Cage Quote by Jonathan Dimbleby
“Travelling to make television programmes means I have some unusual food memories. In Pasto, Colombia, I was taken to a restaurant where I chose my meat for the evening from a cage of white rats. It tasted perfectly good - like rabbit.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: BBC Radio, 1998
Traveling for TV work creates vivid, unusual food memories, like tasting rat meat in Colombia, which surprisingly resembles rabbit.
In simple terms: Traveling for TV gave strange food experiences, like rat meat tasting like rabbit.
Key Takeaway
Embrace unexpected experiences while traveling.
Themes
culture
food
travel
memory
curiosity
Mood
adventurous
curious
Type
media
travel
When to use this quote
- documentary filmmaking
- culinary exploration
- cross‑cultural encounters
Key Concepts
anthropology
sensory perception
Questions to Reflect On
- How do such experiences shape your worldview?
- Would you try similar foods again?
A Different Perspective
Unusual foods may challenge cultural food norms.
