Phone Gallery Cleanup Turned Into a Food Post

Hello everyone!

Today I spent part of the day cleaning the memory on my phone and accidentally discovered an entire collection of forgotten food photos from Thailand. Since food is one of the most popular topics on Hive, I decided not to simply delete them, but instead share them here.

And honestly, it makes perfect sense why food posts are so popular. We all eat every single day, but at the same time people are always curious about what others are eating somewhere else in the world. Different countries, restaurants, desserts, local dishes — food somehow became part of travel culture itself.

The funny thing is that I still do not fully understand why I constantly photograph food with my phone. 🙂

Every time someone brings a beautiful dish to the table, I automatically grab my phone and take a picture almost without thinking. It became some kind of reflex already. The strange part is that after taking the photo, I usually never look at it again until the day I decide to clean my gallery and free up storage space.

So today, while scrolling through hundreds of random photos from Thailand, I suddenly stopped at several dishes that I remembered not only visually, but also by taste.

And of course there were desserts.

My son is actually the main reason why dessert photos keep multiplying inside my phone gallery. He somehow notices every cake, ice cream, or sweet menu item from ten meters away. I also love desserts myself, but unlike him I try to control the temptation at least a little bit. Sometimes successfully… sometimes not. 🙂

First I selected several simple dishes that were not fancy at all, but were cooked incredibly well.

There were spaghetti with meat, meat served with egg and cheese, mashed potatoes with vegetables, and a creamy pumpkin soup. Nothing complicated, nothing “Instagram luxury style,” just normal comfort food prepared properly.

And honestly, while sorting through those photos I suddenly became hungry again.

It is amazing how food photography works on the brain. Even old phone pictures can instantly wake up your appetite and make you start thinking about cooking something similar at home.

Then came the dessert section of the gallery.

My son’s absolute favorite dessert is a lemon pie served with raspberry jam, ice cream, whipped cream, and small strawberry pieces. Every time he sees something remotely similar on a menu, the decision is made immediately.

There were also two more desserts in my gallery, and after looking carefully at them I noticed a funny pattern: all of them contained whipped cream and ice cream.

That is when I finally solved the mystery.

Now I understand how my son chooses desserts from menus even before reading anything. He simply scans the pictures and instinctively points at whatever contains cream or ice cream. Secret discovered. 🙂

It is funny how children can make decisions with absolute confidence based on the simplest logic possible.

By the end of this little gallery cleanup, I finally managed to free some memory space on my phone… only to probably fill it again with more random photos in the next few weeks. That cycle never really ends.

But maybe that is not such a bad thing.

These small accidental photos become tiny memories from everyday life: meals during trips, family dinners, desserts shared with children, spontaneous restaurant visits, or simply moments when the food looked too good not to photograph.

So if you enjoy simple phone food photography, I will probably continue posting these pictures from time to time. Maybe once a week.

And if you do not enjoy them… well, I will probably still post them occasionally anyway. 🙂

Bon appétit everyone!

Thank you for your likes, your comments, and your time. It never goes unnoticed.

I write my texts myself, correct mistakes and translate via ChatGPT (which is not a violation on Hive)! All photos were taken by me personally - I am a beginner photographer, so I ask professionals not to judge strictly.

Thank you for sharing these moments with me! Until new stories and new holidays! ✌️.

Camera 📷: Sony Alpha 7 IV full-frame

Lens 🔭: Sony FE 70-200mm F: 2.8 GM OSS II

Lens 🔭: Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS

Lens 🔭: Sony FE 24–70mm f/2.8 GM II

Processed 🛠: Lightroom