If emotions had a taste, I went through the entire spectrum last week. Sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami (I think umami fits better than the traditional pungent, bear with me). The week started off as vanilla as possible - coffee, sandwich, muffin. Yay! Meetings, readings, assessments. And then, boom.
Unexpected news. Bitter. Sour. Salty.
The thing about unpleasant situations is that, if you are lucky, you find something sweet. I am lucky. My savior(s) came in, swooped me away and gave me not a free minute to mope around. In the truest sense of the word, शान्ति .
That, and food, and shopping and some MI4 action, all combine together, and leave me with umami. Somewhat impossible to describe, but overall pleasant.
PS: If you are wondering whats with the Splenda, its a story about how the girl woke up to the smell of coffee and pancakes. Oh-so-good-looking pancakes. Mmm. One bite of those fluffy pancakes, and the world went boom again. But bestie's sweetness showed through even those bitter pancakes, and the cake later in the night more than made up for the Splend-id disaster. Overall, umami.
:)
Unexpected news. Bitter. Sour. Salty.
The thing about unpleasant situations is that, if you are lucky, you find something sweet. I am lucky. My savior(s) came in, swooped me away and gave me not a free minute to mope around. In the truest sense of the word, शान्ति .
That, and food, and shopping and some MI4 action, all combine together, and leave me with umami. Somewhat impossible to describe, but overall pleasant.
PS: If you are wondering whats with the Splenda, its a story about how the girl woke up to the smell of coffee and pancakes. Oh-so-good-looking pancakes. Mmm. One bite of those fluffy pancakes, and the world went boom again. But bestie's sweetness showed through even those bitter pancakes, and the cake later in the night more than made up for the Splend-id disaster. Overall, umami.
:)
So cute..Gourmet thoughts on the week like went by.
ReplyDeleteEmotions expressed were more food related..hence Gourmet
Haha... I love you!! You are very kind...
ReplyDeleteViyoma, thanks for stopping by. Food is so essentially integrated in the greater scheme of things, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteKB, now now, don't ever tell me that I don't appreciate you enough! <3 <3 <3
This is about YOU! And I'd bet on it :P
ReplyDeleteSplendid or shall I say Spendah ;)
Umami is what I want to feel like right now, unfortunately the crispy honey chicken I gorged on is nothing but pleasant ;)
This post's energy gives off nothing but a smile to its reader, is it really so little that we need in order to be happy?
I'm craving pancakes.
ReplyDeleteand Cake! Oh Christmas, why do you come only once a year?!
btw, do check out my so-called-new blog: http://thefoodieeats.blogspot.com/
btw, I luv your new blog template. (that, or i didn't notice earlier)
ReplyDelete@Gkam, you are enjoying the culinary adventures in Mumbai, so you have very little reason to be jealous! Checked out the blog - blog more please! The colorful cutlery is so cute!
ReplyDeleteChristmas comes just once a year (along with Diwali & co.) so we can pretend to be on a diet and slim down on the days in between ;)
@Richi, yes, happiness is cheap and simple. Except for rubies (or diamonds). That is expensive but oh-so-good happiness!