Mood Food, Aphrodisiacs and The Day of Love

Take a moment to imagine…

The instant Beluga caviar makes contact with your tongue…
Sipping on a flute of your favourite Champagne then drinking a freshly chucked oyster…
Slowly peeling a just-ripe banana and taking that first taste…
The moment strawberries lusciously dipped in melted chocolate meet your mouth…
Indulging your visual senses in perfectly shaped figs before that first nibble…
Holding a perfectly round peach in your hand then biting its juicy flesh…
Eating a ripe mango that dribbles leisurely down your face and neck…
Enjoying the velvety richness of quality chocolate blended with cinnamon…

(L) Coffin Bay oysters from South Australia & (R) Abalone sashimi in shell

Whether they are to your taste or not, popular folklore tells us that all the above foods have aphrodisiac qualities. Wrap your mouth around a banana, caress a velvety peach with your lips, lick dripping chocolate off your fingertips and your libido is set to soar.

The act of eating certain foods can be a sensual and sensory experience in itself therefore claims that certain food items can spice up our sex lives are best taken with a grain of salt. According to medical sources, most foods that are attributed to have aphrodisiac qualities are full of necessary vitamins and minerals that contribute to good health and well-being. To state it in common terms, if we feel good, we’re more likely to be in the mood for sex. Granted some foods like ginger and chilli have stimulating powers but none so instant as to fight the desire to clear the dining table once our libido meter is tipped off-scale.

So where does that leave aphrodisiacs on the dedicated day of love? You could try visiting a romantic spot in Paris. But you can also find passion in a kitchen, in a restaurant and across from a plate. Nothing is more sensual than preparing an impressive meal for someone special or gazing suggestively in their eyes across a dining table at any of your favourite restaurants, on Valentine’s Day and any other day of the year.

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Do you believe in the magical qualities of aphrodisiac foods? If so, what type of food sends your libido meter off-scale?

For as long as she could hold a pen, Ms Gourmantic has been an avid scribe feeding her passion for writing with an overactive imagination. Her repertoire includes works of fiction, short stories, travelogues as well as authoring blogs and photoblogs. She is currently writing a novel.

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