Coffee time

As a child I always loved the smell of coffee (though not the taste^†) and would stand outside the cafe in the nearby High Street on a Saturday morning just to be enveloped in the aroma of roasting coffee.. Now, I roast my own .


^† except in the form of chocolate-covered coffee creams.

Impossible to answer

Every so often I get asked some questions by Yougov. And at the moment I'm filling in a survey for them which has asked the question "Which is your favourite type of cuisine?"

Though the choices offered were wide-ranging — Caribbean, Turkish, Chinese, Mexican, British, Spanish, Vegetarian, Japanese, American, Malaysian, Lebanese, Indian, Persian, Greek, Thai, French, South American, Italian and Other — the very concept of selecting just one to represent my tastes is an impossible task; all have their esteemed place in my choices.

In the end I selected Japanese through my love of sashimi, but I'll likely have Thai tonight and an Indian tomorrow …