My Favorite Restaurant

I have a favorite restaurant. Have you noticed that when people have a favorite place, they want to broadcast it to the world? I certainly do. Has anyone tasted Tom Yum Thai Cuisine from Portland, Oregon? It’s so delicious. The flavors are amazing, the food is fresh, the service is nice, and the atmosphere is pleasant. I just can’t get enough of that place!

Unfortunately, it’s over 700 miles away from me. I have been trying to find a new favorite Thai restaurant closer to where I live, but so far in that mission I’ve not succeeded. Oh, I’ve tasted some decent Thai food, but when you have a favorite place it’s hard to satisfy your expectations. This place is too salty, that place is too expensive, the other place uses canned bamboo!

Have you noticed that when people have a restaurant that is not their favorite, they also want to broadcast it to the world? I have been reading reviews online of various restaurants, and it amuses me how conflicting the assessments can be of the same restaurant. How can one person say the food is so good that it changed his life, and another person say that the food is the worst he has ever tasted? I know we all have different opinions, but you’d think that there would a smaller degree of variance when it comes to something as specific as the flavor of the food.

I guess we all look for different things when it comes to food and flavor. My food must be fresh-tasting and a bit creative to score high points. Others probably prefer the taste of the familiar. One of the reasons I need to be concentrating on my health is because I love food. It seems the healthier I think, the more picky I get. But when I find that dish that has me raving, “Five stars!”—I’m so glad I’m that picky.