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w/ dr. jay phD grubology
[12.3.03]
if it`s not filpino food, it`s gotta be chinese. and if not chinese..then viet..and if not viet..then certainly thai..and if not thai then japanese or korean...then if not that...then...afghanistani????...??..!!!...??..afghanistanian?...afghanistano?..afghanese???!!..???..!

a friend of mine and i have been arguing about this for quite a while. actually it`s not really an argument, considering im always right. so yea. we were talking about those darn chinese pastries. which are the best?
hands down - it`s the almighty egg tart. quote, me.
"on the contrare, good fellow", said my friend. "it is surely the bbq pork bun with its sweet meaty inside...all saucy..and red...and flakey...and meaty...with the sauce..all sweet. mmmmm".
"ok....??..." [jay proceeds to walk away].
i really dont know why the egg tart has its hook in me.
could it be cause i was weaned on them since i was able to eat my first solids? maybe it has to do with anything being custard-like. could be, considering i have an infatuation with the filipino "lecheflan". then again, maybe it`s my chinese friends from skool who always seem to make my day by copping that extra eggtart before leaving home then offering it to me - the underprivilaged filipino boy from that far-off island where we never saw an egg before.
"for me?...awww..you sure?" [before a reply could be reciprocated, the egg tart hits the g.i. tract faster than a white man calls anyone with slanted eyes and yellow skin a `chink`].
maybe it`s the chinese guy who i work with in the fitting room who claims that the best eggtarts are thesmall ones at dim sum (we work with hangers and clothes...how dosuch conversations even come up?).
point is, i love my egg tarts. the portugese custard tart has nothing on the chinese egg tart. and with that said, i say...thank you great creator of the egg tart. you brilliant chinese woman..or man. praise to you, high and mighty in the heavens or the afterlife or nirvana..whatever path you might`ve taken.

who can lose with 2 for a dollar? really.
another completely pointless text by mr. D...or mr. jay...or mr. j.d.

and that my friends and family, is a filipino take on the chinese egg tart