Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
back at that xinjiang restaurant on st-laurent in chinatown. the hotpot was pretty good as far as what I’ve had in montreal. interesting because it was spicy with a reminder of that flavouring they use on 羊肉串 (lamb kebabs)–probably just cumin, but still makes it taste vaguely exotic. or addictive. or whatever. [did I ever mention the urban legend of … Read More
currently have 4 people living in our 5-1/2 for the week (due to an overlapping roommate situation), and we all spent the day going to jean-talon market, cooking, and eating for hours on end. and somehow we ended up with twice as much dessert as any other dish. we live a very difficult, difficult life. our sausage lady (w. musician). … Read More
…are the way to go. To see K and S off before they go to Tanzania this weekend, a dozen of us went to a fabulous byow french restaurant called les héritiers, on de Lanaudière and Laurier. they have this wonderful 5-course menu dégustation, with an interesting trou normand of grapefruit sorbet in vodka. I’m always a sucker for duck … Read More
my second time out playing tennis since being injured 7 months ago, and it felt sooo good. despite the occasional hitting out of the court, I was feeling the sweetspot, even on my (lately) erratic two-handed backhand. and it was lovely being out in the sun: but my cheeks are a bit pink now! after running around all day I … Read More
ok, I don’t know when lactantia came up with this, but now you can buy “milk beverage”. so… instead of grabbing something else (aka ‘real milk’) when I noticed this, I felt like I just *had* to buy it! (I’m not the only one attracted by sketchy labeling, am I?) sketchiness was further exacerbated by being in the strange greek … Read More
I really miss this kind of food–there are muslim restaurants all over beijing, whose specialty is lamb, lamb, and lots of lamb. After I came back I tried an older xinjiang restaurant on côte-des-neiges, and was refreshed by the waitress and her distinctive accent when she greeted us in chinese: the xinjiang people are both beautiful and multilingual (as most … Read More
a brilliant azure sky, warm sun, and the smell of summer (never mind that it’s december)… We were driving with Zhen a-yi, up the winding roads of yuan ming mountain, spectacular glimpses of Taipei peeking through the bamboo with each turn. She did the relay race with my mother: Aunt Zhen as 3rd leg and my mom as the anchor. … Read More
so this month’s en route (that air canada magazine) made me laugh because of two things: 1) someone’s made a cocktail (the, uh, “Buttstrip”) including as one of the ingredients ¨¦mile bertrand’s spruce beer. (man, it’s been too long since I’ve had a burger and spruce beer down on notre dame…) 2) one of “canada’s best new restaurants” I know … Read More
and I thought oatmeal was enough of a liquid cereal… check out the review here. mmmm… green milk? (via memepool)