Random reminder

Press, 26 December 1984, Page 21

Random reminder

A NOSE FOR A NOSE Dining out is booming in popularity and, like mushrooms, a variety of restaurants have sprung up over the last decade. One can enjoy the cuisine of Greek cooking one night, Chinese the next and so on; individual establishments are catering for national tastes. Recently the opening of a Maori eathouse was announced. It is amazing this idea had not been acted on earlier. With the ever-increasing tourist invasion, surely visitors would wish to experience our way of life rather than a copy of others. But some places are beyond the pecuniary reach of we ordinary wageearners unless our trifecta or treble comes in or we win one of these million dollar lotteries. However, according to the news, a new

taste is developing in this fair land. Not so long ago, in the North Island of course, a conscientious traffic officer on apprehending a motorist was rewarded by having the offending motorist take a •bite of his nose. Not long before that a French tourist took a fancy to one of the local noses, an expensive bite as the sum of $lOO was awarded against him. Fair enough too. Noses are noses and not there to satisfy some perverted gourmet’s taste.

Not may years have passed since cannibalism flourished and one wonders , if these are signs of it making a comeback. It would ease the world’s population problems. But at the rate of $lOO per small portion of nose one boggles at what a decent size steak would cost.