9 Mar 2017

Beware of Food-porn: Looks can be deceiving


Above is a picturesque reflection of a smorgasbord of sweet flavours and sensations, a delightfully refreshing blend of deliciously fresh mango and creamy rich vanilla topped with a sloppy drizzle of tangy mango sawce, YUM right?

WRONG.

Actually…. This mango shaved ice from Mango Yummy was seriously un-yummy. The outer layer consists of a generous portion of unripe mango, the rubbery near-frozen texture and tartness of which could not be saved by the sweet sawce that it was drenched in. The inner layer consists of pellets of hail-sized shaved ice that could not be ingested without thorough chewing with your teeth (not recommended by dentists). The (3rd-party manufactured) vanilla ice-cream was fine but that’s not the point.

The point is, there's no short supply of sexy food-porny photos out there, but do they really reflect quality of taste/sensation or are they just well-packaged duds? I'm looking for the inner substantive beauty. #innerbeautycounts.


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