Day 7. No special mental clarity. I got to work in Yahoo’s SF office which was nice because I staked out a cubicle and was able to see Coit Tower and the tumble of colorful houses underneath it on the hill. We had a quorum of cool legal folks in the office today which made for a very social atmosphere. Despite the fast, around lunch time I tagged along with Anita and Susan to Paladar, a Cuban bistro. Anita got the bocadillo cubano (hot pressed roasted pork with ham and swiss) and Susan had the tortilla Espanola, a sort of torta de patatas. I watched their plates come while I sipped my mint tea and didn’t quite salivate, but it made me really miss eating. Everything looked so delicious, so I’m definitely going to meet up with Mike there one of these days for lunch since he loves Cuban food.
So much of our life is built around food, it’s such a revelation. I’ve realized that I really love eating, and that it’s one of the highlights of my days.
Only three more days until we break the fast, at which point we have to go two more days only drinking orange juice and vegetable broth and eating homemade veggie soup.
Here’s my list of things I really want to eat next week once we completely break the fast, prioritized by the importance of tasting these foods again:
1. Pho
2. shrimp and pork spring rolls
3. hot and sour soup
4. fruit
5. sushi
6. pasta with seafood
7. fried calamari
8. soba with ponzu
9. ma-po dofu
10. mushrooms
11. dim sum
12. vegetables (pea shoots, gai lan, spinach, broccoli, napa cabbage, green onions)
Mike said he read in Peter Glickman’s book that if you think about eating something really healthy (like an apple) and that makes you hungry, then you are truly hungry.
I am hungry.
Only five more days to real food…
