November 23rd, 2008

Aaron - Although I’ve been enjoying your food posts, I have to say, I think that the odds are against me in the India vs. China food competition. Indian food, while delicious, is not at all photogenic and thus not blog friendly. Photo-wise, most dishes fall into just a few categories: 1. Lumps of something (is it meat? is it a vegetable? no way to know until you try it!) in orangish-red sauce 2. Lumps of something in yellow sauce 3. Lumps of something without sauce Even the most sincere attempts to take appetizing pictures of Indian food seem to fail. I have received this Photoshop project THREE TIMES via office forward from proud colleagues. I’m sure that all of these dishes, from the “special tea” in Mizoram to the “baked balls of wheat” (uhh, bread?) in Bihar, are delicious, but somehow the foods of India don’t look all that appetizing mixed up together in this picture.

Aaron - Although I’ve been enjoying your food posts, I have to say, I think that the odds are against me in the India vs. China food competition. Indian food, while delicious, is not at all photogenic and thus not blog friendly. Photo-wise, most dishes fall into just a few categories:

1. Lumps of something (is it meat? is it a vegetable? no way to know until you try it!) in orangish-red sauce

2. Lumps of something in yellow sauce

3. Lumps of something without sauce

Even the most sincere attempts to take appetizing pictures of Indian food seem to fail. I have received this Photoshop project THREE TIMES via office forward from proud colleagues. I’m sure that all of these dishes, from the “special tea” in Mizoram to the “baked balls of wheat” (uhh, bread?) in Bihar, are delicious, but somehow the foods of India don’t look all that appetizing mixed up together in this picture.