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One thing I'm truely thankful for is having the appreciation for good food. That is to say, when dining out, the experience should not be rushed nor hackneyed. Instead, going out for dinner should be an event. In these times of fast and faster food, we sometimes forget to sit back, sip the wine (or beer), and enjoy the complicated ritual of picking choice selections from the menu, and just savor the ambience and aroma of the restaurant and its different flavours.

My parents have given me the oppotunity to really enjoy some good food when I was young. Unfortunately, I did not know or fathom just what I was eating at that young age. I mean seriously, gourmet food was when mac&cheese came with hot dogs. A toy came in every Schlappy Meal....

The family had decided to drive across Nova Scotia, taking in the scenic surroundings and its local people. I don't remember too much of the trip, except it rained a lot, and we rented out a cabin for 1 or 2 nights. But I remember a particular meal at a restaurant though.

I wasn't too hungry that afternoon, so I decided to order the lobster salad. Visions of a nice salad with some lobster meat danced around my head and enticed my palate. When the meal arrived, it was a WHOLE lobster, still in its shell, with bits of romaine lettice and cherry tomato haphazardly arranged around this what I felt to be an enormous monster of a meal. I loved it!

It's days like this when I wish I could dine like a king everyday.

....why, I couldn't afford a meal like that now.
posted by losir at 11:04 AM