Dating A Vegetarian

I get ecstatic just by the mere thought of having a good meal….

My friends refute on my request on seeing a menu & never let me decide… because of my ‘disorder’. I do not order excessively, they just feel so!

 

Well, these days my urge seems to be under control, thanks to the current city, I am living in!

 

I have always had this peculiar obsession of browsing through

the best restaurants around the globe and then drool over their menus…

From the Eleven Madison Park in New York to Nahm in Bangkok, they are all on my bucket list….  Nothing to me is more amusing than a well written menu that can excite your senses….

 

I only know one more person who’s as crazy as I am when it comes to ‘food’….. And she fortunately is not a Hotelier….She is much prettier than that…..

 

The problem begins when you try & search for this insanity or shall I say ‘quality’ in others!

 Last weekend, I decided to browse through San Pellegrino’s 50 Best Restaurants ….After having gone through the first ten ….., my pupils dilated, there were cramps all over and hunger pants which cannot be explained. The moment was excruciating yet satiating.…

These were only indications that I can never date a vegetarian!



 

So I found a potential match. Like the same music, we get each other’s humour, like the same movies, both like to travel and take long walks on the beach.

 

Everything looks great and the heart jumps a beat as I get ready for that first date.  And just when you think nothing can wrong, She drops the bomb....
'what can you recommend in vegetarian'..... 

 

So is it a deal breaker?  It’s not like she smokes cigarettes and I have asthma. But let’s face it, I am a carnivore and that’s simply something I am not willing to change.  You start to wonder…What’s next?

Tree hugging? 

 

I like a girl whom I can enjoy a bacon, egg and cheese with, someone who can slurp freshly chucked oysters and whose eyes glitter when she sees a steak tartar….. And not someone who gags at the smell of meat!

 Does that make any sense?

 I recently read an article which said…‘Look for someone who matches 80 percent of your interests,”. “If the remaining 15 to 20 percent is about religion, politics or food, don’t let that be an issue.”

 

But what if 80% of your interest lies in that 15%….. What if that 15% is much more important to you than that 80%..?

 

I have always believed in the fact that all joyful moments of our lives are connected with memories of great food, wine & conversations….. Replace any one of them with cabbage and cauliflower and my remembrance becomes faint & bleak…

 

May be carnivores like me are only capable of dating those with whom they can share a rack of ribs…..