Elaine calls herself a meat lover, and often asks Desi to buy takeaways for her. At first, Desi struggled with ordering in Cantonese, so Elaine wrote her order on a post-it note and let Desi bring it along to the restaurant.
“Tomato macaroni soup with fried eggs and sausages”, “Two pieces of fried chicken – drumstick and thigh, no breast”… Desi has a collection of notes like these. She keeps them carefully in her pouch, so that Elaine doesn’t have to write the same item over and over again.
