Is there a particular food you'd enjoy eating every day, if money, calories, availability, allergies, etc. were no object?
I have two answers to this question.
First: Curry. Which could be a lot of different kinds of curries! I’m especially partial to lamb korma myself, but I also love massaman curry, yellow curry, tikka masala, chicken goa, and probably others I’m forgetting. And even more that I haven’t tried yet but want to!
There’s just something about the texture of the creamy sauce mixed with the rice (even better if there’s also potatoes!), and the hearty warmth of the various spices that makes curry like the ultimate comfort food for me. Haha, the irony is that I absolutely cannot handle any level of heat and, depending on the restaurant and the particular curry, I sometimes can barely handle mild spiciness.
(I also really enjoy making curry! I got myself a mortar and pestle and I’ve been getting into using whole spices freshly ground, and it makes such a huge difference! It makes me really happy to spend all day cooking a curry and come out with this complex flavor in the gravy and tender meat and eat it and just be warm and comfy. I love it.)
Second: Instant noodles. Which, uh, I actually do eat a number of times a week, including this morning, haha. It’s kind of funny because I never actually ate them growing up or in college, and I’ve only started eating them like this year after eating at a few ramen restaurants and discovering that it was something I really liked. Which kind of amuses me cause I’ve seen so many people say things like “I always ate instant noodles until I had REAL ramen and now I can’t go back.”
I dunno, it just feels more like a meal to me than like a sandwich or reheated pizza or something. Even though it’s not even remotely as nutritious haha. And it’s super easy and savory and just kind of fun to make and eat. Sometimes I add some chopped up leek or carrot or chicken or all of the above to give it more substance.
Out of the ones I’ve tried I really like Indo Mie (curry flavor!) and Sapporo. And another one whose brand I can’t remember that’s a really tasty instant soto. There’s this huge instant noodle selection at the Asian market I like and it’s a lot of fun trying new ones!
