Cool things thus far
Life is nutty busy so I've been neglecting this. So... what's new?
I am in the midst of a major software release date, a move to a new place and recovering from a lingering cold. These are the things that are keeping me company right now..
Current reading..
A great little novel about life in Nova Scotia in the early 20th century. I'm really enjoying this book.. about halfway through.
Oh by the way, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen was most excellent. I blogged about this in my last post, I think it's got to be the best book I've read this year.
I also read Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch, picked it up cos I really enjoyed Dai SiJie's other book, Balzac and the Chinese Seamstress... but I have to say, this book isn't quite as good. Nevertheless, it's readable.
On the food front.. we finally got to try out Lumiere's during a special occasion. Be forewarned, it's quite the dining experience.. it took us over 3 hours to go through the Vegetarian menu offering. Very good though. I think however, for the price and type of restaurant it is, there were some unforgivable misses. I expected every dish to be executed perfectly but it wasn't. I can see why they're replacing their head chef with Daniel Boulud. (He's the dude that's famous for his $50 burger) I don't think its a restaurant that you would want to go back again.
Oh by the way, if you're a wannabe foodie like me, you've got to read the following blogs.
French Laundry at Home
Tastespotting
On other good news with food, our new place has a gas stove. OH JOY!!!!! To break it in, I think I'm going to have some friends over and cook up a crazed amount of malaysian nosh.
Ok, time to stop procrastinating and finish packing :)
Oh by the way, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen was most excellent. I blogged about this in my last post, I think it's got to be the best book I've read this year.
On the food front.. we finally got to try out Lumiere's during a special occasion. Be forewarned, it's quite the dining experience.. it took us over 3 hours to go through the Vegetarian menu offering. Very good though. I think however, for the price and type of restaurant it is, there were some unforgivable misses. I expected every dish to be executed perfectly but it wasn't. I can see why they're replacing their head chef with Daniel Boulud. (He's the dude that's famous for his $50 burger) I don't think its a restaurant that you would want to go back again.
Oh by the way, if you're a wannabe foodie like me, you've got to read the following blogs.
French Laundry at Home
Tastespotting
On other good news with food, our new place has a gas stove. OH JOY!!!!! To break it in, I think I'm going to have some friends over and cook up a crazed amount of malaysian nosh.
Ok, time to stop procrastinating and finish packing :)
