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Yummy Snacks

The first task of the day was a frantic Costco trip. I picked up my contact lenses, a mega 1.5 gallon jug of vegetable oil (we fry a lot, yes), enough tissues to last the rest of the year and a box of 24 cookies for the secret yarn club meeting.

Our 2nd meeting was at A$'s house and there were enough snacks to go into sugar/salt overload. Everyone brought something to share so the goodies ranged from cheese & crackers to donut holes. A$ made a bowl of her famous peanut-tomato chutney that we ate with parathas! The recipe is in the little cookbook A$ and i made in 2003, with recipes submitted by the then-Workshop staff. I was pro a yarn club cookbook/knitting & crochet pattern book but we're a few years away from that, considering we've only had 2 meetings!

Afterwards, A$ and i held a smackfest at the Tea Lounge on 7th Ave in Park Slope. The place reminded me of something in MA instead of Brooklyn: mismatched old couches, people studying or playing games, loud and cozy. I was surprised that our cups of real tea (loose leaves placed into bags) were only $1.50 each! A$'s Empire Earl Gray was very good, but my Moroccan Mint was okay; i still haven't found anything comparable to Amanouz Cafe's in Northampton, MA.

be was driving around Park Slope in a frenzy since he called me 8 times! I totally didn't hear my new phone at all, sorry be! He picked me up and we met O, Doey & Yumi at Vegetarian Palate on Flatbush for dinner. We ate family-style (everyone shares all the dishes): Crispy Nuggets, Shanghai Spicy Noodles, Tangerine Beef and Three Kinds of Mushrooms with Vegetables. We all were quite satisfied with the meal. Their Crispy Nuggets are definitely better than VP2's Crispy Soul Chicken in the West Village. I really liked the fake pork in the noodle dish. This place is good - even the meat eaters loved the fake meat!

The last stop of the night was Saint's Alp Tea House on 3rd Ave in the East Village. Miss Nancy's in town so we all met up with her and her brother. The conversation on our end of the table was mainly about Paris. Shit! i mean Merde! the food was good there. Summed up in a few words: baguettes, Camembert cheese, gariguettes, tiramisu, cafe, crepes. If i could go between Paris, Hong Kong (jook, fried bread, mangoes, fried pie, street food, dim sum, the best restaurant in the world) and New York to eat, i'd live a happy life.

posted by beXn @ 12:59 AM