A bowl of noodles is always ideal. Always. And when you find the ideal noodle, you never change. And so I have my noodle lady, after she hangs the moon each evening she makes the best bowl of noodles. Ever.

Today I paid her my first visit of the week and found something new in the food area- a woman in a short skirt and fancy pink hat, selling hand location. Loudly announcing she had lotion for sale. Now this is an outdoor food area, heaving with people. To bring a brief hush over this place is a major accomplishment, and that is what this woman did.

I put down my sanitary chopsticks and snapped a few photos of the new character, as she had just sold the last of her location to the goddess of noodles, she and her fancy pink hat were off. I can only hope she returns to liven things up again.

My noodle ‘mam’ negotiating with the fancy pink hat, and I didn’t even notice the parrot off to the right.