Bean Curd

Started out today with the normal rat race, made my way up the street to Town Square station. You need to understand that I’ve never really used public transportation. It’s not because I have never wanted to – I think public transportation is a great idea. It’s that in Denver I really couldn’t due to the nature of my job, and in Phoenix there really isn’t any. Sure, they are building the light rail… Anyway, my biggest issue in using the light rail here is simple – I always go down the stairs of the wrong platform and end up asking someone if the train there is going to North Sydney. At least I’m getting used to asking people. So get on the train, go up the rail, across the Harbour Bridge – aka the coat hanger, and then off at North Sydney.

Today I met with one of our resellers in Chatswood, which is just north of North Sydney. Nice drive up – lots of green. Still getting used to riding in the left hand seat without a steering wheel. Anyway, it was a good meeting and while I’m in town next week we’re going to meet up again to go through some sales discussions and get them some ideas on getting some sales going.

So after that my boss Sam wanted to take me to dinner just to chat and catch up. We drove along and decided on Chinese food. Okay, so I’ve had Chinese food before – and very good Chinese food, but this was better. The prawns in black pepper garlic sauce were amazing – the prawns themselves were cooked perfectly and the garlic sauce was just under being overpowering. Next was the Sichuan Lamb that had a nice spice to it, but it was also sweet. Finally was Grandma’s Bean Curd, which was my choice. In my experience, vegetarian dishes are generally more flavorful, often spicier, and in general they are also healthier. So Grandma’s Bean Curd had some great mushrooms, pickled spicy peppers, oh, and ground pork that just made the dish. I’ve never had anything like this before and I do not believe I will ever have anything like this again. Bean curd by the way is also known as tofu. It was an amazing meal.