Jay On The Go

One of our favorite restaurants in the Metrowest Boston area, we end up there fairly regularly, and while I sometimes feel that I should try something new, I almost always order my regular: sushi bento.  That is what I did today as well.  It comes with miso soup, several sushis, makimono, salad, and fruit.  I also drink several cups of (free) green tea.  It has a family atmosphere and the fact that I always see a lot of Japanese me keeps reassuring me that the food is as authentic as it can be for the ten years or so that I have been eating there, trying to relive my memories of living in Japan during the 90s.

Because the people in Metrowest Boston area were either too unsophisticated or poor to dress their kids in French kids clothes by Okaidi, after a rather sad existence for some time, they finally left, and in their place, we now have Crumbs.  Considering women and cupcakes have a relationship that men cannot understand, we went there yesterday.  The cupcakes looked more commercial (you feel as if you are in a cheap supermarket bakery) rather than exotic but we tried the carrots cupcake, which was pretty good.  The best part of their shop, though, is Starbucks coffee, something which we did not have in this mall.  So whether we go back for the cupcakes or not depends on Lorena's craving for sugar, but we sure will now be buying our coffee there rather than at the ebar at Nordstrom.

This is an easy to make dish that I had for lunch today.  Basically, it is basmati rice and on top are cooked garbanzo beans in a curry sauce.  Just to add a bit of taste and color, I put some Mexican salsa on it.  Yum.

We took off from Massachusetts on Saturday after breakfast.  Just so as not to put miles on my Toyota RAV-4 lease, and to avoid the dents and scratches while driving/parking in NYC, I rented a car from Enterprise for just $47 for the weekend.  Lorena prepared sandwiches for lunch so we would need to eat junk food.  We arrived around 2 PM and parked for free on the street next to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (yes, it is possible to park for free in New York during the weekends).  We walked around Central Park for a while and then went for coffee at the Bouchon Bakery in Time Warner Center building on Columbus Circle.  Some more people watching on Fifth Avenue and Rockfeller Center area and eventually we ended up in Times Square.  Soon enough it was dinner time and we typically like to eat where New Yorkers eat and one of our favorite places is a Thai Restaurant called Room Service (690 Ninth Ave).  Great food, excellent ambiance, and this is not your corny neighborhood Thai place.

I have been searching for a tool to get my thoughts out quickly and without needing a laptop.  I finally decided to revive my mobile blog that I had not updated for some time, and the new design has come out to be nice.  So expect to hear more from me as I blog more often in real time.