"Life's to be
eaten in a continuous feast, in a huge table, and a never-ending after-dinner
conversation. Foodie in Mexico City and where my hunger goes"
That's at least how
this idea that is “Pantagruel Journeys” is introduced to all of you through its
different versions (Instagram, Facebook and Blogger). And the concept is easy,
to record in my personal way all the experiences had or to be have regarding
the world of a nowadays Pantagruel.
And who is Pantagruel
you may ask? The original, the one after who’s inspired this blog, is Gargantua’s
son, as told in the novels written by François Rabelais in the 16th
century, and they –son and father- both voracious giants, like to live their
lives in the most excessive way, and this applies of course to the food among
others. That’s why gargantuan or pantagruelic have passed to posterity as synonymous
of “massive, gigantic, tremendous, colossal, etc, etc”. And is commonly used in
sentences as “a gargantuan task” or “a gargantuan meal”. While Gargantua
remained as the representative of this concept in the English language, his son
Pantagruel was adopted for the same matter in the Spanish terminology. In a
strange mix of wording between English and Spanish, and maybe a language disorder
of this blog’s writer, Pantagruel takes his father’s seat in order to show you
tremendous amounts of amazing food, found most of the times in the Mexican environment,
and wherever myself have the luck to travel with him.
It wouldn’t be fair if
in this introduction I wouldn’t name the predecessors that led the way that
took me here today. “Puro Albur Güerito” was my first blog –written in Spanish-
explaining my experiences as I landed years ago in Mexico City. Most of these
episodes where conceived around incredible dishes of Mexican food, and it was
of huge (even maybe gargantuan) help to explain those friends and family back
home, how this rewarding experience of living abroad was evolving. Regarding
Instagram, my personal account has collected several of the pictures that you
may find in @pantagrueljourneys.
But it was time to
focus in the amazing food, gather around specific concepts, and try to keep polishing
my English while expanding the limits of the idea I’m willing to share. So
prepare to follow Pantagruel in his tasty quest, full of continuous feasts,
huge overflowing tables, and never-ending after-dinner conversations.
I hope that you’ll
enjoy it as much as I will!