Corrupted eating habits.

 

Corrupted eating habits, I call them because they are against all gourmet eating & style. I understand everyone wants a bit of every cuisine and that idea corrupts the way food is enjoyed.... taste, aroma & after taste wise.

Let's take a typical order by a family or group in a multi-cuisine restaurant: chicken lollypop, tandoori  malai kabab, chicken handi, panir makhani, roti etc. Imagine after eating lollypop with Schezwan sauce (chutney, as many call it) the lingering taste of garlic n celery is wasted by a tandoori malai kabab that is mild n cheesy. Then comes the Punjabi dishes savored with laccha onions n lime. This done all opt for a dessert.....brownie choc sauce, caramel custard. These desserts are consumed with still the strong spice n onion taste in mouth. The first morsel is  just wasted. Second typical order is manchow soup ( with many times stale oil smelling fried noodles), chicken tikka, dimsum followed by chicken lajawab, veg milijuli roti etc. OMG what a mix of flavors n aroma, the taste buds go on overdrive. It's a fashion to order sizzling brownie so it comes and all dip a spoon in it.

Some youngsters go bonkers on nachos, a kabab, periperi dish, lasagne or pasta. Tell me what do you taste ? Tangy sauce, then spices, then a totaly different spice n honey followed by creamy  garlic taste. A war of flavors.

How can the basics of relishing food flavors & aroma be sacrificed like this. Majority will disagree with me because like I said everyone wants to have a bit of every cuisine available. People do enjoy.But does the taste of any cuisine linger on?

Try this next time when you plan a meal in a restaurant. Be loyal to one cuisine and feel the difference.

A Indian meal with shorba, kababs, curried dish or biryani, rotis accompanied with vinegar onion, panchranga achaar will leave you & taste buds satisfied.

Or A Chinese meal with light corn soup, starters ( saucy or golden fried or both), a stir fried & one sauced veg or chicken, simple fried rice with no strong flavor, and finish with honey noodles.

I assure you the taste & flavors of spice or herbs, sauce or gravy will linger on !!!!.