Irony

In India all us foreign people try to eat in 'clean' restaurants. and not eat from food off the street. because we think that the food will be 'safer'. this is probably excellent advice. though, my house mate got taken to hospital last night because she had been vomiting and also had diarrhoea, food poisoning of course. a few of us had started eating food off the streets and had not got sick. but my house mate went to this restaurant that is very pleasing to the eye and ate something that gave her food poisoning. so you try so hard not to eat of the street, spending the extra money and time. yet you get sick from the food you thought would keep you away from the hospital. is that irony?

what always makes me wonder is behind them doors of the restaurant anything can happen. you really just don't know whats going on. also you just don't know how long that food has been there for. because not much is make from scratch. but on the street, you see everything. and there is a very quick turn over of food. because so many people are eating form there. which means that the food is always very fresh. by default. 

the advice my house mates father gave was, "always go where everyone else is eating", basically saying, don't be the guinea pig...