No. 3 - Winterausgabe 2019_20, Salzburg

© Foto: MOMENTBILD
L.L. The Esszimmer (= German for dining room) is part of
a home – what are guests supposed to bring for a present?
Experience or curiosity?
A.K. Both would be ideal, actually. But curiosity is a bit of
a thing here: at a certain price range people tend to become
a bit more selective anyway. Being able to indulge, however,
that’s a capacity everyone needs to bring to the table – irrespective
of the price. Example: if I’m going to treat myself to
something special because I can but it doesn’t actually make
me happy it’s already lost its appeal. And the same goes for
food. If you’ve got the money but you can’t focus on the dish
in front of you and the atmosphere in general the visit becomes
trivial. We tend to get the one or the other “label
drinker” where it’s just about completing some artificial
ritual without looking at the price – but of course we’re not
here to decide what is supposed to be done and how.
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