for.a.change

for a change, you're not staying at the usual aparthotel. but this week you're lodging in a hotel a little further from your client but a lot closer to the happening place that you are fascinating about.

 the neighborhood is more relax, a little hippie or bohemian to say. but at least it's just a few bus stop or 20 min walk away and your neighborhood is transformed from a boring banker environment to some thing completely vibrant.

 today you're blessed with the high of 20c.  one of the very first warm day where you can walk around comfortably without your jacket or in fact you feel quite warm wearing your jacket.

 there're plenty bars and cafes that you wanting to try but you know you probably won't have the time to sip your coffee casually in any of these cafes....

 some pastry shops or small tearooms are closed early in the evening... you walk around explore the same area that you in fact frequented a few time since your weekend stay over.

 this is one of the indian restaurant that you've visited a couple of time.  you love the chai tea here but tonight you just fancy something light and low carbs

 so you settle in this little charming restaurant.  from the first glance you thought it's a small eatery that serve western light meal, but it turned out to be a thai restaurant!

 you order a portion of thai calamari, crispy squid topped with thai herbs, not outstanding and you wish it could be a little crispier but otherwise its alright

 and you love this minced chicken salad (laab gai). the chicken is spicy and perfect to eat it with the raw cabbage.

 and this is in fact your ideal light dinner, it may be calorie laden but light

 and you got the postcard size recipe from the restaurant. behind the postcard is the detailed recipe for thai green curry.

and you walk back to your hotel, a cozy bed is waiting for you, and you're calling it a night.

this week for a change, a different hotel, a tad closer to your favorite neighborhood.  it's a welcoming idea.