A pretentious snob

If you give me a bottle of wine, no matter how low budget it is, I always follow the protocol, having a whiff of the cork, pouring a little in my glass, swirling it, checking the colour, smelling it, tasting it and try to describe it as precisely as possible like the pretentious snob I am. And instead of the “nicely structured, full bodied, textures of spices with a hint of cherries” real oenophiles would say, I usually just go like: I love it/I hate it. Not always do I get why certain things have to be done prior to drinking the wine. Cause frankly, I don’t think I’d taste the difference between a wine that’s been stored horizontally and one that has been stored at an angle.

Even though I don’t always comprehend etiquette, I still enjoy abiding by those unwritten rules, merely because they’re rules. And you know me, OCD.. can’t help but do things EXACTLY as they ought to be done. Same goes for coffee. You won’t see me enjoying a Caffè Americano because it’s not what the Italian drink. You won’t see me enjoying an espresso either if it wasn’t brewed under pressure of ~8 bar, with water temperature of ~95 centigrades, and a ~7g grind that’ll result in a ~30 mL brew being set in ~25 seconds, preferably with beans that do not solely consist of Arabica beans but Robusta beans as well. Like I said.. a pretentious snob.. Will I taste the difference if you brewed it with 9g and 6 bar? Probably not.

I won’t enjoy food made by non-native people either. Sushi made by Frenchmen, Wonton soup made by Mexicans, falafel made by Vietnamese people.. It just sounds off, doesn’t matter how good they might be. I’m afraid some will never understand the full concept of their cuisine. Take sushi for instance. If it’s made by Chinese, you’ll get pre-prepared sushi because with Chinese people, it’s all about fast fast fast. With the French, you’ll get a tiny selection of sushi rolls, laid beautifully on an oversized plate, which’ll neither satisfy your stomach nor your wallet. Some things shouldn’t be messed with. I’m all for change and everything, just don’t rape the original concepts. If you wanna create a whole new kind of sushi, don’t call it sushi, cause it’s not sushi if the Japanese didn’t invent them first.

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~ by jwkuo87 on December 14, 2009.