Thursday, December 23, 2010

All about food

Food in Kuwait is a big deal. As a matter of fact it's the only deal. There are so many diffrent styles and so many the same. Food is big business. The most recent trend with food is healthy food. Almost all new places have healthy diet food for this trend. So why is it so hard to decide on something even with all the new names poping up. People can't be deceived when it comes to food, it's all a matter of taste. With regards to the food itself or how it's presented. One issue that drives me insane is that not all the restaurants have delivery, especially some of the bigger names. Some of them have great food but no service. Others are the opposite. Few even just have looks but no real action. Even less are usually considered dead. However to each one that lasted there has to be a fairly good customer base. It's not easy to have and maintain that, especially in Kuwait.

Nutritionist should take a new look at how the food group is in Kuwait. One thing you have to keep in mind is that it's greatly affected by age group. For example purposes I will use my age group 22-28, or something about that range. Keep in mind every statistic has a margin of error. So as I was saying the new food grouping should be: office food, home food, food eaten outside. Each person may have a different combination of these three, and they must overlap. So I hope your thinking of circles and diagrams in your head. Each one contains certain attributes you look for. Some good places can fit in all three locations. As an example subway is famous for being healthy-ish and can be used for any time/place. The problem is people get bored of having the same thing over and over. Yet, most people tend to order the same thing every time from each restaurant.

What's important is what's good. Few experiment with what's new, at least not without some form of recommendation or knowledge of who's it is. Kuwait is a food haven. There's so much to choose from, yet your taste will always bring you back to the same. Not that you have a favorite restaurant, just enjoying the meal. Fast food has become a standard, and that's what most people eat. Location is even more important. Tendency shows that the most place you order from is the closest.

In this day and age we have the Internet. It brings the food to your doorstep. Sometimes you don't even need to carry cash. That provideds a new relm of laziness. Which is a huge market on it's own. Still, everyone is fighting for every ounce of advantage. So it brings us back to a matter of taste. The only thing left to wonder is whats your taste?

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