Here is what I have been up to lately. Mostly work with adventures to new restaurants on the
weekend. I've been wanting to go to the beach but the weather hasn't been
very accommodating lately!
We went to a Korean restaurant and had a seafood pancake - think tempura but in pancake
form. We also had a soup that I remember having when we visited Korea several years ago.
The base of the broth is liquid from pickled radishes. They freeze some of the broth so it
is icy cold and served with buckwheat noodles, beef, cucumber, and pear. It is sour, sweet,
and savory and was perfect for the heatwave. We knew it was going to be a good meal when
the waitress said "good choice!"
We have also been getting a lot of central Asian foods. We went to an Azerbaijani
restaurant and had a soup with tiny lamb dumplings in it. I didn't get a good picture
but the main course was onions, potatoes, chopped lamp liver, kidney, and heart, and
was very delicious.
We went to a Uyghur restaurant and had laghman, which is a noodle dish with lamb and
egg, and lamb dumplings. I was taking pictures of the food and then I asked Buster to
take a picture of me. The women sitting at the next table saw and offered to take a
picture of us. They asked in Russian and were surprised we didn't understand so I guess
we looked Russian!
Often when we go to this part of Brooklyn to eat we stop by at our favorite Uzbek grocery
store before we leave. They have an enormous prepared foods section and we always find
something exciting. Recently we tried the "men's ideal" cake. I don't know what makes it
ideal for men in particular but it was very good.
At work I have been working with diamonds and also branching out into some new stones. I
have been working with opals, which are tricky because they are very delicate. Today I made
rings with iolite and garnet. The iolite was enormous compared to what I usually work with!
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