July 25th, 2009

Coles Philips

Writer's Block: Pick and Stick

Pick and Stick
If you could only eat one kind of cuisine—Mexican, Thai, French, Italian, Indian, Chinese, etc.—for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?
Reply 256
I love each of those cuisines (although I haven't had much French - I did have some memorable French-Vietnamese fusion dishes, but that probably doesn't count.) However, if I was forced to eat only one, I'd go with Indian. I have never met an Indian dish I didn't at least like, and most of the dishes I've had I've loved. I adore most of the condiments and nearly all the spices.

Also? Giving myself "Indian" cuisine is a bit of a cheat, because I'm granting myself the infinite variety of the sub-continent; I'd never get gastronomically bored. I mean, saying "Indian cuisine" is a bit - more than a bit, actually - like saying "African cuisine," or "European cuisine" or even "American Cuisine." All of those are large, and contain multitudes.