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I want to tell you about my vision of why something is delicious for us, and something is not very good. This opinion is subjective, based only on my personal culinary experience, so I do not pretend to be the truth.😉

We have something delicious if:

1. The dish contains a lot of fats (both vegetable and animal) and / or sugars (refined and not, vegetable and animal).

Fats and sugars are enhancers and conductors of taste. This secret is used everywhere by all chefs, especially in gourmet restaurants.

You probably noticed that even after visiting restaurants with sets of microscopic portions, you end up feeling very full, and this is all because all dishes most likely contain a lot of ingredients with fats and sugars, which means that they are high in calories.

Just watch how Michelin chefs cook, for example, and you will see that there is solid fat and sugar everywhere.

Examples of fatty foods (oils (all sauces are almost oil-based), nuts, nut pastes, butter, cream, cheeses, cream ice cream, bacon/pork /duck, grain-fed beef or generally wagyu, coconut/coconut milk, avocado, egg yolk, etc.).

Sugar is clear what it is, but it also includes milk sugar, honey, sweet types of fruits, berries and vegetables (carrots, bananas, for example), foods with a high starch content, which, when decomposed (when cooked, for example), turns into fruit sugars. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, very sweet after cooking.

There is a lot of sugar in drinks, unfortunately, I try to drink my favorite cocktails less often, switching more and more to dry wines. No sweet types of coffee, sweet lemonades and other sodas.

2. If there is fried / baked / darkened in the dish.

Maillard’s reaction when frying gives an amazingly delicious taste, sorry for the tautology. Boiled / stewed always has a less vivid taste than the same product, but fried.

3. If the dish has “umami” ingredients.

Umami, these are the kinds of products that either enhance the taste of other ingredients, or itself is a concentrate of the taste of something. It’s like the “magic” monosodium glutamate, only natural.

4. Perfect combination.

This is when a combination of products creates synergy between ingredients. Separately bread, and separately butter is absolutely not the same as bread and butter (I immediately imagined a hot baguette and the freshest butter).

There are a lot of such combinations: honey + cheese, pesto + mozzarella + tomatoes, melon+ prosciutto, bacon + eggs, apples + cinnamon, etc.

5. Personal preference.

Everything is clear here. If you just like the product itself, most likely you will like the dish from it too.

6. The combination of textures in the dish.

An unobvious, but quite significant factor that greatly affects the perception of the dish. When it competently combines crispy, soft, stringy, etc.

7. High-quality cool products, from which everything is cooked.

Well, everything is clear here too. If you cook from shitty products, then most likely the food will be so-so, or it will have to be masked with sauces / spices, and if the original products are good on their own, then this is 90% success. The main thing is not to spoil them when cooking;)

When all the factors are combined in a dish, then most likely it will be a gastronomic orgasm for your taste buds.

Being aware of all these nuances, you can easily determine why you are tasty, and where the chefs cheated.

May it be very tasty for you!👌

PS In addition, I decided to share my personal on this topic.

I adore good restaurants with great cuisine, but to my great regret, every visit to almost any catering establishment is accompanied by heaviness in my stomach, obligatory acne on my face or body, even itching (this happens to me if I eat a lot of sugar), and sometimes swelling and cellulite.

If I mostly eat what I cook myself at home, then I have beautiful smooth delicate skin, zero cellulite and swelling, a perfectly flat stomach and wonderful well-being.

And since I really love to eat, a lot and tasty, in order to avoid such unpleasant consequences, I try to transform my favorite dishes into slightly more delicious versions of them, but with the preservation of taste qualities.

So, if you are on the same wavelength with me, look at my recipes, maybe a vamp will like something. And also share your own with me, if you wish. I am always open to new things and very grateful for any valuable information😘

I had an appeal to restaurateurs here. I don’t know how this information will get to them, but I’ll try 🙂

Water

I used to laugh at those who made up the ratings of the high cost of water in restaurants, but now I’m just shocked by some places (I didn’t put them up in the story). Water should be available to people, it is a necessity for the body. This should not be a source of income. Author’s drinks, rare teas, etc. – yes, but not a simple bottle of water. I can roughly imagine what wholesale purchase prices are now, and a light mark-up from above is ok, but without overkill, comrades. It’s funny that the staggering prices were for completely banal water, not some super expensive exclusive. My suggestion in the menu is to include water of different price categories or offer budget/free simply filtered water.

Restroom

I am still in favor of the fact that some manipulations on myself were private. For example: combing, correcting makeup, using dental floss, and so on. But today I got to a place (it’s not in the stories either) where there are no doors to the restroom, everything is perfectly visible from the restaurant hall. That is, it is most uncomfortable to be there, and watching others is not too appetizing)))

My suggestion is still to make the restroom more intimate. And ideally, at least do mini sinks in the booths themselves. Because I, as a person with experience wearing braces, can say that in the common room, especially if he brushes his teeth (and this is a necessity), it is very uncomfortable.

And also remove the stinky soap, otherwise eat later, but the smell interferes, and do not put the flavors on spraying every minute so that people do not smell with this composition all day…

In general, I have a million suggestions for improving not only toilets))) But that’s enough for now. This is the most pressing thing I’ve noticed in recent days.

PS The photo is just beautiful and aquatic, like the theme of the post. This is the source of the “Blue Eyes” in Alabnia.

1. Learn to cook very, very tasty!

At some point, the circumstances developed so that it began to happen as if by itself, from the heart, as they say) in Parallel with the study of the technology of cooking certain products, I studied their properties and effects on the body. Also not on purpose, but very naturally. I was interested in everything about food))

2. Item 1 + is more useful.

At this stage, I tried to make the calorie content of the dishes smaller, and the composition a little more healthy, but not lose the taste. Then I realized very well that fat and sugar are the coolest flavor enhancers. That is, dishes with sugar and / or fatty foods (cheeses, nuts, cream, avocado, butter, etc.) are almost always a success. But try to cook delicious, but with a small number of them, this was a real challenge.

3. Point 2 + compliance with the norms of BZHU (protein, fat, carbohydrates) and consumption of sufficient fiber.

At this stage, I understood the composition of products in terms of macronutrients( BZHU) and began to plan the diet in a balanced way, without skewing carbohydrates or fats, for example. And of course I started using more vegetables and fruits than before. And again, without losing the taste of the dish. The simpler / more useful the product, the more difficult and interesting it is to come up with a delicious dish from it.)

4. Point 3 + compliance with the norms of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).

This is my current stage))) I used to brush off texts like ” what a beautiful fruit, it is rich in vitamins such and such…”, I have never delved into such things, but now very much. Example: let’s say I need more vitamin K, and it is in leafy greens, so I try to use it more often. But so that it is not just present in the dish, but coolly complements it.

What happens next? Most interesting))

I wish everyone to eat delicious food and be healthy!

When I cook a meal, I add a pinch of love to each dish. Mentally, of course)) With this ingredient, everything turns out MUCH tastier! And during the meal or after, I express my intention that the meal will be for the good. You can even wish yourself something more specific, such as more energy or health.

It works absolutely, the main thing is to believe in it. Try it;)

And one more moment. Even, oh my God, fast food and alcohol (with adequate moderation) will not be postponed anywhere and, God forgive me, they will not lower any vibrations to you, or even increase if you set yourself up like that. Everything is in your head, in your thoughts, in your hands.

Friends, I have blood from my eyes and ears when I see and hear “Russian Parmesan”, “Russian Camembert”, “Russian champagne”, craft lambic, etc. Now I will tell you why I am very upset about this.

Parmesan has the right to be called only Italian cheese, marked with the DOP quality mark (Denominazione di Origine Protetta — a name protected by Origin). It’s like Cognac, Champagne, lambic, etc.

Similarly with French cheeses. They have an AOC certification-origin authenticity control.

I will not give many examples, but inadequate assignment of original product names occurs often, unfortunately.

I see two problems here – this is misleading people, many of whom do not even know that real Parmesan or champagne tastes different at all, and wild disrespect for the manufacturers of original products. They are made in a certain quality, which is often not available for copying in other territories due to differences in raw materials, water, climate and technology. And if someone still makes a copy, then its lack of quality denigrates the honor of the original product.

Fortunately, in Russia there are companies that make delicious foods and drinks with foreign names, but this is still a different product, and you need to call it a different word. I am for honesty and transparency.

My post may not change the wild naming, but I hope it will encourage you to be more thoughtful about buying products and better understand what you choose for yourself and your family.

I quite often ask questions on this subject that insanely nice. But I, somehow, have never experienced the enthusiasm for this idea, and so decided to find out why.

It turned out that what:

1. I don’t want to waste it.

I’m at home planning menus and grocery shopping , so nothing to throw out. Even all sorts of seemingly “waste” trying to use very reasonable. The restaurant utilization is inevitable, unfortunately. Even if you work in the concept of “zero waste”, it is still part of the food will not like a client, part of food will screw up cooks, some products can deteriorate for one reason or another, and it even need not to give, and a lot of moments where stuff will have to be destroyed((

2. I don’t want to open a restaurant in the city/country where there is no proper system of waste management at the state level.

Of course, waste from the restaurant – a lot. Unfortunately, if in Moscow to open a restaurant, the appropriate disposal will be made possible only if I organise this process, and this extra costs and quite serious. Starting with staff training this whole concept and organization of waste collection on the spot, ending its subsequent distribution to points of processing. In short, I’m ready to work only where the trash is possible to recycle and not to litter the planet.

3. I don’t want to be a chef.

I’m not a fanatic of cooking, I’m an artist) I worked long and hard to learn how to cook a particular product, try 100500 different ways to pick a set of spices for a recipe or perfect a cooking technique until you achieve what I like. But daily herachit in the kitchen in the restaurant so fast – OMG, no way))) And looking for a man that can and wants to cook as I say is the whole story. But to give guests dishes that are made is not my style, don’t see the point.

4. The price was too high.

Given that I plan to choose for your restaurant only the best quality products, not quite budget household chemicals that does not harm the environment (or almost never hurts), to properly dispose of garbage and to implement other my perfectionist troubles, the price of food will be prohibitive.

So obviously my restaurant is not about business, at least if we talk about present time and Moscow. But if all of a sudden works out and I will be available to excellent products, I will meet people who are with me on the same wavelength and share my aspirations, why YES!)

And while I am sharing my experience here so all interested could make at home “own a restaurant” like I do;)

Made me another loaf. Now for me it’s business as usual, and early to bake homemade soda bread was event for me and a huge achievement.

It really is now a great achievement and not something taken for granted, just getting the skills and life experience of perception and the value of the same events change.

I’m sure it happens at all. So often remember the joy of first successes, recognize your personal progress and always evolving;)

Finally I tried them all together and I can responsibly say that orange is the sweetest, and green is the most bitter. This of course depends on the variety and heaps of other factors, but globally so;)