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A most oppressive day. Much of it was spent walking and being sweaty.
The highlights: brunch at Park Luncheonette - prosciutto benedict with asparagus and roasted red pepper in a lemon hollandaise. Where does the name benedict come from anyway? I should check wikipedia for that one. Also, cranberry juice with a lime wedge continues to be delicious.
We next proceeded into the city to see a movie. We got over to the Film Forum and saw 13 Tzameti; a terrific movie, but for the love of all that is holy - DON'T SEE THE TRAILER or read any reviews!! One should experience the movie as purely as possible, knowing absolutely nothing of the plot. In fact, it might be for the best for you to just add it to your Netflix queue and never read the description of it; or go see it immediately if you haven't seen the trailer so no other movie spoils it for you. Knowing the premise doesn't ruin the film, but it makes the 35+ minute buildup to the premise so anti-climatic it makes me cry. There must have been a better way to make the trailer for this movie without spoiling that buildup, DAMN IT!!
Once again I would love for there to be a selective memory blocking device so that I could re-experience movies like this "for the first time" without knowing the secrets of the film.
After movie I said to my sister: "You'll have to find a vegan Korean restaurant for me for the next time I come visit." And she said "Forget next time, there's a place called HanGawai that has exactly what you want. It's Buddhist vegan Korean and it's amazing." So we decided to do early birthday dinner there, but we had to tool around until the place opened; we ended up in the West Village stepping into a cheese shop that I will likely spend a bunch of money at later today.
The interior of HanGawi was beautiful - we removed our shoes and were transported to another place entirely. Beautiful decoration, candlelight, traditional seating in the floor, and meditative music; the only detraction to the atmosphere was the thrumming of the air conditioner. Otherwise the place felt entirely holy and sacred. The food was delectable - kim chi pancakes, sweet potato noodles, bean curd and spicy kim chi in a brown sauce with caramelized onions, avocado bibimbap, and roasted tandook(?) and asparagus. With pickled kim chi on the side!! So yum.
After that we went home for the evening, and rented and watched Jan Svankmeier's "Faust". The plan today is to see Svankmeier's new film "Lunacy" before it goes out of the theater tomorrow, possibly fit a museum in somewhere, buy cheese, and bring it to Bryant Park in the evening where I will watch "Rocky" with Sylvia and friends!
EDIT: Eggs benedict is named for a financial type person with the last name of Benedict, and originated in NYC over a century ago!
The highlights: brunch at Park Luncheonette - prosciutto benedict with asparagus and roasted red pepper in a lemon hollandaise. Where does the name benedict come from anyway? I should check wikipedia for that one. Also, cranberry juice with a lime wedge continues to be delicious.
We next proceeded into the city to see a movie. We got over to the Film Forum and saw 13 Tzameti; a terrific movie, but for the love of all that is holy - DON'T SEE THE TRAILER or read any reviews!! One should experience the movie as purely as possible, knowing absolutely nothing of the plot. In fact, it might be for the best for you to just add it to your Netflix queue and never read the description of it; or go see it immediately if you haven't seen the trailer so no other movie spoils it for you. Knowing the premise doesn't ruin the film, but it makes the 35+ minute buildup to the premise so anti-climatic it makes me cry. There must have been a better way to make the trailer for this movie without spoiling that buildup, DAMN IT!!
Once again I would love for there to be a selective memory blocking device so that I could re-experience movies like this "for the first time" without knowing the secrets of the film.
After movie I said to my sister: "You'll have to find a vegan Korean restaurant for me for the next time I come visit." And she said "Forget next time, there's a place called HanGawai that has exactly what you want. It's Buddhist vegan Korean and it's amazing." So we decided to do early birthday dinner there, but we had to tool around until the place opened; we ended up in the West Village stepping into a cheese shop that I will likely spend a bunch of money at later today.
The interior of HanGawi was beautiful - we removed our shoes and were transported to another place entirely. Beautiful decoration, candlelight, traditional seating in the floor, and meditative music; the only detraction to the atmosphere was the thrumming of the air conditioner. Otherwise the place felt entirely holy and sacred. The food was delectable - kim chi pancakes, sweet potato noodles, bean curd and spicy kim chi in a brown sauce with caramelized onions, avocado bibimbap, and roasted tandook(?) and asparagus. With pickled kim chi on the side!! So yum.
After that we went home for the evening, and rented and watched Jan Svankmeier's "Faust". The plan today is to see Svankmeier's new film "Lunacy" before it goes out of the theater tomorrow, possibly fit a museum in somewhere, buy cheese, and bring it to Bryant Park in the evening where I will watch "Rocky" with Sylvia and friends!
EDIT: Eggs benedict is named for a financial type person with the last name of Benedict, and originated in NYC over a century ago!