Dot, Not Feather

Thanksgiving has never been my favorite holiday. For starters, I am a vegetarian who HATES tofurkey, that grey, rubbery, flavorless work of Satan. I also hate stuffing, because it reminds me of how my grandpa had no teeth and would chew up a bunch of bread and food and spit it back onto his plate for easier consumption. Pumpkin pie, in my opinion, is inferior to almost every other kind of pie (except for pecan pie, "shoo-fly" pie, and sweet potato pie, which I do not consider food). So, I suppose I am lucky that they don't have cranberries in India, or celery, or easily available turkey, or normal orange pumpkins (only white pumpkins that remind me of when ET was all dried out and about to die). I was off the hook as far as preparing any semblance of a proper Thanksgiving meal, so we decided to go to a nice restaurant instead of eating a mashed potato feast at the apartment.

Back in Philly, before both of my parents remarried, and we started having nice family Thanksgivings again, my mom and I would often go to an Indian buffet so that I could stuff myself full of curried delights. But now, living in India, curried delights hardly feel special. Both of us have been dying for sushi, so we located one of the only Japanese restaurants in the city - Shiro, and made a reservation for our Thanksgiving meal.

Shiro was really nice inside, and felt much more like a "real" restaurant than any of the places we normally frequent here. Surprisingly, they actually offered a special Thanksgiving menu, so Tim was able to indulge in classic Thanksgiving fare - turkey, mashed potatoes, and green beans, even though all were prepared East-Asian-style. I ordered a GINORMOUS veg sushi platter and edamame. For dessert, we ordered the "sweet potato" pie. As I already said, I am not a huge fan, but I felt like I should have something Thanksgivingish. I guess no one explained to the otherwise skillful chef that "sweet potatoes" are an actual vegetable, and should be the main ingredient in "sweet potato" pie. Instead, they used WHITE potatoes and just added a shit ton of sugar, so the pie was basically sweet mashed potatoes in a pastry crust!! It was not a taste sensation.

Although I had to work, and I miss my family, I am extremely thankful that I made it an entire day without hearing anyone say "Happy Turkey Day!" or "Gobble, Gobble!" Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!