Food Journal

            Hi, my name is Jean Philip. I am world famous travel writer. The thing people love most about my writing is all of the amazing foods I eat. I’ve visited every single continent on this planet and tasted hundreds of thousands of different food dishes, each uniquely linked to its culture. I’ve also met some really amazing people on my journey, some of them in really bad situations but still with the spirit to move ahead.

            My favorite place of all to visit is Costa Rica. They have some incredible food and simply breathtaking sights and views everywhere. They have three of my favorite foods ever; chocolate, smoothies and bananas. There is miles and miles of cocoa bean and fruit tree plantations, mostly banana, lining all of the streets. The people will walk up and down the plantations to pick the best fruits. By the end of the day, they will have walked for hours upon hours. Fresh fruit hand picked off of a tree is so much better and juicier than any processed fruits in a factory. Chocolate is so much better too when you know the chocolate has come from only the best picked cocoa beans. I actually got to talk to a few people on break at one of the chocolate plantations. The one man told me that they had worked since 5 in the morning and were exhausted. Costa Rica also has a lot of nut trees, one of the foods I can’t stand. Something about their weird texture and that they are almost too small to even chew makes me despise them.

            Another one of my favorites is America. They have worked hard to establish themselves as a top country in the world. They are sure catching the eye of the tourist with their amazing sites and bizarre combinations of food. They mix orange juice with sprite and meat loaf with apples. Besides some of their weird combinations, they have normal food as well, such as two more of my favorites; mashed potatoes and mac and cheese. These seem to be favorites by many people in this country. I ran into two people at a restaurant eating mashed potatoes and mac and cheese and asked them why they enjoyed it so much. They told me that it was comfort food on a nice, cold winter day. They traveled all the way from Switzerland just to eat here. The Americans also tend to serve a lot of asparagus at lunch and dinner, and milk for breakfast. Both of which I hate. Asparagus has no flavor to me and milk gives me horrible stomach aches.

            One thing I know I can find in every country I go to is gummy bears. Every country has their own altercation on it but they are all good. It’s pretty hard to screw up with gummy bears, just sugar and flavoring pretty much.

            Thanks for being a part of my journey by reading it. I hope you felt as if you were right there with me.