When Foods are not just about 'Foods'

What does cross your minds when you heard 'foods'? Hungry? Salivating? Yummy? or maybe disgusting? Yuck!!!! Well, that's the constant reaction. But when you dig deeper, those imagination about foods will lead to people surrounds you, how you cook together, how you eat together, how you all cannot get up because your tummy is too full. What's amazing about food is not the taste, not about the technique, not about the presentation, it's the memory.

Those photos were taken times ago, when I cooked at my house, my homestay and my cooking lesson. When looking at those photos, I remember the ups and downs of my cooking experiences. When my cakes got burnt and sunk, when I put too much soy sauce in the salmon teriyaki, when I got flour all over my clothes, when 'Mbak Yanti' was angry at me because I 'burnt' the kitchen down, but also the moment when my cakes are fluffy and yummy and I got it spot on for my steamed fish. And I do remember how my parents like the fish, how my brothers hate the cakes and how my maid looked at my stir fried cabbage and disgusted with the amount of chilies that I put in. All of those memories will never fade.

I guess foods are more than just about 'foods'. It makes you remember.....

This post is dedicated to 'Mbak Yanti', who has inspired me a lot in cooking.. I always miss her anchovies fried rice.....