Although the food has been good (made by the chef vs purchased frozen – that’s why we return from time to time) but feel it’s slightly better this time: cleaner (not greasy) and fresher.
I complimented it, the server smiled and said the chef is in. All four small plates are good. The chicken feet is off the bone soft, and the tofu is yummy.
It’s pretty full, mere 10 min pass their opening and people are waiting by 12, on a Monday.
The story I heard from the tight faced server at Dim Sum King was Kitchen’s chef was a defect fm them. … In any case, wish them both prosperous and stir out delicious dishes. Make food not war
Where and or how to break is important: here is an interesting observation, for someone who doesn’t know Chinese food, or familiar with dim sum, it reads Steamed Pork & Shrimp Dump- …
I wonder when the chef exchange happened… DSKitchen in Jan was not the quality I’m used to; DSKing has been the quality I want for the last 1.5-2years, eating dim sum approximately 1x month.
A wonderful night at Sarasota‘s Van Wezel. The night is a sell out with Hilary Hahn. According to the management, it’s the last concert of the season and the season is a solid sell out too.
Carlos Simon (1986-) is in his late 30s (39?) who was born in Washington DC, grew up in Atlanta. Tonight’s program includes his
Ring Shout, (hand clapping)
Waltz
Tap!
Holy Dance
The last one Holy Dance, instead of clapping with hands, it uses two pieces of wood (?) clapping, which kind of like Chinese 快板 kuaiban, a folk storytelling art that utilizes two rectangle bamboos, tied with a string. The storyteller uses one hand to make the two bamboos banging rhythmically while reciting the story in fast pace. The musicians at this concert use two hands to bang.
Arts have no borders.
Hahn dressed in a dark blue gown that flows as she enters, and plays the piece flawlessly, and gives one encore. She’s one of the younger elite that tours consistently, so we get to see her/them often. [Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963; Joshua Bell (1967-); Hahn (1979-); Julia Fischer (1983-); ] Btw, Joshua Bell is performing next March, no program yet.
Initially, tonight’s program had Hahn playing Eric Korngold’s violin concerto. We like Hahn but don’t like the Korngold’s piece. But then later for some reason, I checked the concert again (I don’t think I’d ever done this before…) saw they switched to Brahms. That’s it! (Actually, Korngold’s piece is going to be played at Mahaffey Theater next month … maybe they don’t want to saturated this one … just a guess but I’m so glad they switched it.)
In 2022, I took long walks in Lichtentaler Allee, Baden Baden, Germany. Brahms’ statue is one of handful structures in this narrow park. One side is the trail and other side is houses. One of them was occupied by Clara Schumann (1819-96). Reportedly, he was deeply in love with her, and never married. She never re-married.
Beethoven’s 5th is as pricelessly spectacular as ever.
Both pieces from the old masters are my go to swim music, especially now that my Fitbit watch is broken – the 2nd one in 7 months (the first one was in 11 months … that’s it! For Pete’s sake, I only use it to track my laps in the pool.) Brahms’ violin concerto means a miler in the pool and the 5th is about 1,400 yards.
Ok, now to the concert hall, which offers great view but has poor design in seating: most rows are entered from both end (if not all the rows), which is a concern for the people that sit in the middle. Although all patrons are polite and pleasant, getting up to let others to pass but the long rows start to get to me. How could people to escape in case of a fire, seriously? Once at Palladium in St. Pete, I saw a lady fire Marshall or an inspector, who said that it’s their regulation, “making sure the doors are open …” NOW, I’m thinking how on earth did Van Wezel pass the fire code?
Lastly, a few patrons still clap during the movements … but stopped shortly since no one joined them. Here is one comment about clapping from a gent on Reddit, who was also there.
节目:
Carlos Simon (1986-)
Brahms concerto
Beethoven’s 5th
美丽的一天
虽然没看到日落
现代作曲家 西蒙的作品真不错
二位故人的作品是挚爱我
最近泳表坏了 现在靠这些作曲家的作品算的距离
贝爷的五 1,300 yards
老勃的协奏曲 1哩
谢谢大师们替俺节约$ [调皮]
Johannes Brahms: 1833-97
Lichtentaler Allee is a lovely narrow park in Baden Baden, Germany. One side is the trail and the other side two stories houses. One of them was Clara Schumann’s, (1819-96) was the wife of composer Robert Schumann (1810-56).
Johannes Brahms (1833–97) never married, rumored was deeply in love with Clara. She never re-marry, would die in Frankfurt.
A small park from Van Wezel, separated by a tiny creek that empties out to the Sarasota Bay.
We took a walk after Hilary Hahn‘s performance at Van Wezel. It has a beach, probably will stop by next time, during day light.
It says, there are canoe launch; Restaurant In Park and restrooms among many other offers. Not sure where is this Restaurant In Park?
… within an hour, the park replied to my review on Google Maps, that The Nest Café is inside the same building as the restrooms; and they’ll expand to 53-acre, …
A sold out concert. 7:05, ushers closed the doors. 7:08 Itzhak Perlman zooms onto the stage his motorized chair, followed by his longtime recital partner Rohan De Silva, and a female page tuner. They all dressed in black.
The recital has planned program, from works of three composers. It’s an hour long, plus a short intermission after the second composer.
Bach (16 minutes)
Strauss (29 min)
Schumann (17 min)
The playbill ran out before the concert start – first time ever, so I’ve to take a photo of my neighbor’s.
When he re-emerges after the intermission, a man yelled, “I love you Itzhak.”
White haired grandpa in PJ picks up the microphone, said, “thank you.”
Then goes on to say, while in the backstage, he called Mr Schumann, who said the next three pieces are short but hope he’ll play them without interruption – aka applause.
“I said to Mr Schumann that I don’t care but Mr Schumann insists.”
So there isn’t an applause. To be honest, I do feel bewildered when the inappropriate applauds occur. There is a teen boy sits to my right who knows exactly when to applause – a future classical musician or a violist? Among the mostly grey haired audience, there are a few teens, some are alone and some are with their parents. All look like political and educated. Hope the number will grow larger …
After the Schumann’s pieces, it’s free program.
“I’ve a computer printout that I played here since 1912 …” laughs. “If you were here in 1912, your hearing is probably not very good … “ more laughs
A L shaped restaurant, that serves Japanese sushi and SE Asian cuisine. Quiet on a Sunday evening. Two pleasant young women (both with long pony tails) work the room.
Service is so so: trying for good five minutes to tell the server (seeing her come and go) that the Pinot noir turned; my cab is ok.
“How old is this bottle?”
She said, “normally is less than a week.”
Oh well.
Their stems are not bad.
Two little kids, a boy and a girl are behind the bar counter. I’ve mixed feelings for kids in a work place …
Foods are fine:
Thai lettuce Wrap – minced pork on the sweet side; have to ask for spicy sauce
Sashimi style dinner – ok
Spicy tuna roll – something crunchy which makes the roll interesting
A Caucasian man comes and goes in the bar counter, sporting ‘vineyard vines’ t shirt . I’m between foods, so I googled it: not a vineyard but a clothing store. Oh well, just learnt one more thing today: thanks.
Many black and white photos on the walls are beautiful and interesting. Girls in the bathroom walls are provocatively enchanting. 1958 was the last year that the Cubans existed as a whole on the island. Since then, one million plus hit the roads around the world for a new home. This owner came to US.
The stems look nice but are rather thick. Good service with delicious food:
Empanada with spinach & cheese
Marquitas con Guacamole
Croquetas de la Casa Cod
sandwich Guajiro – pork
All three are great, except the sandwich is tasteless.
Using cigar box for bill is cool: The Library uses books.
No hooks under the bar counter. The only handicap is the regular high ceiling.
The two men band plays before we left for our opera. Next time
It’s a long production: 3:45 with 3 intermissions. The cast performed well. Michelle Johnson (the countess Almaviva) is wonderful, who reminds me of Denyce Graves (1964-) but perhaps a generation younger (1983?-).
Marriage of Figaro (1786) by Mozart was based on the same characters as Barber of Seville. Both are comedy.
Probably will return to Mariscos Azteca Mexican Seafood Restaurant
Hearty home cooked food. Tight door. The confetti (?) from the ceiling make the room looks like a kiddie party.
The west facing front has shades, which makes the small hall dark. But it maybe necessary: we sat at the last table facing the door. Every time the door opens I need to readjust my eyes.
Heavy-duty corn chips are good. Thin stem; steaming hot food. Good service. Large portion. We’ve:
Mariscada Azteca
Carne a la Mexicans
Both are steaming hot and yummy, and doggie bags.
Teppanyaki (?) makes the room smoky.
I also visited The small Latin Brother’s Market next and purchased their chicken flavor bouillon … why? Pix here.
The 2nd production of the winter season: The Barber of Seville is an opera buffa (comic opera) in two acts by Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), premiered in Rome, 1816. Cesare Sterbini (1784-1831) wrote the Italian libretto, based on Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-99) French comedy of the same name (1775).
Rossini named the main character – the barber – Figaro, which made me think of next opera: Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro (1786), which was based Pierre Beaumarchais’ comedy of the same name, staged in 1784. But it wasn’t a tribute Rossini paid to Mozart.
Rosina, the rich ward of Mr. Bartolo is played by mezzo-soprano Lisa Marie Rogali (her site). I thought she did a marvelous job, portraying the title role, spontaneity and agile, giving the part a youthful look.
A wacky love story. 一个古灵精怪的爱情故事.
巴托洛先生的富家女罗西娜由女中音丽莎·玛丽·罗加利 (Lisa Marie Rogali)扮演. 我认为她演得非常出色, 既自然又敏捷, 让这个角色看起来年轻富有有活力.
The story I heard from the tight faced server at Dim Sum King was Kitchen’s chef was a defect fm them. … In any case, wish them both prosperous and stir out delicious dishes. Make food not war 
concerto
的距离
。7:05，引座员关上了门。7:08 帕伯上舞。计划的节目为一小时，外加短暂的中场休息。
声音圆润饱满洪亮. 听说他去了百老汇.
