Memorable meal
There are various reasons why a meal becomes memorable.
Cipriani, I remember because that reminds me of a day in a year. Every year as a tradition, we go to Cipriani for dinner to celebrate a fateful day where our elders thought they should align my destiny with my wife’s path. Our marriage anniversary.
Only three things to say about that meal. Lamb chops, lamb chops and lamb chops.
If there is ever a dish that can covert a vegetarian into a carnivorous then this is it.
Succulence cannot even describe the aroma around the dish. One bite of that chop and it’s like your mouth, just drools because it had never comprehended that many flavors ever before. Dont get me wrong, you might be able to understand all of them but the reaction is because the mind is not able to process at that speed. Soul drenching experience, and I am still talking about one bite. By the time you finish one lamb chop ,you start to love the world .No matter where you are mentally ,you will love the world by the end of that lamb chop.
Tamarind is another one I remember. The food is excellent but I remember it for the way the owner of the establishment asked me to try the soup, I will never forget what he said “it’s not a soup it’s an experience”. Just that line. It was so effective in the context of that conversation, that it made the whole dinning about the experience of that soup. I also will remember that experience because of the effort it takes to get to this place .Even before you start the meal you have spent 50 dollars
Every one of us has a different reason to be in memorable meal. What makes a memorable meal? Most of the time the reason you remember, or how you remember is not by the taste of the food, but by what it made you feel. The taste of the food is very personal thing, and what I like in a food is not what u will appreciate about it. The individuality with which a meal is remembered is unique to the tongue its serving. But sadly, you also forget that very easily too. Even in the case of Cipriani I remember what it made me feel and that is what I want to remember.
In essence we remember everything else but the taste.
