It is so much more than that.
How shall I describe it? It is like a partner in a dance or even having a relationship.
For me, once I fall in love with a particular restaurant and it's food, I'm faithful and constant.
I will go back for more, keep in touch and order mostly the same things.
I'm a creature of habit after all
My last lover was a chap named nandos. When I first ate it, I didn't have a good impression so I left. But then i fell in love eventually when I was hooked on it's BBQ chicken and golden fries. Was faithful for two years, visiting it every single week. TRUE STORY.
But then... People change and so did nandos. -cry-
And yet I still never gave up on it! Going occasionally, hoping to keep the relationship alive and fanning the dying flame in my heart.
But it was never the same. It wasn't never because I grew tired of it, but as people change, so did the marinade of the chicken, the portion and quality of the fries and the texture of the chicken. Like someone you know very well, I can taste the slightest difference. I can note the slightest HINT that something has changed. I KNOW what thigh BBQ pieces are suppose to taste like. Slightly charred and crispy, yet tender on the inside, fragrant with the BBQ marinade. The fries, golden and fresh.
NOT a piece of dried chicken with a dab of BBQ sauce. Soggy and tough fries. -gasp-
-GASP-
-heart attack-
AND
Smaller portioned fries...
-GASP-
Ps. Staff also said they always served that portion. -SIF
Note: first sign of dishonesty is defensiveness
Nandos had settled for another lover: complacency.
And so with no more room left for me, I eventually left. Ofcourse left with only memories of the GOOD OL DAYS
And now...
Kanta(:
I hope Kanta will not fall prey to ms complacency like how *cough-nandos AND KAI * has.
Kai- another Japanese restaurant. Thats another story for another day. Similar to nandos though.
But for now my heart belongs to Kanta..
the mouthful of beautiful scallop base, mayo-wasabi-roe
surrounded by seared salmon sashimi
ENTREE
and sashimi<3 though i find the one at zushi-bento and mikaida surprisingly fresh and BOMB
ps. Kanta's chef is a dude from tokyo
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