Eating food that tastes good is a joyous experience. It's even better when, due to the shape of the food item, the actual process of eating becomes enjoyable. This is why I like pastries of the roll/swirl/twirl/twists type, especially if they're soft and doughy. Take for example a nice sticky cinnamon roll, oozing with gooeyness hidden between sheets of bread slightly squishy from soaking up the filling. If I see someone biting into such a thing, I feel like getting up and waving my arms shouting, "No! What're you doing? You're ruining your cinnamon roll experience!". What's more fun than slowly unraveling the winded pastry from the outside, ripping pieces off and perhaps even giving it a dip in your morning coffee before popping it into your mouth? If you end up with messy fingers, a sticky coffee handle and piles of scrunched up tissue, I think you deserve a ten out of ten. Perfect for eating in such a way is this tahini roll, another purchase from my trip to London. Toasted, it's caramelised exterior is nice and crunchy while the inside is warm, nutty and sweet. From a stall at the Spitalfields market, which as a market is no longer worth going to these days, but the mediterranean cake stall is so good that I still return especially for it.
