Hello, My friend.
Welcome to Peko Peko. You are invited to join me and head out for a wonderful food journey.
Over the years, I lived on 3 continents, visited 13 countries, and made friends across the world. If there is one thing I learnt, that must be the complex and intertwined food cultures and the fascinating culinary world. I believe behind every dish, there is a story: a story of self-realization, a story of family, a story of independence and more.
There is a profound link between food and the self. Our preference towards food is never static: it constantly changes depending on our mood, the environment, and the people we shared the food with. Our choice reflects how we felt at the moment and our taste palate is biased towards the aggregate emotion. For me, when I am homesick, nothing can serve me better than a bowl of chicken soup. A well cooked Chinese chicken soup. Any unnecessary creativity will just irritate me more.
How do I define the best food? I believe in the holy trinity: the chef, the atmosphere and the companions. Without the right combination of these three, even a Michelin three star restaurant turns into a fallen star; the luxurious ingredients like truffle and sea urchin become bland and flavorless. Nevertheless, when everything is right, the meal will become the most wonderful thing happened in life.
But, if you think about it, this makes sense because the essence of food is precisely the experience itself. It is only when we are in it, we can feel it. When the moment is over, everything becomes part of the past. Even if we sit at the exact same table, order the exact same dish, the feeling is guaranteed to be different. As time goes by, that meal will become a part of the memory, an experience that can never be replicated. Therefore, writing about food is about conveying the experience, trying to let you “Re” experience what I have experienced, to “Re” see what I have seen, and to “Re” feel what I have felt.
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