We got this yellow pomegranate as a curiousity from the Cambridge Market. It turns out that yellow is a perfectly ordinary color for a pomegranate to be. It’s also a pale yellow on the inside — very pretty.
Eating Out
Basically, we have two options when eating out: eating in Hall or experimenting with unknown budget restaurants in downtown Cambridge. Andrew described his first experience in Hall as generally positive. The menu was lamb stew over rice and cold chips (think elliptical steak fries). While that doesn’t sound like much, it is a lot better than what we got at St. John’s, and because Hall food is heavily subsidized by the College, it’s the least expensive option if we don’t want to cook for ourselves.
We’ve also tried the £5.95 special at the “bar room bar” at the Cow. While the setting was less than desirable (especially cleanliness‐wise), the brick‐oven pizza with three different kinds of Italian meat was worth a return trip. An even better lunchtime option, especially for those craving a taste of home, is mannamexico, a van‐vendor turned hole‐in‐the‐wall shop on Regent St. Their feature item is the “Big‐Ass Burrito”. While the nachos are covered with tinned cheese, the nachos made with whole pinto beans are delicious. We used a double‐scoop of jalapeños to help clear up our Cambridge congestion. The combination of weather and pollution can be so bad that Kara’s senior tutor claims Cambridge gave her asthma.
We found our favorite stop on the way home at the Yippee Noodle Shop. It’s delicious. It’s attractive minimalist appearance with long rows of tables might make you fear miniature portions, but the plate of Singapore noodles easily fed us both with the addition of a small‐plate and a bowl of hot and sour soup. The fried dofu was excellent and the ingredients in the noodles, including bean sprouts and chicken, with scruptuous. But nothing compared to the £1 bowl of hot and sour soup. It was hot and tangy without being spicy, and was as hearty as a stew without being thick. We were surprised by so many references to prawns on the menu, until we discovered that in the UK, ‘prawn’ doesn’t mean “big shrimp”, but just your average pinky‐sized crustacean.
Last but not least, most of our culinary adventures have been bringing things home. One of our favorite places from which to bring things home is the Cambridge Market. Whether it’s yesterday’s raspberries for 50p or tiny English strawberries, £2 a punnet, the Market is always a magnetic temptation. One of our most recent adventures was the shared consumption of an English yellow pomegranate. While it was tasty and a bargain at 50p, it was not as tangy as the red pomegranates to which we are accustomed.