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The Little Touches
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I am Italian so good food sort of comes with my life. My parents are divorced; so whenever I see my father, we always dine out. I think the most important thing with eating good food is that it needs to be an activity, not just a necessity. When I dine with my dad, we enjoy our food. Or at least we try to. Many a times, restraints can be deceiving.
But, when you find a good restaurant, having a meal becomes a pleasure. There is this one restaurant in long island my father and I have been going there forever. And its the little things that make it special. Like the way there are slices of oranges and lemon in the pitchers of water. I remember being 7 or 8 and not drinking any water at dinner because I didn't like the taste of citrusy water. And I of course didn't have the heart to ask for a different glass. As I grew, I began to love the flavored water. Or I just got thirsty enough to drink it. It was cool and refreshing and had the slightest tang of orange. It was the details that real counted.
The reason why this restaurant, Sole Mio, sticks in my memory so much isn't because the food was so good. I mean, it was delicious and well made and everything Italian food should be. But once you were seated at your table, you had a basket of bread and a little plate of Kalamata olives placed on your table like a little gift. There are about three Kalamata olives on a plate with two maybe three small basil leaves. Then olive oil is poured onto this little presentation right in front of you. Kalamata olives. They must be one of my favorite foods. It was kind of beautiful; the dark purple and the fresh green mixed with the yellow-green of the oil. Now I am getting hungry
And the bread basket! Its not just the traditional Italian bread slices. Buttery garlic knots and long strips of bread baked with tomatoes and sweet onions on top. I always tend to go for the garlic knots first. I usually end up hollowing it out and stuffing the olives into it. Its funny; if you asked me what I ate there as a entree, I wouldn't be able to tell you. But, I can easily recall the water, the bread basket and the olives, the stuff that I really love and enjoy. Its the little things that matters and make your memory so vivid and fresh. Its the details that make the meal.
Gabriela P.
But, when you find a good restaurant, having a meal becomes a pleasure. There is this one restaurant in long island my father and I have been going there forever. And its the little things that make it special. Like the way there are slices of oranges and lemon in the pitchers of water. I remember being 7 or 8 and not drinking any water at dinner because I didn't like the taste of citrusy water. And I of course didn't have the heart to ask for a different glass. As I grew, I began to love the flavored water. Or I just got thirsty enough to drink it. It was cool and refreshing and had the slightest tang of orange. It was the details that real counted.
The reason why this restaurant, Sole Mio, sticks in my memory so much isn't because the food was so good. I mean, it was delicious and well made and everything Italian food should be. But once you were seated at your table, you had a basket of bread and a little plate of Kalamata olives placed on your table like a little gift. There are about three Kalamata olives on a plate with two maybe three small basil leaves. Then olive oil is poured onto this little presentation right in front of you. Kalamata olives. They must be one of my favorite foods. It was kind of beautiful; the dark purple and the fresh green mixed with the yellow-green of the oil. Now I am getting hungry
And the bread basket! Its not just the traditional Italian bread slices. Buttery garlic knots and long strips of bread baked with tomatoes and sweet onions on top. I always tend to go for the garlic knots first. I usually end up hollowing it out and stuffing the olives into it. Its funny; if you asked me what I ate there as a entree, I wouldn't be able to tell you. But, I can easily recall the water, the bread basket and the olives, the stuff that I really love and enjoy. Its the little things that matters and make your memory so vivid and fresh. Its the details that make the meal.
Gabriela P.
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