Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 01-09-19 09:04 <=-

The Garden Cafe, the less formal option next
to the Golden Leaf in the Conrad, offers both
options so is a good compromise.

Indeed. :)

Looking forward to spending hundreds of
dollars on a blowout dinner is an incentive
to save a few bucks here and there as one can.

Another reason for the less formal option, then... :)

An omelet in the somewhat harder than French
Chinese style seemed expertly made.

Nice enough.... :)

I guess. For me runny omelets are the
preferred style, but Chinese don't tend
to like undercooked things, except maybe
some vegetables.

I prefer runnyish scrambled eggs, and not too hard omelets, either... ny
nice enough was also referring to the rest of the meal you'd described
for Lilli, though... :)

I'd go for those.... even the overly cute pig... ;)

Dim sum could easily be my downfall, and the
pig buns were after all only almost too cute
to eat.

Yup... :)

Cheese rolls were something I'd never tried before,
but as they were free for the taking, I had one and
will never again - they are yeast rolls of the
normal sort, topped with a mixture of sugar and some
cheese product, perhaps Cheez Whiz, and broiled.

Not worth the pills or the carbs, I see... ;)

Definitely a mistake and almost worth
throwing out even for one who doesn't
enjoy wasting food.

And that's definitely saying something... :)

For a savory I had steamed sablefish with seaweed in
light soy and mirin, which was truly superb.

That does sound good... :)

One of those things one says "I'll never
forget that dish," but of course one does
after a while, generally.

Or at least most of the specifics... :)

P.S. Yesterday Lilli showed a twinge of nostalgia for
hotel breakfasts and made a Hampton spread of old ham,
hockey puck omelet, and soggy home fries. She got it
just right, and if I closed my eyes I could imagine myself
in a breakfast nook in Peoria or someplace. Even the juice
(Simply Orange, out of a monster Costco jug) was authentic.

Was she trying for authenticity.... or did it merely happen that
way....? (G)

I don't think it was literal nostalgia for the
Hampton but rather for that kind of meal. She
probably would have made it better if she could.

Ah... ham, omelet and home fries with OJ.... with just the right touch
of incompetence... ;) I'd not even try, probably.... :)

... I have a rock garden. Last week, three of them died.

Better than having them proliferate.

Probably... :)

ttyl neb

... Gouda cheese: $2.00/lb. Bada cheese: 80›

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