__02/09/13__ Engagement
Our friends Alex and Binh are engaged! Fun stuff. Alex called all sorts of family and friends and had us show up at this restaurant, where he brought Binh after proposing. Apparently she had no idea, it was kind of fun. 
Oh, and of course I didn't have my fancy new camera with me... oh well.

[last year]
"塗り箸でナマコをはさむ"
2013年01月31日、上海にある上海蟹で有名なレストラン、凌瀧閣(凌泷阁)のナマコ料理。

"塗り箸でナマコをはさむ"という、難しい事を表すことわざが日本語にあるのを初めて知りました。ナマコはツルツルしていてかつとても弾力性があり、伝わるかわかりませんが、フォークで刺しても飛び抜けました。味は無味無臭!

ぐるなび上海版「凌瀧閣」


Sea Slug Dish
01/31/2013, a sea slug dish in Ling Long Ge(凌泷阁), a famous Shanghai food restaurant.

I didn't know sea slugs are called also sea cucumbers. Some of their species do look like the vegetable. They get jiggly when cooked! and have little smell and flavor.

City Weekend's Ling Long Ge page.
10th February:
Maenam Beach in the evening, Koh Samui, Suratthani province, Thailand.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
Phuket Mangosteen Restaurant Thai Food Lovers Night, authentic Thai dishes at local prices. Phuket's best Thaifood, every Thursday evening.
See photo in original gallery.