Spain Series - The Perfect Meal

Our eating experience at Spain was a hit and miss affair.  Even the concierges of the grandest of 5* hotels could send their clients to some non descript restaurants that serve vin ordinaire food but with eye watering prices.  At the Albaicin quarter, hiding away in the narrow, winding alleys of Granada, just a few twists away from the tourist track, is the San Nichols restaurant, with a grand sweep view of the Alhambra, serving the perfect meal, a reward for those die-hard tourists who eschew cafes that plague most plazas, given to serving what pass as edible food.

The charming dining room

View of the Alhambra from the dining table

Scrumptious sea food salad

A delight for the eyes, a feast for the stomach

Pistachio mousse -

sugar and cholesterol overload

Jade

By far one of the highly prized stones in the history of Chinese art is jade.  Its significance rivals that of gold and diamond in the West.  Innumerable object d'arts have been made from jade, many of them of exquisite craftsmanship.  At the family reunion dinner, with views of the Victoria Harbour at night, all the place settings were in jade, including the jade piece in the menu.  Surrounded by expensive objects, I count myself lucky that the love of my siblings is priceless.

The jade piece in the menu

Flights of Fancy

I have been neglecting my blog for a while.  Life at times can be a torturous journey with many twists and turns and in the midst of navigating them, one can easily lose direction. 

I returned to my place of birth to reflect and think, and here are some images that captured my imagination.


Birds in flight




Clown in an airship at the Festival Walk

shopping mall in Hong Kong





On terra firma, youngsters practising
their turns at the ice rink