Sweets etc.

I was told Harrods makes the best cheesecake in London.  So I tried it.   The cake was alright, like normal good New York cheesecake, but the crust was...... super!!!!

It was not a soggy crust made with digestive biscuits.  It was crispy, like crushed cornflakes , soaked in espresso without taking away the crispy crunchy texture of course.  It goes exceptionally well with the heavy new york cheesecake.

Best with a pot of Moroccan mint and gunpowder tea.  (Nope they don't have it there.)  It was a huge slice and the tea could serve well as a digestif.

Oh, the whole "cake eating and looking at fancy sundaes other people ordered  in an art deco setting" experience actually reminded me of Klavon's Ice Cream in Strip District, Pittsburgh.  A nice place we archis of 2003 used to hang out during the summer, the good old days!

On mending broken objects

I find mending broken objects very therapeutic.  It is brainless craft without having to worry about reason/concept/idea... and no matter how bad your crafting skill is, it would never be worse than its broken state.   AND you get an object back, though you might not be able to use it for its original purpose.

Of course I won't break things intentionally just to  mend.  But the chance came, when my dear friend Boris sent me a glass (supposedly for the green tea leaves he bought me from China) with very bad packaging.  The glass came broken.

Now this mended object has become a very useful tool holder  for my workstation!  Thank you Bor!