Tonight, I had the privilege of taking part of a cooking class with a chef I adore.
When asked what she deems as "good" food, she effortlessly replied that whenever someone makes you food, it's "good" food because they took the time and creative effort to create a meal for you.
That makes two of us.
The first meal that my boyfriend cooked for me was sausage and onions. At the time, we still hadn't defined our relationship and we were in this butterflies-in-your-stomach, giddy start to the relationship. Living in the ultimate bachelor's apartment (mismatched furniture and a fridge packed with meat and all), he had nothing in his fridge to feed the both of us except sausage. So he chopped up his sausage and onions and in less than an hour, there was a stir-fried bowl of sausage and onions on a bed of rice in front of me.
Although I'm not the biggest sausage fan, that had to have been the tastiest sausage I've ever had. Over the years, we've had so many food adventures, both cooking ourselves and trying new restaurants...
Michael's dduk-bokki.. which is hit-or-miss (in his opinion) but always delicious to me.
At Taco Rosa, a shameless Mexican chain restaurant in Tustin ('twas actually good that day).
At George's in La Jolla. The most delicious and yet most uncomfortable meal ever!
Our marmalade pork ribs and potatoes au gratin. Satisfactory, at best ;)
Dinner at Cous Cous in San Diego for our anniversary. The BEST middle eastern food I've ever had!
Our tried-and-true Beef Panamanian empanadas! Delish!
As someone who loves to cook and enjoy good food (although not yet a good cook), I will say this: Food is never better than with someone you adore.
Here's to a bazillion more of our Food & Wine adventures!
