Words

Moses Ting's inspiration and design notebook.
Restaurant dining is an ephemeral experience. Once you’ve eaten the meal, it is gone. All you have left is the memories. But memories become stories, and stories, in turn, derive value from being shared. So perhaps what we seek in great restaurants is not only the immediate succession of sensations at the dinner table but also the tale that can be told afterwards.

The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, on why people like to talk about restaurants.