Gastronomic aversions (The Wilful Sunflower)

Fellow blogger Grace tagged me some time ago to go make a "10 things" list thingy. Ever since then, every time she sees me on Yahoo Messenger, she's been telling me, "You still owe me a post!" Today she said, "I'm gonna bug you till you post!!" So, in the interests of getting her to leave me in peace -- -- and also to "give face" to her coz she's from my hometown -- -- here it is lah...

10 foods I don't eat

garlic

onion

ginger

parsley

spring onions

chilli

bitter gourd

celery

leek

cod liver oil

If you'll notice, most of them are pungent foods or herbs. The joke is that I'm a Chinese, and almost every Chinese dish contains the first five things on that list up there! My housemates have gotten used to the sight of me painstakingly picking out all the bits of onion & garlic from my food...