The Misanthrope with Keira Knightley

Taking the underground trains from Victoria station to Tottenham Hale, I picked up an abandoned copy of the day’s Metro daily and discovered that a production of ‘The Misanthrope’ was currently playing at the Comedy Theater. Moreover, and really this is why I noticed, Keira Knightley was a part of the cast, making her West End début in the production!

I decided to go see it. Here’s quick review.

Hint: it’s “witty, contemporary, and at times laugh-out-loud funny”.

UK Trip Report: To Harlow, Essex

So here I am, in the UK. In England. In a little town called Harlow in the Essex county. There’s quite a bit of snow (London standards, not very much for Amherst) and I haven’t been out and about a whole lot.

I thought I’d start things off a quite trip report, with pictures and captions laid out in chronological order.

Chinese tea (Zhōnggúochá), an overview

An overview of famous Chinese tea (Zhōnggúochá), and local specialities from the Hefei province.

Leaving Bangkok, to Sydney again

I’m sitting on a large comfy chair right now, staring at a huge widescreen computer screen with a keyboard on my lap. The room is dark, painted black with red accents. A huge projection on the only huge blank wall in an otherwise techno-messy setup is invisible to the eyes staring at oddly-positioned comuter screens. [...]

A Taste of Sydney

Why I like Aussie flatwhites (and how you can find them almost anywhere in Sydney), Kangaroo meat and the new cream-cheese Vegemite. Plus, Sydney’s got great momo.

Shanghai Dumplings (Xiǎolóngbāo)

Much to my delight, I found the Shanghai steamed dumplings (xiǎolóngbāo) were much closer in taste taste to the Nepali momo than any jiaozi or the baozi I’ve had.