The First Entry

The sound of pots clinking, the smell of onion being sautéed in butter, the ambience of a warm busy kitchen, I close my eyes and soak it all in… and I know this is what I love and will always do.

When I was 13 years old, my mom introduced the kitchen to me and I fell in love. She passed down to me the recipes that her mom passed down to her. The kitchen was our sanctuary where she and I would talk about anything under the sun while simmering soups and sauces. It was inevitable that when it was time for me to go to college, she suggested that I take a course that involves cooking. Young and naïve that I was, I did not listen. I took several courses that I thought I wanted but gave up on after a couple of years. I was 25, working at a dead end job and no degree to back me up, when I finally told myself to think long and hard of what I really wanted to do in life. I was going thru old piled up books at home when I came across Like Water for Chocolate. It brought me back to when I was in college and had to do a report on the book. I remember going up to my professor and thanking him for giving me that particular book because it spoke to me like no other book had. It was the first book I read that connected cooking with emotions and I truly liked and related to it, which is why I only think it right to name my blog after the book that made me realize how much cooking meant to me. I re-read the book and after a few more months, I went back to school and took up Culinary Arts. From the moment I started school, to the moment I finished, to the grueling overtimes during my practicum, to the frustrating job hunt, I know I am in the right place and I’ve never been happier. :)

­It has been a long time coming, but all I can say is this is what I am meant to do. I may not know everything in the industry yet, but I will get there. And this blog is my attempt to share to my friends, family, and everyone else, my journey to the culinary world. Most of my blogs will of course be about food, absolutely whatever I can think of that is worth sharing. Expect reviews from restaurants, raves about cheap thrills, results of experimentations in the kitchen, and hopefully my work life as well. Remember, these are my own opinions. People are entitled to their opinion right? It doesn’t mean that if I rant about something, you would have the same experience. So, I still suggest going out there and trying things out yourself. :D

I shall leave this first entry with one of my favorite quote from the Dalai Lama, “Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon…”  


P.S. I am new to this so everything is a work in progress... :D