I think it is only fair for me to explain how this website came to be. It will give you some insight into me (or at least into my stomach), and also will help explain how I envision this site.
You should know that I travel a lot, and have a lot of international friends and students. Today, one of my Korean students took me to lunch as a good bye because she is leaving soon to go home. She is one of the sweetest people I know - but also someone I don't know well because her English, while not strong, is infinitely better than my Korean.
I do remember her telling me once that she loves pasta though.
We met for lunch, and I asked her where she'd like to go. She deferred to me, and I suggested pasta. She said she'd had that yesterday, so we started trying to come up with another idea.
She had none (in retrospect I think she was being polite by defering to me), and I asked if she'd like meat, or fish, or spicy food or not-spicy food -- I was throwing out ideas. She looked excited, and said "Spicy food!"
I took her to a wrap place where you choose your meat which is grilled on a flatbread, but then there is a huge vegetable bar with all kinds of vegetables/herbs/salsas. I thought it was perfect because even if she didn't know the English name for one of the toppings, she could see them all, and help herself -- surely she'd recognize things!
I was careful to point out all the spicy food for her (jalapenos, chili sauce, etc.) and she eagerly piled them all onto her flatbread.
We sat down to eat. Mine was delicious. She took a bite of hers and then looked at me and said "This is very interesting restaurant. I will never forget."
Pause.
"My mouth is on fire."
I asked her "Do you like spicy food?" "No," she replied.
She then repeated "This is very interesting restaurant. I will never forget. My mouth is on fire."
Oh dear. I invited her to an ice cream following lunch with the promise that the ice cream would soothe her mouth (and it did). While checking out the ice cream flavors, I saw "Turkish Coffee Ice Cream" -- seriously? Wow. I had to try it. I asked for a sample. Delicious. I ordered a scoop.
She was incredulous that I would want this kind of ice cream. I told her it was very good. She looked at me, quite seriously, and said: "You eat adventure!"
And so this site was born...
I will try to chronicle the ways that I Eat Adventure. Feel free to join me on this adventure - and share some of your own!
You should know that I travel a lot, and have a lot of international friends and students. Today, one of my Korean students took me to lunch as a good bye because she is leaving soon to go home. She is one of the sweetest people I know - but also someone I don't know well because her English, while not strong, is infinitely better than my Korean.
I do remember her telling me once that she loves pasta though.
We met for lunch, and I asked her where she'd like to go. She deferred to me, and I suggested pasta. She said she'd had that yesterday, so we started trying to come up with another idea.
She had none (in retrospect I think she was being polite by defering to me), and I asked if she'd like meat, or fish, or spicy food or not-spicy food -- I was throwing out ideas. She looked excited, and said "Spicy food!"
I took her to a wrap place where you choose your meat which is grilled on a flatbread, but then there is a huge vegetable bar with all kinds of vegetables/herbs/salsas. I thought it was perfect because even if she didn't know the English name for one of the toppings, she could see them all, and help herself -- surely she'd recognize things!
I was careful to point out all the spicy food for her (jalapenos, chili sauce, etc.) and she eagerly piled them all onto her flatbread.
We sat down to eat. Mine was delicious. She took a bite of hers and then looked at me and said "This is very interesting restaurant. I will never forget."
Pause.
"My mouth is on fire."
I asked her "Do you like spicy food?" "No," she replied.
She then repeated "This is very interesting restaurant. I will never forget. My mouth is on fire."
Oh dear. I invited her to an ice cream following lunch with the promise that the ice cream would soothe her mouth (and it did). While checking out the ice cream flavors, I saw "Turkish Coffee Ice Cream" -- seriously? Wow. I had to try it. I asked for a sample. Delicious. I ordered a scoop.
She was incredulous that I would want this kind of ice cream. I told her it was very good. She looked at me, quite seriously, and said: "You eat adventure!"
And so this site was born...
I will try to chronicle the ways that I Eat Adventure. Feel free to join me on this adventure - and share some of your own!
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