When I went home last week, she cooked a strange dish. It looked like chicken curry but it’s not. My mom called it “Hawaiian tuna in milk.” When I noticed its sauce, I first thought that it was cooked in coconut milk but she said that it was evaporated milk. The thought that it was cooked with milk made my stomach turn. The smell of the dish was dominated by the pineapple, which gave a sour smell like a rotten fruit. And she just placed it in a bowl without adding some colors or some decorations in it. It looked so boring to eat like a plain chiffon cake. But we had to eat it because my mom took efforts to prepare that food and I didn’t want to disappoint her. So, just to show appreciation, I ate it. She was very excited to hear my comment on the food. She was smiling while she was watched us eat. It didn’t turn out as bad as I had expected, the food tasted delicious. The tuna absorbed the sour taste of the pineapple and the sweetness of the milk made the tuna taste like chicken. It’s one of my favorite dishes now.
Anna Isabelle G. Graza
