Thirteen with Flaming Cheese
Originally published at Aurorean. Please leave any comments there.
It seemed to me that I am I am jinxed whenever I visit Shangri-la Mall. The last time I’ve been there, I almost got lost. Yesterday, I was to meet S at the mall so that we could watch Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, one of the films being shown for the French Spring Film Festival. As usual, I had to take the MRT going there. I found the ride quite enjoyable 1 until we neared the station. Suddenly, there was a strong odor of burning rubber and I almost gagged while getting off the train. I approached the exit booths and inserted my magnetic ticket in the machine only to find out that it woundn’t work and I couldn’t get out of the station.
I approached the security guard nearby and smirking, he told me that I used the wrong ticket! The ticket I used was meant for an another station and I forced to use all my coins in order to buy an new one.
Nevertheless, I told myelf, this day couldn’t get any worse. Apparently, it did. It turned out that the tickets for the film were already sold out and we had to wait until the weekend for the next showing. We decided to watch Ocean’s Thirteen instead but along the way, S and I got into an argument and we choose to sit far away from each other. I was expecting this sequel to be horrible, after the POTC3 fiasco, and I found out that it was enjoyable. It was certainly better than Ocean’s 12, which plot I never undertstood no matter how many times I watched it.
Afterwards, we dined at Cyma, a Greek restaurant. S ordered Saganaki or flaming cheese for me. It was an interesting dish since it’s served flambé together with the waiters shouting “Hopa! (Cheers!)” Anyway, that’s about the good thing about the place. The salad that we also ordered was already unavailable 2 and the lamb shish-kebabs were almost overcooked and had plenty of ligaments. For some reason, the service staff seemed fond of taking pictures of themselves in front of the customers and that’s very unprofessional, methinks.
It’s too bad that that it’s the only Greek cuisine restaurant that I know of. So, what cuisine would you wish to try out?