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Casbah Cafe (Silver lake)Food 05: Silver Lake + Shopping
Spent a great day at Silver Lake. We had lunch at Casbah Cafe, a Morrocan cafe+boutique with a French and Mediterrian-inspired menu...the outdoor and interior is so beautiful, very bohemien and ethnic.
We shared the "Trio Plate", which consist the Italian salami, Prosciutto and turkey ham, very yummy. They also has the Mediterrean dessert Baclava which I like a lot (a deli nearby IF has it too). The cafe has a little boutique at the back, it has lots of unique clothes and exotic ethnic stuffs (including these water container from Mainland China...gosh when I was little I used to hate them so much whenever I see them at the hotels during family trips to China^^;;) We were lucky to find parking all the time, because the suck thing about Silver Lake is that you must stop and park at the dirty street for every little boutique as most are scattered far apart from each other. Most of the boutiques are opened by new designers, so you get one-of-a-kind unique stuffs and sometimes very good bargain. There are also many vintage/antiques stores too.
Another boutique I like is Serifos, the owners have great taste in their selected items. They must be TinTin fans as the entire front side of the store are TinTin products! Wow! The owner design and handmade jewelry as well, and they're very affordable. I got a very nice necklace. The owner also showed us bunch of new jewelries she just made for sell at the upcoming Sunset Junction (a street festival that features lots of bands) this coming weekend. Must GO! But then the parking situation will be a nightmare~~ Joan | August 17, 2004 12:24 PM
thanks, seat! aahhhhhh so glad it rained today! tomoko | August 23, 2004 12:50 AMThe link didn't come out!! seat | August 22, 2004 11:10 PMYes, it is from BBC, but it doesn't have an article, only a feature video. The link still works though, I have just tried. seat | August 22, 2004 11:07 PMstill can't watch the video! tomoko | August 22, 2004 09:55 PMI'm 30 something and I AM a parasite single. ^^;;; seat | August 20, 2004 08:44 PMHey I wonder if I'll still be a "parasite single" by the time I'm 30 something. :P (hope not, I want to have my own property by that time already...you know, for the tax at least...) Gosh those terms are used by Japanese media? WTF?! Joan | August 20, 2004 03:33 PMNo way...how can glasses melt??? I don't believe it~~ that's crazy!!! Get Real Player here www.real.com, download the free one. Freda | August 20, 2004 02:54 PMThanks for the email! I will write to arrange :) Look how they call single women "parasite singles", "loser dogs"...so mean...They are all well-educated and have good career! Of course the ideal is to be "married and happy", but that is not easy to achieve. And everyone's definition of "happiness" is different. If you want freedom to do things you love to do, then you must find a guy who is okay with that, otherwise you must either give up your freedom, or give up the chance of getting married. Sometimes you just can't have everything. I don't envy all married women, but I do envy married women who have understanding husbands - I know a girl from the ML exactly like that. So siawase. But I pity married women who give up so much for worthless husbands. It is all depending on luck, I realise!! tomoko, the link is fine. You need to watch it with Real player, there is no other options... seat | August 20, 2004 01:14 AMoh, and seat, let me know whenever's good for you :) tomoko | August 19, 2004 11:24 PMI can't watch the video on my PC! btw it's soooo HOT in tokyo I'm going insane!!! tomoko | August 19, 2004 11:21 PMYou can find Tomoko's email by clicking her name above, or here: tmountainriver@hotmail.com Watch the video, very very interesting! HA can't believe there might be relationship between the dog boom and the independent single women. ^^;; Japanese men are just generally too demanding of the traditional expected wife's role, they're behind. One of those "Cherry boys" said "Love is not special anymore," ha~! how about it's men themselves who aren't special (and offer nothing special) nor a "goal" for women anymore? Living with parents, having a job you can tolerate, spend you own money on enjoying luxury things...that's way of life. But then awhile ago I also read an article written by an independent single women who said she does kinda envy married mothers, and basicaly her conclusion was: "being single kinda a bit suck~~"...she does have good point too :( ) Freda | August 19, 2004 06:51 PMWhy Japanese women don't want to get married... seat | August 19, 2004 03:58 AMSometimes I need to check dictionary to find out the English names of the food for my blog too! It is so difficult if the menu is written in katakana translation of French or Italian names. I don't like necklace...because I can't see it when I am wearing it unless I look into the mirror, which is not often. ^^;;; Hey, tomoko, let's meet up some time!! Someone please give me tomoko's email. seat | August 19, 2004 01:13 AMOh gosh ^^;; it was a typo, it should spelled Prosciutto ^^;;; it's ham that has been seasoned, salt-cured (but not smoked) and air-dried. The meat is pressed, which produces a firm, dense texture. (copied from dictionary ^^) In the picture it's the bottom one on the plate. I think it taste really good with brie! As for Baclava, this is how it looks like. It has bunch of crispy layers with honey and nuts in between them. Yeah I'm starting to get into accessories now! ^0^ I want to go to Sri Lanka! You should take pix of your bracelets (how about necklace?) and show me too! Welcome back Tomoko! Joan | August 18, 2004 08:09 PMhi seat,joan,freda! tomoko | August 18, 2004 06:29 PMThe cafe looks pretty~~~ Hey you should take pics of the dress(or you wearing it) and the necklace you bought! Want to see! It is so rare that you actually bought accessories! Do the people in the shop really think those hot water bottles from Mainland China are nice???? Weird~~~~ You know I went to Sri Lanka and bought some gem stones which I didn't know what to do with, then today I met a jewelery maker through my friends from the gourmet ML, and he is going to make them into bracelets for me. So happy! I am going to give the biggest nicest one to my mom as a present but I think I am going to wear it until I go home. ^^;;
seat | August 18, 2004 09:31 AM
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