How do you like your minced pork noodles? It’s a matter of taste. Just like the way Stripey and I enjoy eating bah chor mee, discussing anime and looking at beautiful girls (often doing all at the same time) but have serious disagreements on which anime and beautiful girls we enjoy watching most, likewise for food. To paraphrase the English saying about football, ‘it’s not a matter of life and death, it’s more important than that.’ Mee pok or mee kiah? With extra vinegar or not? Chilli sauce? Pork liver? Stewed black mushrooms? Fried lard? Or which is The One True Katong laksa. Or the lagi best nasi lemak. Don’t even get me started on why mee siam char kway teow must be eaten with cockles. Of course, I don’t force my dining companions to order their char kway teow with cockles. That said, I can’t help but think that they are missing out on a good thing.