FIJI Green Gal: Joining the blog today is one of my colleagues, whom we’ve dubbed “FIJI Hungry Gal” because the girl sure does love to eat! I can always count on her for a great restaurant recommendation and ideas for a dinner partymenu. I’ve also had the good fortune to eat her cooking, and the girl’s got skills. She’ll be sharing some of her great food insights with us on this blog. It’ll be delicious!
I’m a self-professed foodie and I love talking about food. When I go on vacations, I plan it around my meals, not the places I visit. The most exciting times of the day for me aren’t morning, afternoon, or evening, but they’re when I’m eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
So as you can imagine, as I’m writing this blog entry, all I’m thinking about is where I’m having dinner tonight. Let me tell you about this place. Recommended to me by a couple of fellow foodies, the first thing they raved to me about was the Loukouma, which are baby Greek donuts drizzled with Greek honey, cinnamon, toasted walnuts and vanilla ice cream. Sounds delicious, right? Well, it wasn’t a huge hit for me. Regardless, Petros in Manhattan Beach is a great restaurant. When my husband and I ate there the first time, he had the feta-crusted Colorado rack of lamb, and I had the lamb pasta. As we took our first bite, I heard myself saying, “Mmmmm,” as you can often hear coming out of my mouth whenever I’ve tasted something really good. The lamb dishes were you so succulent, and I was able to taste all the different flavors on my tongue.
While I was really happy with my dinner, I wasn’t so thrilled about their bottled water choice — instead of offering the best-tasting FIJI Water, they decided to serve a different artesian water. Do they not realize that the type of drink you consume has a significant impact on the overall satisfaction of your meal? Whenever the waiter/waitress asks me if I want bottled or tap, I always ask if they serve FIJI Water. Why? Because unlike other bottled waters, the purity and softness of FIJI Water will not interrupt the flavors of my food. So the next time you go on a gastronomy journey, pay attention to the water you’re served and ask yourself if it complemented your meal orif it tainted the flavorsof your food.
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