And I have reasons to believe that my throat is allergic to pork balls.

I am seriously not kidding!!!

The first time that this happened, I never did suspect that the irritation would have been caused by pork balls.
Now, being the second time around, it was DEFINITELY them, pork balls.
Don't get me wrong, I am NOT allergic to pork.
I love my bak kut teh very much, thank you.

I think I need to describe a little on the irritation.
See, when I am consuming pork balls, the irritation doesn't hit me immediately.
It's when I have finished my meal, go home, prolly have a shower and only THEN, it starts to irritate the throat.

How does the irritation feel like?
Ok, you have eaten pork balls right? Duh
These pork balls that I am talking about are not the commercialized ones where lots of flour are added in the mixture.
Instead, these irritants are handmade and rolled into huge balls of pure babi-ness.

The next time you have a handmade pork ball, bite it into half, chew and feel a little more.
You will find that the texture is slighly grainy, stringy ... arggh I don't know how to describe it!

But that grainy and stringy texture is exactly how my throat feels like after consuming them, pork balls.
And gawd, it is very VERY IRRITATING.

Only, this time, it is even more irritating, because it ONLY BLARDY IRRITATES MY THROAT ON THE RIGHT!
I can't stress enough on how annoying and sometimes, painful it is when this happens to me.
Painful, is when you are awake in the middle of the night with a dry throat.
So can you imagine when I do get up at night, with a sore RIGHT-SIDED THROAT?

It has been days since I last had them.
And it is still irritating the shit out of me!

NO MORE PORK BALLS FOR ME!

Not even those found in steamboats.
Die die also don't want to eat pork balls anymore!