In the days following the accidental death of her brother, Jessie Wong is adrift and angry: at Tommy, an up-and-coming chef, for dying; at her parents for their silence; and at the confines of her conservative Christian Chinese upbringing. Then Jessie finds a list, in Tommy's handwriting, of five meals that 'taste like seeing God.' Was his phrasing blasphemy, or a nod to some hidden belief? Is fate offering her the chance to know her brother in a new way? Breaking from her parents for the first time, Jessie embarks on a whirlwind pilgrimage to taste the five foods on the list. In the gritty bars of New York City, the lively markets of Dakar, the art world of Paris and even a three- Michelin-starred restaurant on a tiny German island, Jessie meets the people who loved and inspired her brother. As Jessie gets to know the sibling she lost and realises how much more of the world is out there, a future she'd never dared to envision for herself is now within her grasp. Flavoured with illegal French delicacies and famed Senegalese dishes, Tastes Like Seeing God explores the transcendent power of food, life's sorrows and its sublime joys with poignancy and surprising humour.
