Saturday 19 January 2008

Friday 18 January 2008

I really think so

sushi by Sakurako Kitsa As mentioned to several students this week : the link for the Yo Sushi half price voucher is here.

It is a great sadness that Gili Gullu has closed down, which cuts down the options for budget sushi. Yo (conveyor belt) and Wassabi (take away) are good chains with branches all over, Moshi Moshi is less ubiquitous, but also tasty

Kulu Kulu (Branches in Covent Garden and Soho) is pretty good, Itsu irritated me no end by having not one single vegetarian roll on offer so I can't rate them on anything else, and I've yet to try my luck at a Feng Sushi.

Yoshino has a good reputation, although I can't vouch for them personally (They also stock the Japan Centre's sushi bar, which I can recommend). Many of my friends rate the Tokyo Diner, but I've never been impressed there - it's good enough, but nothing special. I prefer to go to Zipangu, which is two doors down. I mostly go for ramen, but what I've sampled of their sushi has been good.

Wednesday 16 January 2008

all of these things and more

I don't know if I should be admitting this in public, but tonight is Torchwood night (first episode of the second season) and I'm looking forward to it.

Why would I be worried about admitting to that? Well, it's not so much the lingering stigma of SciFi - if I was posting the day before new Doctor Who I would have no shame at all about being full of anticipation and encouraging everyone to watch it. But that may be because everyone *does* watch it. My best friend's ten year old, through to my parents. It's proper family telly.

Torchwood? Well, season one was, to be honest, a bit rough in places. Didn't seem to know what it wanted to be. Had some fantastic episodes and some total dross, and some amazing acting, and some annoying failures to act (Gwen, I'm looking at you, lass.) some great writing, and some really clunky bad bits.

I missed a few episodes in the middle of last season, and wasn't too stressed about it, and yet, I have a soft spot for the show and I find myself caring about the launch of the second season.

I think part of it may be down to location. I went to uni down in Swansea, so the accents, and the real-world parts are pleasing to me. It's nice seeing Cardiff playing Cardiff (instead of Cardiff playing London and Swansea playing Cardiff, like in Doctor Who). Gwen's mundane boyfriend, Rhys, and her ex-partner on the police remind me of people I know. The accents feel like one flavour of home. It's all about the little things.

It looks like there will be folks coming round to watch en-mass, so even if the show does completely bomb, I'll still have a good evening, but I'll be waiting for the credits with fingers crossed, thinking 'please don't suck'.

And you know what? I have hope.

Sunday 13 January 2008

Tuesday 8 January 2008

But I see the statues beginning to fall

Fourth Plinth shortlist announced.

I thought I was going to find myself in the unlikely situation of rooting for Tracy Emin, because Meerkats and then I scrolled down the final few lines and: Anthony Gormley wants to ask members of the public to stand on the plinth for an hour each to occupy it for constantly for 12 months

Vote Gormley I say!

(Health and Safety will probably nix the idea, but the idea of it!)