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Rodarte, Ulla Johnson and Cynthia Rowley SS 2018, floral image from Pinterest
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Rodarte, Ulla Johnson and Cynthia Rowley SS 2018, floral image from Pinterest
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Rodarte, Ulla Johnson and Cynthia Rowley SS 2018, floral image from Pinterest
Getting My Geek On at Fred Wilson Chess Books NYC!
What makes for a perfect travel souvenir? It's a really tough question isn't it; and one that will have a different answer at times of life too I think. So at this stage of my life; I'm mostly happy with the pictures I take while I'm away as souvenirs of my journey. That said, for the last few years I have been playing chess again, and the search for nice and affordable chess sets has also become a bit of a thing. Where do all the chess pieces and chess boards go? I mean there must be millions of them out there, and yet they seem quite hard to find. At least attractive sets seem harder to find than you would probably think! New York City is of course a famous chess playing city so I thought where better to find an interesting vintage chess set than New York.. Continued below
Now before I left Sydney I did a bit of google searching for Thrift and Chess shops, hoping to turn up something nice without a specialist store or antique shop price tag. I found an interesting cluster of Thrift shops around East 23rd and Third Avenue including the City Opera Thrift Shop - nice - and my favourite Vintage Thrift Shop, "Nonprofit vintage-goods flagship store benefiting the United Jewish Council of the East Side." The latter shop had had a mid century modern Hermann Ohme Chess Set I spotted on their Instagram in the weeks before the trip, but unfortunately for me, already snapped up. They did have another set when I visited the store made of stone or marble, way too heavy to bring back; and not really the sort of thing I was after. So then it was a trip even further downtown to Fred Wilson's Chess Book store on East 11th Street in the hope he might have what I was after.
Fred's is not a street front shop; the book shop is up on the 3rd floor, so it was great to get inside an old commercial building with a beautiful ornate cast iron staircase - right outside the lift - on just day two. It's along the corridor and around the corner but very easy to find. And there it, and he were, and is in the pictures below. And Fred had just what I wanted, just what I was looking for, even if I did not know it myself.
An early to mid 1940's "Drueke's *American Made* Chessmen" Red and Cream #23 in the original box, a simple folding cardboard red and black board. And to top it off a volume called "Russians Verses Fischer," I mean does it get any more NY & American than that! All ready to go in the left of the portrait below. So there it was, a perfect NYC souvenir for me and I had a great time chatting with Fred, talking about how bad my game is and I don't even understand why I like the game so much.. While there I also met a Ukrainian player who like me had found the shop via Google. Yes Google works. A week later I headed back to see if Fred had managed to dig out any Kasparov books for me. Again he came up trumps with a well annotated volume "Kasparov's Fighting Chess" and also recommended his own volume "Simple Attacking Plans" to help me get my game a little sharper. Fred I am reading it and enjoying "Simple Attacking Plans" direct, simple and effective concepts and game examples. Thank you! One last thing; one of the other uses for the souvenir chess set is that I like to work it into a shot of the place we have visited, sometimes with Vivienne for her travel website White Caviar Life; after all that's the real reason we were in NY in the first place. We did one, and that shot closes out this story below with a perfectly styled outfit. Hope you all like it. So don't for get to check out White Caviar Life too, New York, Prague, it's all happening, and Viv is now playing chess for real too!
http://www.fredwilsonchess.com/
Fred Wilson Chess Books
80 East 11th Street, Suite 334
New York.
http://whitecaviarlife.com/
Telling Stories in Pictures all over..
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| Bijan Royal (props) on 11th Street |
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| Fred Wilson at Fred Wilson Chess Books. |
Fred Wilson Chess Books
80 East 11th Street, Suite 334
New York.
http://whitecaviarlife.com/
Telling Stories in Pictures all over..
Kent Johnson, Sydney, Australia.
0433 796 863
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Punjabi Curry Cafe
Charlie & Co. dined as guests.
Tuesday 3rd October
Located off Johnston St in Collingwood, Punjabi Curry Cafe specialize in authentic North Indian cuisine, with fresh ingredients and friendly staff. We love discovering new places, and so were delighted to dine in on a Tuesday evening.
Inside it's nice and warm, inviting datesworthy atmosphere with a fireplace (on a tv screen). It is also the biggest Indian restaurant I have ever seen!
With part of the kitchen in a window at the back, you can see the chefs creating delicious things. Like dumplings, all the tandoori things and naan!
On arrival we were offered 'Papadams with Mint & Tamarind Chutney' *no picture because someone ate one before I took a picture*, and the chutney was amazing, a great accompaniment to the later dishes too. Where can we buy that in a bottle? :P
With a hint of heat I found the chili chicken seasoning perfect for someone who doesn't like it hot, succulent and tender chicken with plenty of flavour. While this on the entree menu, it could serve as a main too paired with rice/naan.
The texture of this was quite interesting, as the sides were a bit harder being more exposed to the tandoor oven, a bit harder and squeaky almost. While the inside was still soft and quite similar in texture to a firmer paneer than we're familiar with. The flavours were a bit on the bland side, like tofu, especially after the chili chicken, but dipped in that tamarind chutney it was good.
When it comes to Indian my go to is the butter chicken, to me it is the dish that determines if we shall return to try other dishes or not. Done wrong without that perfect balance it could be too sweet or salty. But it was just right! Rich and creamy with tender chicken I loved it, served with the 'Kashmiri Pulao' (see below, it's the rice).
Fernando had the lamb saag, which also comes in a beef option. "I cannot explain Saag but for some reason I like it, the meat was tender and easy to work with, (have had really tough lamb saag before) and its got spinach in it but you can't even tell. Tastes way better than it looks.Needs more spice to be in my perfect hitbox." I do recall F asked for the chef to make it as hot as he'd have it himself, but that didn't happen.
Paired with the beautiful fruit and nuts rice, it took the spotlight away from the lamb. Go for the plain rice was Fernando's recommendation if you get the saag.
An orange rice that's slightly sweet scattered with dry fruits and cashews, the raisins were perfect to add a little something to the rich and creamy butter chicken. I absolutely loved this rice as the side to the classic butter chicken, and would get them together again. Though I think it needed more mix ins, the rice.
When it comes to naan Fernando loves the garlic, which smells amazing, though I always found my preference to be the plain naan as I find the garlic too oily. He loved it, as there was plenty of garlic, and he usually asks for double.
Fernando had these milk dumplings, served warm, they were sweet but not too sweet. There was that balance between sweet and savory. The syrup proportions just right to accompany the soft and fluffy donuty (the airy type), balls. Being light they were the perfect finish for the evening.
Meanwhile I also had milk dumplings, but they were quite different served in a sweet milky sauce. They resembled cardamon pistachio cheesecake! With the texture being like ricotta but not salty and drier. It was quite nice and I enjoyed them. The cardamon was what made the dessert amazing, it's sorta like rose water but different.
A lovely restaurant, the atmosphere as warm and inviting as the service, and great food. It's a local gem to share with friends and family, also perhaps a date! We're excited about returning/getting delivery.
Open for dinner every night, Punjabi Curry Cafe also offers delivery services to Melbourne CBD and local areas (including Hawthorn!) via ubereats and menulog.
Tuesday 3rd October
Located off Johnston St in Collingwood, Punjabi Curry Cafe specialize in authentic North Indian cuisine, with fresh ingredients and friendly staff. We love discovering new places, and so were delighted to dine in on a Tuesday evening.
Mango Lassi
Inside it's nice and warm, inviting datesworthy atmosphere with a fireplace (on a tv screen). It is also the biggest Indian restaurant I have ever seen!
They do take group bookings.
With part of the kitchen in a window at the back, you can see the chefs creating delicious things. Like dumplings, all the tandoori things and naan!
On arrival we were offered 'Papadams with Mint & Tamarind Chutney' *no picture because someone ate one before I took a picture*, and the chutney was amazing, a great accompaniment to the later dishes too. Where can we buy that in a bottle? :P
Chili Chicken (House Special)
Marinated chicken tossed with onions and capsicum in chef's special
homemade garlic chilli soy sauce. A classic indo-chinese fusion.
With a hint of heat I found the chili chicken seasoning perfect for someone who doesn't like it hot, succulent and tender chicken with plenty of flavour. While this on the entree menu, it could serve as a main too paired with rice/naan.
Paneer Tikka (4 Pcs) - Exotic marinated cottage cheese cooked in tandoor
The texture of this was quite interesting, as the sides were a bit harder being more exposed to the tandoor oven, a bit harder and squeaky almost. While the inside was still soft and quite similar in texture to a firmer paneer than we're familiar with. The flavours were a bit on the bland side, like tofu, especially after the chili chicken, but dipped in that tamarind chutney it was good.
Butter Chicken
Boneless and succulent chicken pieces cooked in butter sauce with coriander,
tomato and ginger to produce the most popular dish served from the kitchen
When it comes to Indian my go to is the butter chicken, to me it is the dish that determines if we shall return to try other dishes or not. Done wrong without that perfect balance it could be too sweet or salty. But it was just right! Rich and creamy with tender chicken I loved it, served with the 'Kashmiri Pulao' (see below, it's the rice).
Lamb Saag - Lamb cooked with mixed spices in pureed spinach
Fernando had the lamb saag, which also comes in a beef option. "I cannot explain Saag but for some reason I like it, the meat was tender and easy to work with, (have had really tough lamb saag before) and its got spinach in it but you can't even tell. Tastes way better than it looks.Needs more spice to be in my perfect hitbox." I do recall F asked for the chef to make it as hot as he'd have it himself, but that didn't happen.
Paired with the beautiful fruit and nuts rice, it took the spotlight away from the lamb. Go for the plain rice was Fernando's recommendation if you get the saag.
Kashmiri Pulao - Basmati rice cooked with dry fruits and nuts
An orange rice that's slightly sweet scattered with dry fruits and cashews, the raisins were perfect to add a little something to the rich and creamy butter chicken. I absolutely loved this rice as the side to the classic butter chicken, and would get them together again. Though I think it needed more mix ins, the rice.
Garlic Naan
When it comes to naan Fernando loves the garlic, which smells amazing, though I always found my preference to be the plain naan as I find the garlic too oily. He loved it, as there was plenty of garlic, and he usually asks for double.
As we don't normally have entrees when going out to an Indian restaurant it was more food than I can handle, and so we got part of it take away for breakfast the next day, and it was just as good then. So if you don't live locally I'd encourage takeaway for dinner and the next day. ;)
There is always room for dessert!
Gulab Jamun - Milk dumplings dipped in sugar syrup
Fernando had these milk dumplings, served warm, they were sweet but not too sweet. There was that balance between sweet and savory. The syrup proportions just right to accompany the soft and fluffy donuty (the airy type), balls. Being light they were the perfect finish for the evening.
Ras Malai - Milk dumplings dipped in sweet milk sauce
Meanwhile I also had milk dumplings, but they were quite different served in a sweet milky sauce. They resembled cardamon pistachio cheesecake! With the texture being like ricotta but not salty and drier. It was quite nice and I enjoyed them. The cardamon was what made the dessert amazing, it's sorta like rose water but different.
A lovely restaurant, the atmosphere as warm and inviting as the service, and great food. It's a local gem to share with friends and family, also perhaps a date! We're excited about returning/getting delivery.
What's your go to dish when you dine Indian?
Open for dinner every night, Punjabi Curry Cafe also offers delivery services to Melbourne CBD and local areas (including Hawthorn!) via ubereats and menulog.
