So finally back in Madrid, which for the time being I call home, and it is very nice to be back. London marked my first indulgence, which consisted of not one particular item but just little nibbles at several dishes at one of my old favourite London restaurants: Yauatcha, a very fancy fusion Asian, with modern twists on dim-sum and traditional Chinese dishes. The format, loads of dishes in the centre to share really suited my PCP intentions of not over-indulging and not making too noticeable my restraint (not something that would have characterized my previous visits to the restaurant. The crispy duck did not taste too much better than my PCP version of Galician zorza (paprika and garlic marinated grilled pork skewers, for PCP I substituted the pork for diced turkey and did not use oil in the marinade), the mini venison-filled buns tasted way too rich, but the biggest disappointment came with the alcohol, sipped about two thirds of a passion fruit martini (did not enjoy the taste of alcohol and would have much more enjoyed just the juice) and the wine (a gerwutztraminer, normally one of my favourites of which i could have easily had a bottle on my own, I found to not even taste good, and only managed one single sip, leaving my glass virtually untouched. I went into the restaurant fearing that my culinary desires would be unbridled and that I would not be able to restrain my normally large appetite when faced with some of my old favourites. quite the contrary I managed to eat fairly little, just a very small taste of each course more than saturated, and in some cases overwhelmed the palate (by excessive oiliness, or too much salt), alcohol did not even taste good, and I plainly refused even the temptation of a dessert (quite an accomplishment as that place does some of the best cakes I have seen outside the department stores of Nihon-bashi or Ginza, or any of the Pierre Hermés bakeries....
So looks like Patrick was right, every now and then some foods come to mind as very desirable (serrano ham is somewhat stuck in my mind at the moment) but is good to face this desires, and see with these indulgences that not only the cravings might be plain overrated, but also that they do not feel healthy once you have eaten them and that do not compare favourably with the quality of sustainable energy, and overall good feeling achieved with the PCP diet routine. In fact might have been psychosomatic, but when I woke up did not feel too good and even had a bad headache.
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