First of all, NO. This is not some sentimental write-up where I bid adieu to food blogging forever and blah-blah-blah. Though I haven’t been active for about three months now, which is a new record set by me (which hopefully won’t be broken), I have been using this time to think about Symphony of Food. Yes, I am preparing for new recipes but I am also moving over to my brand new website, drumroll, please…

symphonyoffood.com

Isn’t it absolutely crazy? Of all the people to have their very own website, one of them had to be me? Pinch me right now. If you told me two years ago that someday I’d have a website of my own, I’d feel it was too good to be true because I never thought it would grow into something so serious. When I first started food-blogging, I wasn’t sure how regular I would be at posting and creating content so I put getting my own website on a hold and used Blogger instead. But the time has come now where I feel have outgrown this platform. I want to be a little bit more professional and create a more refined version of this place. Not to say I don’t like it here; I absolutely enjoy it. If I look at my first few pictures to my latest ones, I can visually see how I have improved over time. I can confidently say I’m a self-taught food blogger and photographer.

I still have loads I can do better, but I’ve felt so much thrill in being able to curate my very own portion of the Internet. From having butterflies in my stomach every time I hit that “Publish” button to very, VERY rarely scheduling two recipes in advance, I’ve experienced it all. This blog is kind of like a chronological memory album. More than that, actually. Its a result of all those times I woke up early in the morning to separate eggs for macarons before school, the times I used my 10 minute lunch breaks from online school to proof simit bread dough, the hours I spent crouching (with my back aching) over a little wooden table trying to take the perfect shot, the late nights I looked up words to make my articles better, wing HTML codes for the “Spotlight” section of my website and so much more. I’m probably not a relevant Gen-Z, but its safe to say that I tried my best for this blog to work out, even when I was busy at school or missing Cordae’s latest album or the latest episode of name-whatever-trending-show-on-Netflix-that-I-haven’t-yet-heard-of.

I’m still keeping this website up as an archive and the recipes here won’t go anywhere (feel welcome to be the SECOND person EVER to try out my recipes) and neither will I be reposting the recipes here on my new website (this rule may or may not be broken). It would almost feel like an injustice to my past self who believed he could post new recipes once every week :). This website could never be replaced, not even by a new one bought by me xD.

Now the question is, what will I be doing different on my new website? Absolutely nothing! I’ll still be posting recipes, writing the most boring random-ass articles for every dish that no one would read (haha?), trying to take better pictures and most importantly, be more consistent. I would admit that I probably wouldn’t ever do plated dishes again for the sheer amount of time they take to plan, make and photograph, though. I’m only going to get more busy from now on, so having as much help to save time is really necessary, which is why I am making the decision of moving from Blogger to another platform. I’d be making more of one or two component dishes and desserts and probably make more everyday recipes rather than exotic dishes (which are what inspired me to blog in the first place, actually).

Sooo, I guess that’s all I wanted to say over here. I want to thank two of my friends (they know who they are) who are the only ones who’ve read some my posts without being asked to! A little reveal: I have over 2,000 views on this website in total and about 1,500 are probably my own, checking how well my blog is doing, or if my edits on the blog looked good or if I ever got a comment or a recipe request (Which I never did!). I have 61 posts (WOW) and about 50 recipes that I’ve never got to making and posting here. Well, I guess I’m not dry out of ideas for my new website! Does it discourage me that no one has ever read my blog posts or tried my recipes and that I’ve been making food and writing about it just for me to read when I’m bored? Kind of, but mostly no (Should I cry or should I laugh?).

Goodbye for now and hello soon!!