Friday, October 20, 2006

How to go from good to sublime

This morning, I made myself a ham-and-egg croissant sandwich. Then I added a really thin slice of red onion, and that turned my modest little sandwich - the likes of which you could find somewhere as mundane as Jack in the Box - into something really special.

This works for other foods as well:

fish & chips = good
fish & chips + malt vinegar = sublime

breakfast cereal = good
breakfast cereal + a handful of fresh blueberries = sublime

Buffalo wings = good
Buffalo wings + blue cheese dressing = sublime

pizza = good
pizza + a sprinkling of hot pepper flakes = sublime

pho noodles = good
pho noodles + fresh basil leaves & bean sprouts = sublime

ceviche = good
ceviche on a fried plantain crisp = sublime

potato & leek soup = good
potato & leek soup + a dollop of sour cream = sublime

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