mood for a cheeseburger- in that sense I wanted a little bit more.
There so happened to be a sort of promotion, I think, or it might have been something else.
In any case I got myself a Yakiniku burger, plus an additional serving of beef, and so the burger came beautifully wrapped up with a gorgeously large portion of beef slices inside.
I'm not sure what sort of beef slices these are, but they were quite good. Nicely grilled, as if they had been sort of stir fried, there was a bit of char smoky burnt taste that gave this fast-food style beef that feel of warmth same as if you had had it on a hotplate served with rice.
Only thing about the beef was that the texture was a little dry, but nothing more than that.
I liked how the pieces were prepared in such a way that they were bite sized and easy to eat.
I also liked how each piece had been carefully marinated in such a way that all of them tasted the same as each other. No surprise if they might have already been pre-prepared elsewhere and come ready to throw onto the grill. It didn't matter. That's fast food. I didn't care.
The funny thing was that such a large quantity of meat made it impossible for me to eat it as I would a regular burger, so I decided it best to open it up, separate the top and bottom of rice, and eat the lettuce, the beef, and the rice, all on its own.
It turned out to be quite fun- a forkful of beef, a bit of rice, a bite of lettuce- all in a single bite.
Never mind if it didn't feel like I was eating a burger.
I liked the flavor.
I liked better the fun.