When the Going Gets Meta, the Meta Gets Weird!
This gets complicated, stay with me. The Warungs across the street are open! Jimmy The Kid is the 3rd Dortmunder book. Written by Donald Westlake. Westlake wrote the incredible Parker series under the name Richard Stark. You should read all the Stark books. And, I assume I'll say the same about Dortmunder soon. The Ransom of Red Chie f is an American treasure by O. Henry. I set forth, alas without my phone. But that is not really key to the story. Nural Tomyam has been closed but looked tempting. When I saw signs they'd be open today I decided it would be a good place to try. Tomyum is something I know from Thai restaurants. It's the spicy lemongrass broth with yummies in it. Delicious and absolutely the best soup for a head cold. I've passed enough places here to decide that Tomyam is the Malay spelling of it. I've also seen signs for "Mee Celup." Mee is "noodles." As in "Mee Goreeng" - fried noodles. (Nasi Goreng is fr