I believe there are 2 kinds of people in the world, one who enjoys and appreciate good food, and those who don't. I wonder who ever said "one should eat to live and not live to eat"? I am not entirely sure I agree with this, because I cannot imagine a world without food...it is my passion! Does an artist live to paint, or paint to live?
But what is considered good food? After all, I am not a chef, I have never had any formal training, nore am I a writer.. as you an clearly see (I failed English in my 12th grade).
But as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I believe a meal is only as good as the enjoyment it brings to it's diner.Which is why I have never been a big fan of food critics, half the time I have disagreed with them.
I have decided to create this blog to share with you not just my love of food, but also my love of travel. Someone once said that "the world is a novel, and if you do not travel, then you've only read a page of it".
As much as I enjoy a good meal, I do believe it's all about quality and not quantity. Which I why I rarely eat fast food and the best meals are prepared with the freshest ingredients. Up until I was 30, I hated tomatoes, ...until I went to Italy, I never knew how amazing a real tomatoe could taste. My first trip to europe also introduced me to my favourite cuisine in the world.. spanish tapas, and there is no place that does it better than San Sebastian (tapas are known as pinxtos there). I have been there twice now, and plan to go back there as often as possible.
Having a healthy lifestyle is also important to me. I exercise regularly and I believe I also eat very healthy. But eating healthy should not mean sacrificing flavour. In fact, I don't think I own any diet books, or any 'healthy' cook books for that matter. But I do own an amazing collection of cookbooks!
So I hope to share with you some of my 'healthy' recipes, and also some of my more 'indulgent' recipes. After all, what's life without a little bit of indulgence. I will also be posting my opinions/reviews on the places that I have dined. There are so many places in the world I would like to dine, such as the French Laundry in the Napa Valley, Ell Buli in Spain and Per Se in New York. But ofcourse to do that I would need a lot of money, which I don't have. I have a long list of places I would like to dine, I may or may not make it to all of them, time and finance permitting ofcourse. But I will definitely try, and what an adventure it will be!
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