Chicken and Beans!

I was watching Oprah with Tom Cruise as the guest on TV this evening (by the way, that guy's gone crazy). Adi, the "house boy" (he's 31) came in and invited Chris and I to have some ayam (chicken) with the drivers and guards. My impression was they had bought the chicken from some restaurant or something, but instead, I found this little set up out front:








This reminds me of BBQ-ing in the dark in Berkeley at the BPR House on Regent.

Adi is the one scooping out the chicken. Zal, the security guard is with the flashlight.




That chicken was the spiciest thing I've had since I landed in Aceh. It was so damn spicy that I almost started hiccuping. My mouth might still be partially numb.






Zubir the guard has the best seat in the house - on his motorcycle





Seems like I've been posting about food a lot recently...

My project has changed some policies regarding the guest house. Now, the cook will only make breakfast and I have to fend for myelf for lunch and dinner. But I no longer have to pay the $8/night for my room. So from now on, we order in for lunch and I cook my own dinner. A tasty bowl of mie kepiting (fried noodles with a whole crab) runs about $1.50, the same price as a can of S&W Premium Red Kidney Beans...

...oh but I did buy enough kidney and garbonzo beans to toss together an Intermezzo-like salad.