While simple combination such as salmon and cheese, or perhaps fish and wasabi would create a wonderful mix, some surprising combination had been found by great chefs.
Human tongue can differentiate 4 tastes, right? Sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Well, not really. The fifth taste, called umami, detects savory taste. Using the knowledge of these combination, human can practically invent infinite amount of taste combination.
The first combination that actually surprise me is honeydew melon and mayonnaise. Surprised? Good if you don't. Cheese and spring onion, while familiar for some people, still come as a surprise for me. How about barbecue sauce mixed with mayonnaise? creamy and tangy at the same time.
Like my usual principal. My intention is never to tell you to do this and that. Yes, you can do that. But I'd like to encourage every kitchen artist to go and discover these great tastes by themself. how about grape jelly, cheese and spring onion sandwich. Sounds funny, eh? but you'll never know until you try it. Remember, everyone has a different taste and what you like, might not be liked by others and vice versa. So don't be discouraged if people don't like your new taste. However, be true to yourself: Don't just because it's your own cooking, you have a lighter judgment on it. A better artist demand more from himself.
Find that new taste. Someone find that beef and cheese are good pair and create cheese steak and cheeseburgers. Someone find how great rosemary and thyme for roast chicken. Someone invent Tom Yam Kung and Yakiniku. Why not you?
Go, explore, taste, create and share to all of us.
- Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what's for lunch.
- [Orson Welles]
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