Eating Pleasure
The diverse range of food in this country has people like me indulging in simple, traditional Asian dishes to a more aesthetically inclined extent of cuisines, which some may call it snobbish food. One does not truly enjoy food when it is limited to just one type. “I eat only hawker food”, “I only go to a restaurant”, or “Fast-food is like my lifestyle”, then it becomes a lopsided eating habit.
Sachet tea, instant coffee, or a cup of delicately brewed coffee from Goodwood Park Hotel? What is more important is the chance (and choice) to experience the different kinds of food out there, than just stick to one.
An editor from Frankie magazine wrote a column called “fuck you, food snobs!”, which was interesting because the way people discuss about food has become irritating, to a point that the author created a world of “Who Gives A Fuck” for himself. He blamed Jamie Oliver for his righteous crusade against chicken nuggets, and called him a fat-headed, slobbery-lipped cockney gargoyle. I guess what he is trying to say, is that there is nothing wrong with eating frozen pizza or oven chips. He does not really gives a fuck to what people eat, really.
To me, there is always a diversified spectrum of food. And it is the importance of appreciation that will differentiate one from the snobs and the junks.
