Jamjuree lunch combo: rama with tofu pad thai and brown riceJamjuree is a popular Thai restaurant on Capitol Hill that come lunchtime, is packed with customers craving cheap but tasty combo plates. Having successfully turned Slavko onto peanut sauce, I decided to introduce him to Jamjuree’s bathing rama, a dish consisting of peanut-chili sauce over a bed of cooked spinach and meat. The description didn’t please him. Dipping roti into peanut sauce was one thing, having chicken smothered in it was another.”Meat and peanut butter doesn’t even sound right.””Haven’t you ever had a peanut butter bacon burger?””No, I haven’t. That’s disgusting.””People love them!””Who are these people? Are any of them Serbian?””All of them.”He ignored me, but went ahead and ordered the rama lunch combo. When Slavko’s food arrived, he grudgingly admitted that it looked good – “like curry.” But he was quick to add, “That doesn’t mean anything. They make the tofu look good at every Asian restaurant we’ve been to, and it doesn’t even have a taste to it.”He ate the accompanying pad thai first, then some brown rice. When that got too bland for him, he moved onto the rama. “It’s actually good!” he said in surprise. He liked the sweetness of the sauce, the subtle spicy kick to it. The problem however, was that, he didn’t like thinking that he was eating “peanut butter chicken.”I didn’t understand. Serbians love high-calorie sauces and condiments. Slavko, his family, and friends spread liberal amounts of mayonnaise on their pizza. Yet, this was too weird of a culinary concept for him to wrap his mind around?”Mayonnaise on pizza is normal,” he said. “I wouldn’t say that peanut butter on chicken is normal, but it is definitely good, I’ll give you that.””Now you’re ready to try that peanut butter bacon burger!””Never.”