Lunch Today: Sate Padang at Wata Kitchen
Today I went to the salon to get my hair curled, wanting to have hair like this. Unfortunately, I ended up causing the hairdresser to panic because after one long hour (which would usually only take only 15 minutes), my hair still did not take on much of the curls. He blamed my hair for being much too straight and slippery. But since he was looking out for my hair’s well-being also, he just decided to stop the process. In the end, my hair did take on some of the curls, but to ensure that they stayed on, he put on loads of styling mousse and told me to leave it wet instead of drying the hair with the blow drier and risking my hair to fall flat again.
Anyways, since the hairdo thingy lasted longer than expected, I felt really faint and 
hungry. I had to do some shopping at Pasaraya anyway, so I went to eat at the Wata Kitchen (short for Wajan-wajan tanah air which is the food court with local food) which is located on the under-ground floor. You see, one of the downside of being married to a foreigner (who does not fancy local food very much) is that I don’t have enough chances to savour local dishes. So whenever I have the chance to eat out by myself (or with a friend), I almost always go for a local food stall.
After looking around, I zoomed in at the Te Julfa Padang food stall, and ordered a dish of Padang satay. Different from the normal Javanese satay, the Padang satay does not use peanut sauce. For a recipe, click here (I have never tried this before). As with all Padang food, the satay is also very hot (as in spicy), but I really enjoyed it.