Saturday, March 12, 2011

My Little Gastronomic Issue

"My dislike 4 people posting food in FaceBook to show off their culinary affluence is capable of enlarging into a misanthropy toward the whole mankind."


Why? This I ask every time somebody/ friends post food in 


Facebook they either are about to eat or just ate.


 I mean, don't you have that 


little sensitivity bone in your body that tells you that not all 


people can afford the kind of food you've just put on display for 


the whole world to see? Studies have shown that a hunger hormone 


can trigger and influence depression and anxiety. Poor people 


have access to facebook too you know? Some poor homeless guy can 


easily get depressed at the gorgeous sight of this plated steak 


that you so smuggishly  showcased in your wall post.  You people 


even have the audacity to add additional comments like- " Best 


steak I've eaten in years." Or, an equally conceited yet simple 


tag like- "Spiral Restaurant during lunch break." Then you wait for 


other people to comment cause you know that it's a 2000 peso 


plate and somebody has to know that you spending  2000 for lunch 


is like- normal for you.  What? Do you think you're the only 


person who goes out and dines fancy and then takes a well lighted 


photo of their food? Hello? I eat out also! I dine too! I just do 


it less often. Like once a year. But the experience still falls 


within the vicinity of fine dining! Max's Restaurant baby! Eat 


your heart out!


The truth is Im jealous. Jealous of not having a culinary moment 


i can proudly call my own. 


I eat out and its either a crappy resto or your run-of-the-mill 


fast food joint where everything is less than a Sergio Osmena. 


I have food in front of me and Im thinking- "Okay, this food does 


not merit a Kodak moment". Who in their right mind takes a 


picture of their thirty five peso  Jollyjeep lunch food inside a 


plastic ice bag?


Bottomline is, I should spend more for food. 


That is if I had more. 


But I dont. 


Hence,my gastronomic inferiority towards food and the people who 


showcase them. 


This.. is my little gastronomic issue.


And I don't have to hear it from you because I already know!


I'm a sick  and insecure bastard who's been eating too much 


Minute burgers and MiniStop siopaos.


This time I'll let you win. I won't even dispute this. Not until 


next year when it's time for--


Max's Restaurant baby! 


Eat your heart out.

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