Food tastes delicious not only when you are hungry, otherwise, restaurants will be out of business.

Very few people eat when they are truly hungry.

Most people go to eat as soon as meal time arrives. At this time, they don't feel hungry yet, but they can still taste whether the food is delicious or not.

When we are hungry, we feel that food tastes particularly delicious.

This is indeed an experience that many people have had.

When we are hungry, our evaluation standards for eating have dropped several levels. Even though it is just a very ordinary fried rice noodles with kale and beef, it can taste different.

Even the greasy and high-calorie things that we usually despise disappear when we eat. What is left is only the happiness of satisfying the desire to be full: This food is so delicious!

But is it really that delicious?

Is it that fragrant?

of course not.

This is mainly a matter of human needs.

When we are hungry, our most urgent need is to fill our stomachs, not to eat delicious food.

When we eat food, we naturally feel a sense of satisfaction.

This sense of satisfaction gave me an illusion, or in other words, lowered my requirements for delicious food, thinking that it was just a delicious dish.

But in fact, when we return to a full state and eat again, this evaluation may not be the case.

Therefore, there will also be situations like this: when I went to eat food when I was hungry, I thought it was very delicious.

When I went to eat again, the "chef's standard" had dropped.

In fact, it’s not that the standard has dropped, but that when you are hungry, you will give priority to the food you are given. It is not a question of whether it is delicious or not, but filling your stomach first.

Naturally, the requirements are not too high.

So when you’re not hungry, do you really think the food doesn’t taste good?

Of course not.

Real food, regardless of your standards, is irreplaceable.

We have our own standards for food. As long as it meets this standard, we will still think it is delicious even if we are not hungry.

Take Kailan Beef Kuey Teow as an example.

The greens should not be over-fried, and the leaves should be kept crisp and refreshing. The heat of the beef is also very important. If it is old, it will be too tough to bite. If it is raw, you will not eat some of it, let alone the original meat.

Kuey teow made from rice milk has no taste. What kind of seasonings, sauces, and thickening techniques are needed to better combine the flavors of these three to make delicious kale beef kueh teow?

This is very demanding.

However, when we taste the fried kway teow that has been handled better, we will also praise it and say that it is indeed fried very well and delicious!

Therefore, food tastes delicious only when you are hungry. Delicious food will still taste delicious even if you are not hungry.

If the food is not ready, don't let the diners be too hungry.