SONIA LAM |
BIRGIT, WHOSE PETRIFIED LEAF PENDANT (FROM THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON) REMINDED ME OF A VAGINA. |
BANKSY |
AMEN. |
PARIS CITY MAP |
SELF-PORTRAIT |
SHRIMP SALAD WITH SOME SORT OF COGNAC DRESSING |
SAUSAGES AND (WHAT ELSE??) FRENCH FRIES |
SONIA'S CORDON BLEU, DESTROYED. |
PRETTY DESSERT |
BRIAN, RICHIE, ARUN, BIRGIT, HYPERACTIVE, MAINE, SONIA |
VIEW FROM THE TOP |
FOOSBALL |
FRENCH BOYS |
INDEED. |
"Congrats, you made it!" says the e-mail from Detox Diva Deborah Dewey. "It's Day 5! Back to having 1 square meal today!"
Thank goodness. I feel like my old self, too - but better. Sharp, alert, hyperactive. The past two days of deep cleanse were a struggle between bouts of dizzyness and hunger. Today, I'm not even craving my "brownie" tablets.
"Think of this as a holiday for your body," Deborah reminded me.
Right.
I'm just happy I'm through to Day 5 and am able to eat real food again. Every bit of food tastes a lot more intense, more satisfying. I even give my chicken adobo, which I cooked for Filipino Food Friday, five stars!
I pop over to Volume Heat for Happy Hour drinks with my colleagues, Cat and Maine. Cat orders cranberry juice, I ask for fresh orange juice with sparkling water, Maine asks for a blueberry martini. It looks deadly.
But what's even deadlier is bumping into my dear friend, Rye, whom I truly should be hiding from if I want to succeed with my detox. Strangely, Rye is being supportive...
"When did we become such grown ups?" I demanded.
"In 2009," Rye replied, "after we lost a year of our lives, journeying."
Cat soon takes leave to catch up with her lovey for a movie, Rye goes home to finish assessment of his 169 students (!!!), Maine and I head over to the soft opening of La Cantoche, a new "French canteen" just about 10 skips away from where Chris and I live.
It was there I caught up with ny mafioso colleague Arun, La Cantoche's Directeur de Cantine David ("I serve French food just like maman made"), ultra-exclusive Taboo club impresario Manu, former broker Brian, marketing maven Sonia, sassy waitress Giselle, and... Banksy.
// BAD. //
DOWNTOWN DETOX
P.S.
La Cantoche
G/F, No.5 Wa Lane
227 Hollywood Road
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
(852) 2426 0880
Opens 11th of June 2012
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