Ant wonders out loud (or in comments rather) whether I will get bored of doing NYC stuff. I don't think that is the case, although I can see myself getting tired of NYC prices. Which are a lot.
But anyway, on Saturday I went to Laut for dinner. It's a South East Asian restaurant in the Flatiron District (I like individual buildings here but generally don't like the neighbourhood; it's just too dead at night and I know everyone loves Union Square but I don't like Union Square. I suppose there is the farmer's market on the weekends but I don't travel down there on the weekends. And beyond that there's nothing really appealing about it. But anyway). So there I was having dinner. The restaurant space is nice: high ceilings, interesting tiles on the wall when you enter (I would have those tiles in the bathroom), nice blue porcelain plates upon which you eat your food (I would buy those plates), nice lanterns on the wall (I would buy those lanterns) but I'm not sure the overall space works.
However, the food. EXCELLENT. I wish I had better recollection of the things that I eat (unlike Karendipity and Eddotlin) but here's my best shot: I had fried fish cakes (DELICIOUS), hokkien mee (or some such) (also DELICIOUS), bak choy (spelling?) (also DELICIOUS) and chili crab (surprise, surprise, the gravy was DELICIOUS but the fried crab itself was not awesome). We also had cocktails (Thai rum punch - weak; lychee martini - good). In short, excellent.
Thereafter, we went to Pipa, which I would link to except my internet does not seem to be working. It's a restaurant attached to ABC home furnishings (which I would link to but really this blog entry is becoming way too much work). It's a great setting for a cocktail or too especially because it has CHANDELIERS galore dangling from the ceilings, which means you can laugh at the ostentatiousness of it all or you can contemplate a life in which you have a beautiful brownstone in the West Village (see, e.g., the last 100 or so posts of mine) and picture the lighting in each and every room . . .
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I should have been more clear.
CB, will NYC get bored of you?
Yes, replies NYC.
YES! i've wanted to try laut for a while. i'm glad you went! i agree the flatiron district is pretty quiet, which is why i like living there! pipa is a great place for drinks. there's some hidden gems in flatiron. :-)
so many restaurants and bars to try, so little time... have you tried angel's share at st. mark's for drinks?
There's a Trader Joe's in Union Square. That's a redeeming quality, we think. We want to marry Trader Joe's.
You know, I could see V cooking up an alter ego account to leave comments on his own blog. Just not outside the realm of possibility.
Who is "we"? Why does "we" not include "me"? I like to eat food and laugh at chandeliers or whatever it is you wrote, I forget, I kind of skimmed it.
It's BOK CHOY. AHEM.
Yes, who's WE? Who are you having your NYC adventures with?
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