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October 26, 2006:Lunch at GMS - Evaluating Culinary Therapy 101

oct 26 9888 gms

GMS is a special place, in fact, a very special place. For example, each day about noon - a variable number of GMSers gather for lunch - typically across the street at the Silat Food Court. We engage in what I call culinary therapy, which is often a very interesting adventure, secondary only to retail therapy. Bob Kamei has expressed such an interest in culinary therapy that the proximity of high density culinary options is driving his selection of a place to life. After 6 months of experiencing the end product of taking Culinary 101, many of us feel that this will be added to the 1st year curriculum, with segments included in Molecules and Cells and other segments included in Normal Body and a few remaining segments included in Body and Disease.

Here is Leah waiting and the group gathering

oct 26 9882 leah oct 26 9885 group

We make our way to the street - and cross it (note the green walk light)

oct 26 9887 street oct 26 9889 crossing

We pass a Sikh Temple and continue walking

oct 26 9890 temple oct 26 9896 walking

We pass an interesting market and before us is the Silat Food Court

oct 26 9895 market oct 26 9923 silat

Then cross over to the food court - ans past the Popiah stall

oct 26 9898 crossing oct 26 9899 popiah

Here is Yu Hui - looking for empty tables - while I am off ordering my mutton briani and paratha

oct 26 9900 yu hui looking oct 26 9901 paratha mutton briani

Then Yu Hui orders and the drink lady drops by

oct 26 9903 yu hui order oct 26 9907 drink lady

Leah has noodles today and Gina is engaged in very deep conversation

oct 26 9910 leah noodles oct 26 9911 leah gina

There were no adjacent tables so we split up - here are the ladies at one table and Tony, Yvonne and Edward at another table

oct 26 9912 ladies oct 26 9914 tony yvonne edward

There are many food stalls - to the left and right

oct 26 9915 stalls left oct 26 9916 stalls right

Here are our ladies and here is my favorite guy - the man that makes Popiah

oct 26 9918 ladies oct 26 9917 popiah man

Someone has to guard the fort - and it is usually Pat while the group returns back

oct 26 9934 pat oct 26 9936 group back

For the next day - Friday - Tony decided it was Guys-lunch-out - at a place near Far East Square

oct 27 9939 queue oct 27 9941 server

Here is li Fook - and then on to Far East Square

oct 27 9943 fuzzy li fook oct 27 9952 far east square

Walking back - we pass a number of interesting food courts - all engaged in group culinary therapy

oct 27 9950 group therapy oct 27 9949 group threapy

And so we continued - under the Fire Gate and back to Tony's car park

oct 27 9951 sign

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C. Frank Starmer

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