Red Chilli, Facebooking and Ian's brilliant bread video

1. I went to the Red Chilli Chinese Restaurant last night on George Hudson Street on my return from Sussex and Kate's' funeral. I was hungry. Several days of polite conversation and delicately eaten meals was beginning to take its toll. Inside the restaurant the atmosphere is busy and happy. The waiting staff were friendly and attentive and there was no irritating questioning about whether or not i was having a good time. The menu is unusual. I don't go for Chinese food very often because its seems so predictable and standardised. This menu is anything but that. I had stir-fried frogs legs in Grandma's special spicy sauce with egg fried rice and a Chinese beer. It was historic. They brought slices of orange at the end which was very refreshing followed by Jasmin tea. We were there for a couple hours. It's a very good place and definitely a beautiful thing in York. We will go again as soon a there's a good reason to.

2. Facebook has been around for a while and I know that it's so over but...in order to be able to see Emma's college ball pictures I needed to join...along the way I discovered there are other people I know out there...who would have thought? Mr William in Cambodia!? It's beautiful. Yeh!

3. Ian's bread video is pretty good. Actually it's brilliant. My recent attempts at baking bread have been less than great. Much to the disappointment of those hoping for something delicious in this household. I read some articles by Hugh Fearnly-Thing in my Sussex friend Hilary's "Country Living" magazines while I was away. Hugh was trying to encourage people to buy local produce and make food real. It's a good idea (if you have the time, money, social values whatever). And then on the train home yesterday I read the Money section of the Guardian (I was desperate) and a very good piece about inflation and food prices...which went on to discuss how to save money and reach middle-class enlightenment through bread-making.