Sometimes I find spicy food can help ease the discomfort of a sore throat, so tonight, with my home-made version of san choy bau I applied a liberal dollop of the very 'pedas' (Indonesian for hot spicy) Sambal Asli. An orange concoction – the more orange, the more hot, it seems – that is delicious in teeny quantaties.
Problem was, my proportion of lettuce (cool) to sambal (hot) was a little off, and the inside of my bottom lip bore the brunt. I can still feel it.
What I can feel so much is a pain in my throat.
So….
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