Sometimes self-acceptance comes very late. For the last many years I thought I had very little preferences of food. All that changed after I moved out of the comfort zone.
1.
A couple of years ago I had been to Delhi. I stayed there for over three months. People had given me a heads-up about the food which I then felt was exagerrated. Day-1 at Delhi was great. Had Parotha + Palak Paneer. A college treat in Mysore would typically be that. Day-2 was even better - Chole Batura. I thought how wrong people were. Day-3 was again some Aloo stuff. By Day-4, I was longing to eat Anna-Saru/Sambhar. I started thinking that perhaps my advisers had a point. But by Day-5, I had almost given up. I had realised that I am very fussy about food.
Two months passed on. The routine repeated itself. More paneer, more aloo, three times a day, seven days a week ! And then one day I and my roommates decided to take a rik to the nearest udupi which was half an hour away. Conversing to the waiter in Kannada was a unique feeling! Once the Anna - saaru was served, we were all speechless. After having the first sip of filter coffee, we were literally jumping, as if we were doped!
We then got many packs of "MTR ready to mix" sambhar and rasam and had our Rice-Sambhar feasts every Sunday. Heaven on earth experience it was!
2.
My curiosity of Italian foods took me to an Italian restaurant in Bangalore with my friend. The only Italian foods I even knew were pizza and pasta. When we looked up the menu, we could hardly read any of the delicacies! Finally we ordered one 7.4 and two 5.3s! It looked all colourful. But, I could hardly have more than a bite! I was trying to push myself to have more, but couldn't pursue my tastebuds to have more.We concluded the dinner with a strong dose of coffee.
Call it social conditioning, or whatever, the hard reality is I am a fussy foodie !
1.
A couple of years ago I had been to Delhi. I stayed there for over three months. People had given me a heads-up about the food which I then felt was exagerrated. Day-1 at Delhi was great. Had Parotha + Palak Paneer. A college treat in Mysore would typically be that. Day-2 was even better - Chole Batura. I thought how wrong people were. Day-3 was again some Aloo stuff. By Day-4, I was longing to eat Anna-Saru/Sambhar. I started thinking that perhaps my advisers had a point. But by Day-5, I had almost given up. I had realised that I am very fussy about food.
Two months passed on. The routine repeated itself. More paneer, more aloo, three times a day, seven days a week ! And then one day I and my roommates decided to take a rik to the nearest udupi which was half an hour away. Conversing to the waiter in Kannada was a unique feeling! Once the Anna - saaru was served, we were all speechless. After having the first sip of filter coffee, we were literally jumping, as if we were doped!
We then got many packs of "MTR ready to mix" sambhar and rasam and had our Rice-Sambhar feasts every Sunday. Heaven on earth experience it was!
2.
My curiosity of Italian foods took me to an Italian restaurant in Bangalore with my friend. The only Italian foods I even knew were pizza and pasta. When we looked up the menu, we could hardly read any of the delicacies! Finally we ordered one 7.4 and two 5.3s! It looked all colourful. But, I could hardly have more than a bite! I was trying to push myself to have more, but couldn't pursue my tastebuds to have more.We concluded the dinner with a strong dose of coffee.
Call it social conditioning, or whatever, the hard reality is I am a fussy foodie !
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