The Adaptable Muscle

The tongue.

I'll be posting about my vacation soon, but for now, I wanted to put in writing how vivid the flavours of our first meal upon our return - a breakfast of dimsum - could explode in our mouths. We literally had to take pause and allow the sensation to dissipate. It was as though our tongue was thanking us for returning it to wonderful food.

It's amazing how quickly the tongue can succumb to the food available. It's even more amazing how short a time without intense flavour, it's return can jolt us so deeply.

That's when I turned to my husband and said, "I'm so glad we live in Toronto."