I have found the most mind-blowing, devastatingly good band. Until now, 2008 was a bit of a lackluster year of music for me. Nothing new, nothing revolutionary.
Sure, there are guys like Sigur Ros to cheer you up with their invented language of gobbledegook, a mixture of Slavic and Icelandic influences. There is also Amy Winehouse, who brazenly steals from old school jazz and takes too much pleasure. I've gone back to old school indie, retro and 90s this year as well. 2008 was supposed to be Hotchip, who I saw in April here in Toronto.
DeVotchka ... just listen, ok?
This song is called How It Ends.
Tell me how it ends for you. I think its different for everyone.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Food Cravings a la Singapore
I've had another one of my heaven buffet dreams. I have to admit I actually sleep in a couple of hours longer when I have one of these, because the craving is so big that I can actually taste the food.
This one was a cross between a really good Cantonese restaurant at Raffles place, mama's cooking and a recent smorgasbord at the Fallsview casino at Niagara. No one does a buffet like the Americans do for scale, but oh how I miss the good stuff.
I started out with some deep fried szechuan shrimp, grandma's popiah/ spring rolls and curry puffs, nana's potato crumpets, century egg congee [I can't find it in Toronto to save my life], gai lok [dim sum chicken feet], shanghai dumplings and crispy noodles with seafood [forgot the name of that one].
And that was just the first go. Second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth go was chicken briyani, murtabak, chwee kweh, chomp chomp hokkien mee, chili, black bean and tomato crab [yes all three], mee rebus, laksa, bak kut teh, crispy deep fried mini squid, deep fried taro/tapioca bowl with beef, chicken wings, sambal fish, more dim sum, chicken curry, chap chai, tom yam [a small reminder of bangkok, so bangkok tom yam.... which is nowhere near what you get in either singapore or toronto or anywhere else. You HAVE to go to Bangkok] , deep fried garlic chili coated tilapia, goreng pisang, prata, chicken rice.....shrimp, lots and lots of shrimp and lobster and crab and crayfish and more fish and deep fried fish with soy and ginger and more murtabak and curry and hor fun.........
And then I wake up and wonder what made me leave.
This one was a cross between a really good Cantonese restaurant at Raffles place, mama's cooking and a recent smorgasbord at the Fallsview casino at Niagara. No one does a buffet like the Americans do for scale, but oh how I miss the good stuff.
I started out with some deep fried szechuan shrimp, grandma's popiah/ spring rolls and curry puffs, nana's potato crumpets, century egg congee [I can't find it in Toronto to save my life], gai lok [dim sum chicken feet], shanghai dumplings and crispy noodles with seafood [forgot the name of that one].
And that was just the first go. Second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth go was chicken briyani, murtabak, chwee kweh, chomp chomp hokkien mee, chili, black bean and tomato crab [yes all three], mee rebus, laksa, bak kut teh, crispy deep fried mini squid, deep fried taro/tapioca bowl with beef, chicken wings, sambal fish, more dim sum, chicken curry, chap chai, tom yam [a small reminder of bangkok, so bangkok tom yam.... which is nowhere near what you get in either singapore or toronto or anywhere else. You HAVE to go to Bangkok] , deep fried garlic chili coated tilapia, goreng pisang, prata, chicken rice.....shrimp, lots and lots of shrimp and lobster and crab and crayfish and more fish and deep fried fish with soy and ginger and more murtabak and curry and hor fun.........
And then I wake up and wonder what made me leave.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Niagara Honeymoon
We had a great time in Niagara. We just got back yesterday and I am still wrestling with the remnants of soggy socks and stinky knicks, which means it all went well.
We had a huge bedroom with a heart-shaped jacuzzi, so we spent most of our time steaming up the bathroom and hunting down the best breakfast buffet. We spent lots of time doing nothing, which is an art. That, and looking at a fantastic view.
I would say more about Niagara, but the place is only good for one day, unless you're with someone special.
So, pictures !
We had a huge bedroom with a heart-shaped jacuzzi, so we spent most of our time steaming up the bathroom and hunting down the best breakfast buffet. We spent lots of time doing nothing, which is an art. That, and looking at a fantastic view.
I would say more about Niagara, but the place is only good for one day, unless you're with someone special.
So, pictures !
