chef-d'oeuvre of Food !

I have been an avid foodie for my entire life and it's really surprising that i am writing my first post on food only now. I am a "Live to Eat" person, although for a long time, i looked like i could "Eat more to live". we can't really put a time stamp on how long we have been eating food, since it's the only way our body gets nutrition, but the variety of foods that we consume has evolved a lot over years. In fact, we first start consuming food directly to our stomach and later, start with our mouths.

so talking about evolution of food, I've had so much diversity in foods, from mother's milk as a tiny baby to the egg omelet i ate for breakfast today morning. there's a enormous variety of foods i have come across, I've even learnt to cook for myself (that's been about 8 years now !!), and enjoyed a lot of different cuisines back home and in USA. here are some of my food favorites, in order of the time they are eaten in a day.

1. Coffee and Milk go together best, when made with Indian coffee powder. All other coffee powders from places like Brazil, Colombia are good only as black coffee.(chicory does the trick)
2. During school and college days, when i had idli, dosa ready for breakfast, i used to skip it most times. but now, when you have to stick to a bread and omelet or pancakes, you end up craving for such good foods in the morning.
3. Pongal, is probably the best breakfast to have, closely followed by Dosa. esp. with sambar and coconut chutney.
4. The only thing i miss about attending Indian weddings, is the umpteen number of items on a enormous banana leaf.A normal hindu wedding, a complete vegetarian bliss has a list like this... pickle, sweet, avial, poriyal, applam, vadai, kootu,pulav, plain rice, sambar, kara-kulambu,  rasam, curd( i skip it), payasam. A typical Indian christian marriage is a mixed combination and would have item list that goes like pickle, sweet, poriyal, karthrika kootu,thayir pachadi,  appalam, dry chicken curry, lamb biryani, plain rice, chicken kulambu, payasam.A Muslim marriage is a complete meat fest with list like chicken drumstick, thayir pachadi chicken fry, chicken biryani, lamb biryani, plain rice, chicken kulambu, lamb gravy, lamb soup, and occasional sweet. (writing about all these dishes makes me drool, I want to attend a wedding somewhere soon).
5. Dhal/Sambar has a potent magic in it, you hate the food first when it's eaten in a routinely manner. but after a lot of meat for quite a long time, one day you have sambar. it feels like the greatest food ever.
6. Sea foods are hands down, the  best of Non-Vegetarian items. best of sea foods is the Fish. a well made fish is excellent in any type of cuisine. best fish is the Vanjaram (not able to find it in USA till now, sad face) closely followed by salmon. Shrimps, prawns and scallops make the united 2nd place.
7. Sushi is probably my least preferred option of eating fish, but i had a rare occasion where i ate a lot of different types of sushi for almost 1.5 hours at a sushi bar.
8. Indo-Chinese food (Indian way of making Chinese food) is tastes much better than the actual Chinese food. 
9. The best of American cuisine is the Steak. if you eat Beef, then you'd definitely agree. I've had the opportunity only to try the sirloin and T-bone Steak, but would like to try them all. 
10. Mexican foods like burritos, tacos and chalupas have become a staple of my weekly foods, they are cheap to get and taste very good. 
11. most of the times, i get confused between French and Italian cuisine. for some reason, i find both to be similar, when they are not. french cuisine has really fancy names, their sweet dishes seemed great, not the same with the savory. whereas Italian, has really good savory dishes. I hope you know about pizza and pasta.
12. I found Middle eastern cuisine to be the small brother of Indian cuisine with pretty similar taste and spices. some of the best Road side Diner foods are shwarma, gyros and kebabs.
13. Traditional Indian sweets never had Chocolate as one of their ingredients, i wonder how sweets would have been, if chocolate was introduced a lot earlier in India.
14. speaking of Indian sweets, each state has a unique variety of sweets, each and every single one tastes of heaven. my favorite is the Mysore pak (esp. hot, right of the cooking vessel)and gulab jamun.
15. Western Desserts are not so far behind, and heavily indulge on chocolate for me. cos, i hate strawberries(which is the predominant fruit in desserts here). Chocolate delicacies includes Cakes, puddings, donuts, ice cream, milk shakes etc...
16. Butterscotch is the only flavor of ice cream, i might choose if there's no chocolate flavor available.
17. A good meal is not complete without a drink. I've been a quite a aesthete of global drinks, the french wines, Russian vodka, Scottish whiskey, Mexican tequila and German beers. I am not a big fan of wine, but certainly can manage the other global commodities.