Easter 2010

It was a chilling long weekend for Nico's 2010 Easter break. Friday morning was occupied by Easter treat baking for the BF. Only the chocolate mini muffins made it. The normal mango vanilla ones failed miserably. I knew it was a bad idea but didn't realise it turned out that bad because the centre doesn't seem to cook properly due to the mango puree. Anyway, luckily the chocolate ones turned out reasonably well.

Had dim sum for lunch later the day and watched Clash of Titans in 3D. It was a so-so movie. Not too great, maybe because we kind of expected too much before the movie. Even Sam Worthington's performance was not as good as he was in Avatar. He had very limited dialogue, and again, maybe he just need to look good in his spartan suit, showing off his muscles.

Got down to Wembley on Saturday just to check out the new Pacific Plaza which is suppose to be something like the closed down Oriental City. Only the food court and some shops were open. The oriental supermarket is not open yet. We tried some malaysian food at the food court. The curry laksa and the mamak mee goreng were quite decent. But the satay was not authentic enough. There were quite a variety of asian food stalls - korean, japanese, chinese dim sum and roast mixes etc. I'd say the food there is ok but not a place you will go specifically if you need an oriental meal fix. There are better restaurants in central london. The most interesting shop would be the Japanese bakery - Tetote factory - bought a melon bun, a fig and orange bun and a brioche to try - but missed the adzuki buns cos they were sold out.

Another lazy Sunday was spent "productively" in Bolnhurst with a yummy Sunday roast lunch at The Plough. Now that I am actually blogging about this place that I found out it's actually run by Martin Lee (he's one of Raymond Blanc's trained chef). A very cosy and lovely pub indeed with posh patrons and of course - high quality british food - especially the delicious rhubarb crumble!!! :)). What could be more heavenly than beautifully presented food sourced from fresh local produce and a meal with complimentary warm home made bread! Plus, it was a nice drive at the country side with only blue skies, green fields and cute cottages in sight - out of all the polution and crowd of the city.

So how is life treating Nico so far?...It felt like Nico's been abducted to lala land this easter weekend. There is quite a lot things floating around my mind to ponder about. But suddenly it just felt that no matter how much I think about them, it is not going to change much of reality. Thus, Nico's decided that there is no point thinking so much, and to fully enjoy every moment of happiness, bravely embrace every pinch of misery. It's only a few more hours to go before Nico has to face reality again. Time to wake up!