I think I suffer from a severe case of gastronomic xenophilia - a phrase and affliction of my own imagination. And like all imaginary afflictions, I seem to have all the right symptoms. Consider this:
- An indecent obsession with food
- The more foreign and untried, the better
- A strong urge to research the cuisine of a place I plan to visit even before reading about what the place has to offer
I tell everyone that I have wanderlust; the need to see new places, experience new cultures and meet new people. But who am I kidding? Instead, what I have is gastrolust - the need to taste new cuisines.
And on every trip of mine, I seem to fixate on one specialty of the region. On my recent trip to Brazil, it was Moqueca or more accurately, Moqueca Bahiana. Take a look at the picture.
Looks a lot like Kaeng Phet Daeng Kai - the Thai red curry; has similar ingredients too. But they are worlds apart (pun intended). Moqueca is mostly eaten with Farofa - a toasted flour mixture that is surprisingly filling.
It was Moqueca in Rio and Moqueca in Salvador. This single-item obsession of mine is the same as when I was obsessing about Assam Laksa in Malaysia and Pla Neung Manao in Thailand.
I seem to find no cure for it!
So glad this is genetic too! Or maybe not....
ReplyDeleteGood one, Bhasker. I think my knowledge(and tastes) are limited to few Asian cuisines. I keep drooling over all the street foods of India from different regions and keep watching those videos whenever I switch from books to entertainment.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dorai. I do that too - watch for related shows.
DeleteGood writing Bhasker! Well, there is a complaint from close to home that I prefer only Indian Cuisine, and it is justified too. Somehow or the other, no other cuisine seems to come even close. I am not averse to trying other cuisines, but always come back to India, particularly South India.
DeleteIf you want solid entertainment (apart from mouth watering stuff) in Tamil, watch Venkatesh Bhat's youtube videos (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=venkatesh+bhat)
Nice writing Bhasker. I have just one obsession, which is Indian food, especially South Indian. When we go to any restaurant, every one wants to try something new, but after going through the menu forwards and backwards many times, I always end up with some variety of dosa and sambar vada. I am made fun if by the rest, but I refuse to move out of the tried and tested. Only during the Australua trips, I ate Thai and Mexican and they were not bad.
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