Growing up, i never quite got the phrase, ‘You are what you eat’, raised in a Peranakan Chinese family, you learn never to turn down food and you grow used to being ordered to finish whatever is put on your plate, no excuses.
So while it seems common sense that running/training on a lunch of nasi padang is going to be a lot harder than a bowl of salad or a healthy wrap, I’ve had to find this out the hard way. Call me stupid but I always saw salads as ‘diet food’ not a full meal, and certainly not one that could give me a real burst of energy.
The re-angling of my diet has been one of the more interesting changes of the past year. Favourites like bar chor mee, nasi padang and burgers are now a special treat, while big healthy salads form 25% of weekly food intake. Funnily enough, I’m not really complaining, I do like my greens and I whip up a mean mixed green salad with grilled chicken and chunks of avocado.
That said, nothing quite beats a salad or a wrap from Salad Stop!
You could say I have an addiction but this addiction is working for me.
Need a jolt of energy? It’s got to be the Jai Ho!
The Cheaper Than A Facial salad is for days when I’m feeling a little weak.
And if I feel really greedy, the Hail Caesar usually does the trick.
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It’s 12.30am on a Saturday but I’m already looking forward to my Monday Salad Stop! fix.
Photo credits: Salad Stop!
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