AFTER Vietnamese, R and I went on another food trip. He is fond of Asian cuisine and so, we tried out Chinese restaurants (on different days) this time.
The first one (together with Al)
was a Northern Chinese restaurant. They pride themselves with their authentic hand-pulled noodles (and yep, their noodles are amazing!) We ordered lamb dumplings, dry noodles and black fungus with jellyfish. |
| Make sure to take A here. |
The second restaurant offers Hainanese (Southern China) delicacies. We ordered their special Hainanese chicken rice, dumplings and tofu. The chicken was actually good especially when paired with ginger + soy sauce.
During the course of the meal, I told R that I have trouble identifying taste. Sure, I like food as much as the next person, however my taste buds are really bland. I even have a hard time distinguishing fries and burger from McDo and Jollibee!
He made taste a couple of sauces and told me that it's not the I cannot distinguish taste but rather, I don't put enough effort to isolate taste. This reminded me an article I read about mindful eating.
"Mindful eating is not a diet, or about giving up anything at all. It's about experiencing food more intensely — especially the pleasure of it."
Hmm. I will try these on my next meal.
* photos not mine