Its the ladies smile that does it…
I was not sure about the spelling of ‘paardenlul’. The 1995 spelling rules change never really got etched into my brain.But fortunatelly the official spelling rules, including a list of dutch words, can be found on-line.
Note that the ‘n’ in paardenlul is silent.
Cover of the "Hemelse Modder Cookbook"
This here is “Hemelse Modder”, “Heavenly Mud”. Its the signature dish of one of my favorite Amsterdam restaurant bearing name: Hemelse Modder.
This restaurant has been in existence for over a decade and serve this dish on a daily basis. Lets assume they are open for 300days per year, serve 40 portions per day and a portion is about 250 gram. That means they have served 30 000 kg of chocolate mousse during their existence, isn’t that equivalent to a small swimming pool.? (Mousse fetish anybody?).
If you like food, like to be attended by informal staff that enjoys food too and knows what the job is about this is the place to be. We are planning for Saturday…
April 8,2012: Updated with a new picture
Gordon Lennox pointed me to “Star Wreck in the Pirkinning”. This effort deserves to be hyped!
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning is a feature-length sci-fi parody, seven years in the making. It is the product of a core group of five Finns, and over 300 extras, assistants and supporters. The film combines world-class visual effects, a rough-and-ready sense of humour, and a passion that provide the basis for the first-ever Finnish science fiction adventure.
I just noticed this poetic commentary appear in the Secret-Working Groups Archive.
Its been a while since I last wrote here. I started a new job with NLnet Labs and it just took all my energy. Besides plog and Safari do not really work together and Ecto does not allow picture uploads so at times its just to much hassle.
Anyway things are settling a bit. I’ve finished my DNSSEC deployment project at the NCC, its in its final stages and it won’t be long before secure delegations will be offered. As for deployment taking up on a more global scale; I am not willing to take bets.
While writing this I am watching Top Gear. They are presenting the new Citroen C6 Oh-la-la…. I can’t wait until that machine hits the road and we get to see it life. Although I am not a car person but I do wonder what cars can get the ‘classic’ status of the Citroen DS, 2CV and the Volkwagen Beatle. I guess we have to wait about 20 years to have the authoritative answer.
During the IETF in Paris I did some shopping and heard some classic New Wave and Punk songs in a Bossa Nova setting. I asked the guy behind the counter. It was Nouvelle Vague. So off to FNAC I was. (FNAC is this really cool music, movie and media chain). In FNAC “Nouvelle Vague” was sitting next to a set of headphones which played “Sufjan Stevens”;
Sufjan Stevens’s Illinoise is one of the best musical purchases I made this year. Its an incredible mix of styles. His website is pretty cool too. If I’d take a bet on Sufjan’s record collection I would say it contains Stever Reich, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, and a nice bluegrass collection.
I did listen to another but that was not as catching nor accessible as Illinoise. I’m sure I’ll buy more of this fellow.
[Post publish edit Oct 6: corrected sufjan.com link]
Even though I follow the instructions on the PLog 1.0/XMLRPC page, I have problems getting pLog and ecto to work with pictures.
After including a thumbnail with the ‘iphoto’ interface button and publishing the message Ecto responds with a "Could not parse response" message.
What I notice is that:
I had some hope that Paul’s time sink would contain some hints but was not able to find anything there.
Doing the pictures manually is such a pain.
Quotes from the poem:
AH POOK THE DESTROYER …
William S. Burroughs (Feb 5, 1914-Aug 2, 1997)
(…)
Hiroshima, 1945, August 6th, 16 minutes past 8 AM
Who really gave that order?
Answer – Control. The ugly American. The instrument of Control.(…)
Bryon Gysin has the all purpose nuclear bedtime story.
The all purpose bedtime story, in fact.
Some trillions of years ago a sloppy, dirty giant flicked grease from his fingernails.
One of those gobs of grease is our universe on its way to the floor.
Splat
I first posted about last weeks restaurant experience to the IETF mailing list.
That message could actually have some impact: try to google for "Restaurant Le Ternes Pereire".
Yesterday was my last day in Paris. I regret having spoiled a fewevenings. One evening I was to tired to go out and had a sandwich in myhotel room (Fresh tomato and roquefort, so not a complete waste) andone evening I got sucked into a IETF working group chair beer event ina English style micro brewery.
But yesterday evening I was with good friends and I’ve managed to convince them to go to Bar Zinc.
Thefirst time I was at Bar Zinc was about a year ago when I was in Parisfor a training course and my colleague and me stumbled upon the placeen were both plesantly surprised. So when I returned about 2 monthslater, with my wife, we went to the same place and were plesantlysurprised again. Yesterday, again a plesant surprise.
As astarter I had a cucumber-Cheddar tartar, Magrait de Canard as a maincourse, a cheese plate to relax and finally a lovely little desert withthe most delicious white chocolate mouse I have ever tasted. It wasn;tquite a mouse more thick butterlike cream, but very tasty indeed. Thethree of us started the meal with a Champaign, accompanied our meal witha bottle and a pichet of 2001 Medoc AOC and had more Champaign,Cognac and coffee after the meal. Total price per head, a very fair 85Euro.
Three times cannot be coincedence. This place offers quality. BarZinc is a relaxed bistrot. The guests were elderly women, business people, couples, tatood andpierced youngsters and even while its Augustit seemed that we were the only 3 tourists. The walls showed anexposition of a local artist, this time photos whith an erotic twist. If I recall well they had other types of art on display the first 2 times.
The neighbourhood is vibrant and Bar Zinc is probably not the only restaurant where you can find fine food for a fair price. But the next time I’m in Paris… I’ll give it a try again.
The address:
Bar Zinc, 9, rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris (Tel: 01 48 05 05 95). It is a block north of La Bastille.
Yesterday I had a very nice salad in this slightly overpriced restaurant down the road from the IETF venue. Its a Brasserie specialized in Fruit de Mere.
I ordered Salade Italienne. Very nice indeed, until I hit a bug, covered in olive oil, that was enjoying the salad too. I am not a specialist in insects but I know cockroaches come in many different shapes and forms. The small animal covered in oil could have been a baby cockroach.
I signaled the waiter and after several "Oh-la-la’s" he offered me a new salad. I lost my appetite so I refused. So far nothing to complain about. But then came the bill. I was charged. Then I specifically asked if something could be done about that. And to be honest I’d settled for anything symbolic, free wine, free desert, espresso, anything. But the waiter could not be convinced.
Hence my recommendation. Do not go to:
Le Ternes Pereire
84, Avenue de Ternes
75017 Paris
Actually pass by, look at the menu, and if the waiter tries to convince you to come in just mention the cockroach in the salad.
