Oh the Flavors you'll travel!

Luckily, we frequent restaurants a lot, and my mom had the urge to deviate from going to Swiss Chalet (or a similar variant) all the time, seeing as even if it is a good restaurant, one might want to experiment other tastes. So we decided to go with international tastes for a couple of months:


Greek - Okay, why have I never tasted such freshly awesome food like this for a while? Souvlaki was very tasty, being lamb, which I have never eaten before. I see why people in the old days liked it as well. As well the salads were fresh and crisp using cheeses and vegetable that I'm not used to seeing as how if I eat a salad, it's usual a Caesar salad. One day, I'll venture to try Gyros ("hiros!" not "jairos!").

Thai - I like Pad Thai as long as it doesn't have peanuts, which a bit too much of a fusion for me. Actually there were a lot of Thai foods that I enjoyed but I can't remember any of their names, since we just ordered random things of the menu and only experienced it a couple of times.

Indian - I don't usually like spicy things, but I now <3 Indian food, or at least what I've tasted. Biryani rice was good but Basmati is the jackpot for me, especially compared to the white rice we always always eat. The herbs help as well as the long grains. Just about everything short of curry wowed me. There was some kind of flat bread ("Pan?" forgot) that had a fun texture, standard vegetables with spices, and a spinach dish mixed with something else, as well as a bit more. There was a really sweet dessert with soft balls dipped into a thick syrup or something as well.

Japanese - Well this is obvious. Sushi has already become an integrated part of my cuisine. I eat it weekly, I'd say. Of course Japanese food isn't just sushi. In particular, I wish to try natto, takoyaki, and taiyaki one day.

Chinese - While so commonplace, the two dishes I will remember for the rest of my life are Orange Beef (My all-time favourite), and Sio Mao. I will scour the menu of every Chinese restaurant I attend from here on out until I spot those two items and order them right away.

Vietnamese - The environment was dirty, and the service was bad, but I am officially a Pho admirer now. Stuff like tripe can still stay away from me though.

As well, my friend's parents gave me a whole bunch of Longan as a "thank-you" gift for feeding my friend dinner so much (lol he came over so much). It lasted me an entire week, and I still wanted more. That's an awesome fruit right there, one which I have yet to taste again to this day. I think Longan even trumps Lychee for my favourite.


Of course, I've grown up eating Filipino food so none of it tastes exotic to me.

Jam it back in, in the dark.