Essential Ingredient Quotes

“What a pretty color...
A kind of goldish-green, with an emerald tint to it...
Mmm...!
A sweet, gentle, slightly bitter flavor with a soft aftertaste...
It's as if a breeze from a mountain stream has just blown through my body...
I probably wouldn't have understood this flavor if you had just given it to me the moment I arrived here after walking under the sun.
It's all because I drank that hot hōjicha first...
Now I get it! You made me walk under the scorching sun so that I'd understand the flavor of this tea...
This house... the mild breeze from the rice paddies... the sound of cicadas... the dragonflies...
What luxury..."
"This gyokuro is the last thing I've prepared for you today."
"Ōhara, I'm going to get angry if you give me anything else.
I've just had a taste of real Japan. The spirit of Japan.
As long as the Japanese do not lose this spirit, they'll be fine.
This is that essential ingredient all those expensive feasts were lacking.
So what more could I ask for?”
― Tetsu Kariya, Japanese Cuisine

“Cars have become an essential ingredient of modern life, as shoes used to be.”
― Debasish Mridha

“Receiving and providing feedback is an essential ingredient in achieving a lifetime full of growth and opportunity.”
― Jeff Christian