“The bill is forgotten by morning. The company is remembered for years.”
— The Sage
The Sage has always maintained that the true value of a shared meal has very little to do with what’s on the plate. In his eyes, dining out is merely the excuse — the real feast is the conversation that unfolds between sips, the laughter that interrupts the menu, and the small stories traded like secret ingredients. Long after the food is gone, it’s the warmth of those moments that lingers.
He reminds us that the cost of a meal is fleeting; it fades as quickly as the taste of dessert. But the people we share it with, and the way they make us feel, imprint themselves far more deeply. The Sage often jokes that no one ever fondly reminisces about a receipt — yet everyone remembers the friend who made them laugh so hard they nearly inhaled their soup.
Behind the humour lies a quiet truth: life’s most memorable meals have little to do with cuisine and everything to do with connection. For The Sage, dining out is not an indulgence but an investment — not in food, but in friendship. And in the long accounting of life, those are the only credits that truly endure.
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