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..
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 :)