Today for lunch, Amanda and I walked over to the Kopitam around the corner, which is a Singaporean term which originally stood for a coffee shop but has slowly evolved into a popular and convenient favorite for lunch breaks for the surrounding office workers. When we went in, the outdoor cafeteria was filled with wooden white tables lining the walls with plastic chairs filled with people in suits and formal work outfits slurping curry noodles without getting a single splash on them (quite an impressive feat!). When we seated ourselves amongst the local crowd, I ordered mee siam and Amanda decided on ordering the laksa. Mee siam is a type of noodle dish which is made of rice noodles in a curry broth with fried tofu and egg. Laksa is a noodle dish which is made of thicker noodles in a curry that mixes Malay, Indian, and Chinese spices. Both dishes were versions of “curry noodles” but looked and tasted completed different. As we sat there eating, I couldn’t help but wish that this too could be my lunchtime break food!