A painter expresses themselves on canvas, a poet through
their prose. Shakespeare could work wonders with mere words, and Michelangelo
worked upside down to paint the Sistine Chapel. A Chef in this day and age must
be able to rise to the heights of artistry and express their selves. The food
itself is the paint with the plate being the canvas. The menu is the book with
the description of the dish being the prose. The next time you sit down in a
good restaurant and look at a menu, take some time to notice, what story about
the food is it telling you? When your plate arrives at the table, can you see
the Chefs heart and soul in the dish? Does the flavor profile send a shiver of
excitement through you? If for any reason the answer is no to any of these
questions, then there is no food expressions here and you are eating for sustenance
only.
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