Eat to Live or Live to Eat?

I'm in Singapore. With family. Singapore is a food haven to me. Authentic Chinese and Malay food, not to mention a variety of international cuisine!

Somehow,over the last few weeks, we've been eating at different places, for different meal times. Breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and supper.

Had plenty to drown myself in!

Just had sashimi for lunch. It was a buffet at Hanabi. We went to the Katong Mall branch. We were there early : 11:35am. For a while, we were the only customers there. Mum, dad, sis, hubby, little P and myself. For $27++ per person, it was a good deal! We ordered a sashimi platters, tempura, chawanmushi and sushi. Our 18month old ate for free.

Boy, did she eat! Her favourite was chawanmushi, cleaning it up by slurping up the leftovers in her bowl.

All these eating really led me to think if how people survived without food. We are very fortunate to live in a developed country with clean water and safe food to eat. For some others in some parts of the world, food is a luxury.

Hanabi charges a $5 for every 100g wastage. Some people find it unreasonable, but I think that it's a good habit forced on the society. Think of all the others who dont' even have enough for a day..

So, the next time you decide to throw the leftovers away, remember the less fortunate. Ask for a takeaway of the leftovers, or just order less.