My tastes in food

When I was 20 years old I decided to become a vegetarian. In fact after two years I changed my mind because I missed meat too much – especially chicken! However I still like vegetarian food – especially cooked vegetables. I love carrots, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, pumpkins – the list goes on.

I like simple fresh food and so I like French, Thai, Japanese food (sushi of course) and Italian food.

One thing I especially like is Italian ‘contorni’ (see the photo above). This is served in restaurants in the south of Italy, before the main meal. It’s like a self-service buffet, and there are different plates of vegetables which have been cooked slowly in olive oil. The oil is then drained and then fresh oil – or vinegar, is added. My favourite is courgette with garlic and mint.

The only thing I don’t eat is MacDonald’s!