two of my colleagues are infectiously enthusiastic about this restaurant week in amsterdam: dozens of top dining venues are offering set three-course meals for bargain €25-per-person prices.
"set?" i am dubious, and slightly fearful. "does 'set' mean i have no say in the matter?"
"oh," they assure me, "you can have preferences. you can stipulate, for example, no pork, or no......"
"no fish, no eggplant, no mushrooms?"
"well....."
"no offal?"
"well....."
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i have never been a great proponent of eating what's put before one: we are individuals, and we have individual tastes.
and i would rather peruse a menu, and make a slow and studied personal selection
than struggle through someone else's idea of deliciousness.
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so there.
A world without offal is a world without joy :(
ReplyDeleteoffal is awful (remember the organ meats in your school cafeteria in Metz?) but where would Moussaka or Ratatouille be without eggplant?
ReplyDeletelove - ma
I have little experience with eating in A'dam. So I won't judge :-)
ReplyDeleteYou are too picky! These days I eat everything.. except mushrooms and brussels sprouts. I've eaten olives, all these seafood things etcetera etcetera. You should take from my good example :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so Canadian.
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