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Sunday, September 8th, 2013 08:03 pmDiscoveries of the day:
Mooncakes (red bean or lotus or mixed nut) may be had at Kim Moon Bakery on Dundas, at $8 a pop if you can get the clerk to talk to you. I couldn't because she was deep in consultation with two ancient clients, which allowed me to recall the calorie count in mooncakes and make my escape. (Weirdness is happening there. There's a restaurant in back which should serve dim sum, but the menu out front is all western food-- surf 'n turf, mac 'n cheese, all-day breakfast. Front bakery part is not at all the bright busy store I recall. Changes afoot, and not for the good.)
Dumplings may be had at Yummy Yummy Dumpling half a block north of Dundas on Huron, a walk-down mom and pop store (literally) serving northern cuisine to families with small children.
Chinese ink sticks in many colours with twelve zodiac animals may be had for $30 at the nameless nandemoii-ya past Huron going to Spadina, the one that to me smells like cat piss. (Then again, I think marijuana smells like skunks.)
Last night was what I think New Orleans feels like- heavy, humid, purply, and probably much cooler than a New Orleannais could stand. Today is classic September and the cloudless sky is a ridiculous colour of blue-- 'photoshopped into the back of the tourist postcard'-type blue. Cool, dry, gratefully hot in the sun. Of tomorrow who can say, but Tuesday is supposed to be 33C with a humidex of 42. Shall remove the feather duvet for that, and put it back on when the nights go back to 10 at the end of the week.
Mooncakes (red bean or lotus or mixed nut) may be had at Kim Moon Bakery on Dundas, at $8 a pop if you can get the clerk to talk to you. I couldn't because she was deep in consultation with two ancient clients, which allowed me to recall the calorie count in mooncakes and make my escape. (Weirdness is happening there. There's a restaurant in back which should serve dim sum, but the menu out front is all western food-- surf 'n turf, mac 'n cheese, all-day breakfast. Front bakery part is not at all the bright busy store I recall. Changes afoot, and not for the good.)
Dumplings may be had at Yummy Yummy Dumpling half a block north of Dundas on Huron, a walk-down mom and pop store (literally) serving northern cuisine to families with small children.
Chinese ink sticks in many colours with twelve zodiac animals may be had for $30 at the nameless nandemoii-ya past Huron going to Spadina, the one that to me smells like cat piss. (Then again, I think marijuana smells like skunks.)
Last night was what I think New Orleans feels like- heavy, humid, purply, and probably much cooler than a New Orleannais could stand. Today is classic September and the cloudless sky is a ridiculous colour of blue-- 'photoshopped into the back of the tourist postcard'-type blue. Cool, dry, gratefully hot in the sun. Of tomorrow who can say, but Tuesday is supposed to be 33C with a humidex of 42. Shall remove the feather duvet for that, and put it back on when the nights go back to 10 at the end of the week.
