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The Purist
You want to taste the food, not the fire.
You're not avoiding flavour — you're protecting it. Heat that buries the dish is heat that wasted it, and you'd rather know what the cook actually made.
What being The Purist actually means
You want to taste what the kitchen actually made. Heat that buries a dish has wasted it, and you would rather have the seasoning balanced than proved. That makes you far pickier about cooking than people assume, because there is nothing to hide behind.
How you find out
The Savor Scout taste quiz runs over seven days — five questions a day, about a minute each. Every day reads a different part of how you eat: heat, sweet, value, adventure, late nights and discovery. On the last day you get your type.
It is not a personality test for its own sake. Your answers weight what the app recommends, starting from day one, so a The Purist and a The Firewalker searching the same words in the same town get different restaurants back.
The other types
- The Firewalker — You chase the burn, and you finish the plate.
- The Sweet Tooth — There is always room. You've checked.
- The Bargain Hunter — Plastic chairs, perfect food, half the price.
- The Occasion Maker — You're paying for the evening, not just the food.
- The Blind Orderer — You order the thing you can't identify.
- The Night Owl — The best food happens after dark.
- The Gem Finder — Thirty reviews beats three thousand.
Guides
- What to eat when… — picking a restaurant by situation rather than by cuisine.
- Food guides — what separates a good version of a dish from an average one.
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