Movies and Food..........
Friday night caught 'The Singing Ringing Tree', a bizarre 1957 technicolour acid version of a Grimm Brothers fairy tale. From East Germany. Totally brilliant, disturbing and endearing, check the imdb refs........
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052199/
Went to the fantastic Seb's Cafe on Old Dumbarton Road for some lunch today. The place is a hidden gem, stashed in the hinterland beyond Firebird where few have the gumption to tread. I had previously sampled their amazing 'pites' - little pasties of light golden pastry with fillings such as feta and mince whilst imbibing at the nearby Goat. Today was the first sit down meal experience, had lovely soup followed by 'Kernala(?)', spinach savoury bread and dip. The bread had a texture like sponge cake and it arrived at our table with wisps of steam rising from it. It went exceedingly well with the yoghurt dip. My main was a roast red pepper stuffed with mince and rice, which came with a goodly dollop of mash. My companion had a nice chicken dish, expertly flavoured with mustard. Service was wonderfully friendly, the proprieter sat and chatted with us for a while after our meal. It is TINY, 2 2 seaters and a 4 seater table, but well worth checking if you are in the vicinity.
Later on caught 'Brokeback Mountain' in town, yet another triumph for Ang Lee. It's just a simple love story, except the lovers are two cowboys. Who "ain't queer, y'understand?". Heath Ledger gives a brilliant mumbling performance - he seems to have implants at either side of gob as if he's got plugs of tobacco permanently inserted ready to chow. Jake Gyllenhaal's good too. Reminded me of my anti-homophobic adage, which I will share with you now. Most gay guys are well groomed, well dressed and successful. The more well dressed, well groomed and successful guys there are chasing EACH OTHER the better, because then there's less competition for the available chicks. And this improves the chances for breeders like me. Diggit?
Not quite sure if it's up there with 'The Origin of Species' as social evolutionary theories go but I like it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052199/
Went to the fantastic Seb's Cafe on Old Dumbarton Road for some lunch today. The place is a hidden gem, stashed in the hinterland beyond Firebird where few have the gumption to tread. I had previously sampled their amazing 'pites' - little pasties of light golden pastry with fillings such as feta and mince whilst imbibing at the nearby Goat. Today was the first sit down meal experience, had lovely soup followed by 'Kernala(?)', spinach savoury bread and dip. The bread had a texture like sponge cake and it arrived at our table with wisps of steam rising from it. It went exceedingly well with the yoghurt dip. My main was a roast red pepper stuffed with mince and rice, which came with a goodly dollop of mash. My companion had a nice chicken dish, expertly flavoured with mustard. Service was wonderfully friendly, the proprieter sat and chatted with us for a while after our meal. It is TINY, 2 2 seaters and a 4 seater table, but well worth checking if you are in the vicinity.
Later on caught 'Brokeback Mountain' in town, yet another triumph for Ang Lee. It's just a simple love story, except the lovers are two cowboys. Who "ain't queer, y'understand?". Heath Ledger gives a brilliant mumbling performance - he seems to have implants at either side of gob as if he's got plugs of tobacco permanently inserted ready to chow. Jake Gyllenhaal's good too. Reminded me of my anti-homophobic adage, which I will share with you now. Most gay guys are well groomed, well dressed and successful. The more well dressed, well groomed and successful guys there are chasing EACH OTHER the better, because then there's less competition for the available chicks. And this improves the chances for breeders like me. Diggit?
Not quite sure if it's up there with 'The Origin of Species' as social evolutionary theories go but I like it.
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