Two great leads
better than whatever you had for dinner
Originally uploaded by crispy47. One of them is from the Economist, the other is by me, and will probably be cut from the story. Guess which is which:1. Ask a European what the continent is good at, and sooner or later he or she will say protecting the environment. Our economies may be struggling. We may be failing to integrate Muslims. But, by golly, we are green and cuddly, like a Martian teddy bear.
2. This newspaper has in the past spoken unsubtly on the aesthetic deficiencies of Taipei 101, at one point likening the pinnacle to a particular sex toy. But just across the street, Peony is an eminently pleasant monument to the joys of disposable income that makes Taiwan's jagged display of phallocapitalism seem like not such a bad idea after all.
Actaully, since the photo attached to this entry is from the Japanese restaurant called Peony, you don't have to guess. As you can see, my ability to employ big words in order to make a penis joke far outstrips that of Charlemagne.
Seriously, though, this may be the best restaurant I've ever been to. And I can never afford to eat there unless they're giving me (and my "translator") a free meal.