Piquant Photos
Some photo-essays on subjects which caught my attention while shambling around the world
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- Photo Essay: Loo Tiles on Nov 24, 2009 in Humour Food and Cuisine London
I was having dinner at the Leon Restaurant at Bankside when I had to go to the loo. And seriously, the wall tiles freaked me out a bit. They actually had tiles which showed the mid 20th century pinups! I can understand having a large...
- Photo Essay: A Rugby Day at Twickenham on Nov 23, 2009 in Sports United Kingdom Buildings Misc London
I was invited to attend a Rugby game between the All Blacks and England at Twickenham and managed to get an extra ticket for the tyke. Here are some photographs of that trip. It was a horrible day, raining like hell and flooding across England. On...
- Photo Essay: Autumn Garden Toys on Nov 22, 2009 in Nature
I got hold of a new camera and went off taking some photographs with it in the garden. What else to pick but the garden gnomes, etc. :) he looks like he has gone to the corner to take...
- Jamies: A review on Nov 21, 2009 in Food and Cuisine London
We had some office guests over from all over the world, so decided to take them to have a bite to eat at the nearest restaurant to the office. Here’s my review on UrbanSpoon: "Avoid. Wine good, ambience good. Starter was good, interesting...
- Sights in Vale Farm on Nov 17, 2009 in Humour Road Trip London
My lovely little princess had her birthday at Vale Farm and took some interesting snaps while I was parking the car. Rather amusing and interesting. First was the arrows. I liked the juxtaposition. The idea that you would have traffic safety cen...
- My first shot at Huevos Ranchero on Nov 16, 2009 in Food and Cuisine
You know I bought few books yesterday and decided to inaugurate the first one today. Its a book about simple recipes. Its the big red book in the middle. Anyway, this is what my eldest cost centre decided for breakfast and little princess said...
- The Rack of Lamb on Nov 15, 2009 in Food and Cuisine
I think this turned out to be nice :) That’s an aged Welsh rack of lamb, with thyme, parsley, Dijon mustard and some other secret herbs with a bit of salt and pepper. Perfectly cooked inside and out, medium rare :) As Diya says, Baba’s...
