Since I got my appetite back last week, I have been craving Asian food like nobody's business.  Seriously. I'd like to lacquer the world in soy sauce and lick it clean. And there is not enough sesame oil, ginger or wasabi to satisfy my current hankerings.

Since last Tuesday I've eaten:

* Teriyaki wings dipped in ranch which I doctored with wasabi and soy

* Chinese chicken salad

* Soy-grilled chicken breasts

* Copious quantities of Asian slaw. I have been buying bags of broco-slaw, adding some scallions, and dressing the whole mix in my special sesame-soy vinaigrette. It is utterly addictive and I am consuming it by the bucket.

* Frozen chicken egg rolls. Which for the record, my egg roll craving has been OFF THE CHARTS but actual Chinese food has been just out of reach and so when I saw non-disgusting looking frozen egg rolls at Bi-Lo on Saturday I practically whooped with joy. The box even said: microwavable and STILL crispy. I was all excited but alas. I should have known.  Nothing crispy EVER comes out of the microwave so on some level, these were a minor fail. On another level, they were a the equivalent of a food band-aid until I can get my chopsticks on the real thing. 

* Gyoza. Deep fried and delicious.

* Teriyaki chicken

* Sauteed Asian vegetables

* Oriental ramen (doctored with hot sauce and onion salt because there's not enough sodium in ramen already)

* Fried rice

In fact, since last Tuesday night, other than breakfast, I am not sure if I have had anything other than Asian flavored food. AND I AM STILL CRAVING MORE (despite eating 12 pounds of Japanese food for dinner on Saturday with Lilsaej).  Later today, I am, for once in my life, being taken out to lunch (as opposed to being the taker which I usually am) and I am seriously, seriously considering P.F. Changs because, you know, I'm not retaining enough water I haven't had enough yet. 

Here's what I haven't had though: Zen. Apparently consuming insane quantities of Asian food doesn't guarantee a girl Zen. Instead, I've been plagued the last few days by a case of PMS that's had me off-kilter like you would not believe. If something isn't sending me into crazy hysterics, then it is pissing me off like you wouldn't believe. And it is quite possible that the entire world is out to get me.     

Something's gotta give soon though because if I stay on this path, I could actually turn into a hormonally deranged soybean and well, I don't want to be a hormonally deranged soybean. Then again - does anyone?