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Amuse Bouche
Halibut ceviche.
1877
Bergen, Norway
(March 4, 2014)
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Had the unbelievable opportunity to shoot this gorgeous Amuse widebody s2000 while I was in SF for Wekfest. No one has ever shot this car before so it was awesome to get the privilege to do so. Thanks to Kaan for bringing out this piece of art. Big thanks to Jeremy and Brad for helping me on this one and Jason for showing us an awesome location.
Saw this guy early Monday morning, passed out cold, sitting in the elevator... wearing a wizarding hat? I was highly amused by this sight. :-D
Amuse Bouche
Parmesan funnel cake.
Aggio
Washington, D.C.
(May 23, 2014)
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I like impromptu, absurd humour -- most scripted comedies don't amuse me.
(I cut this Far Side cartoon from the newspaper in 1990; I keep it in a conspicuous spot on my desk: it's my guaranteed laugh for the day. Leon Redbone WORKOUT VIDEO!?!)
The following series is the second-to-last from the October 2014 trip around China with Doug.
I'll break Leshan and the Buddha park into two separate sets. They feel like separate entities, anyway, though they share the same area. I was most amused at the admission price: The Oriental Buddha Capital (Park) charges 80 RMB admission. The Leshan Buddha (by far, the more known of the attractions) is 90 RMB. Now normally, there's some sort of incentive for buying tickets to both...usually a discount, even if it's a pittance. So, how much for both of these? Yep...170 RMB. Well-done, China tourism. :-)
In this series -- and forgive me for over-posting, but I was very, very pleasantly surprised by this park -- I'll comment only on the Oriental Buddha Capital. (I'll stick exclusively to the Giant Buddha in the other set.)
Getting to Leshan is very easy from Chengdu; it's a 2-2.5 hour bus ride southwest of town and, I think, this is considered southern Sichuan province. I would still say doing Leshan and Emeishan on the same trip is fine -- if you have 2-3 days. Otherwise, treat them separately. Leshan can be done in a day, but Emeishan would need at least two (and more, if you're hiking to the peak).
When I was researching in Lonely Planet about Leshan, it mentioned this partk, and I thought it sounded like a pleasant afterthought...or at least a little diversion, at best.
Honestly, it's one of the nicer parks I've been to in China. Regarding Buddhist art (almost all sculptures), it's very, very impressive. (That being said, it's hard to say how many of the sculptures are originals; some of the signage does allude to the fact that the originals are still in their given countries, etc.)
There are over 3,000 Buddha statues and figurines throughout the park from all over Asia (though some, as mentioned, are replicas). The highlight is probably a 170-m (about 550 ft) long reclining Buddha carved into the side of a hill. It's easily one of the largest reclining Buddhas in the world.
I was also a bit surprised at the almost-eroticism of a lot of the scupltures. Many are nudes...and quite curvaceous, as you'll see. Now, this isn't to say it's voyeuristic by any means, but I was still surprised (and glad) to see these sculptures also celebrate the human body/form as well.
At any rate, I hope you enjoy these last two collections from October 2014.
As I wasn't alone on this trip (very rare for me), you're also welcome to visit my good friend Doug's pictures for a different perspective. His sites are:
www.dougmcmillen.com/ (Access the China pics under his 'Travels' heading.)
Amuse Gueule
Sunchoke velouté with foie gras custard (underneath).
l'Ambroisie
Paris, France
(October 5, 2017)
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Left: Cassava melon ball on Roquefort cream and a potato chip, garnished with Serrano ham bits.
Notes: The cassava melon was excitingly sweet and soft. I loved the flavor play of the pungent blue cheese with the honey-sweet melon and the salty-smokey crunch from the Serrano ham and the potato chip. This was my favorite of the two petite amuses.
Right: Torchon of foie gras with stewed plums and candied fennel on a crostini.
Notes: My dinner companion and I could have sworn the plum tasted like cherry, but the server reassured us it was plum. I'm not sure there was enough of anything in this amuse to really taste it, properly. I didn't notice the candied fennel at all. The foie, also got muddled and lost amidst the really sweet-tart stewed plum. The crunch of the crostini is about all I remember.
Amuse Bouches
Fried risotto balls, fried chickpea fritters, and tuna in radish wrappers.
Del Posto
New York, New York
(July 17, 2012)
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新たまねぎのヴェルーテ 桜の香り＆富士トラウトのレモンマリネとクリームチーズミニブリニと
creamy cold onion soup, with Fuji Trout + cream cheese on pancake
Had the unbelievable opportunity to shoot this gorgeous Amuse widebody s2000 while I was in SF for Wekfest. No one has ever shot this car before so it was awesome to get the privilege to do so. Thanks to Kaan for bringing out this piece of art. Big thanks to Jeremy and Brad for helping me on this one and Jason for showing us an awesome location.
Warm Sunchoke Soup
Curry.
BOKA
Chicago, Illinois
(February 24, 2014)
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