In a bid to be more gastronomically aware, I've actively sought to try out famed eateries on this culinary island of ours. On Saturday (19th April), Alan, Jonk, Nash and I broke out of our usual visits to town, barely veering from ending up in Marina Square, and visited the much talked about Botak Jones @ 412 Bedok North Ave 2. With a bill chequing in a little above $40, we gorged ourselves in a scrumptious meal flooded with chips (seriously, we had to take-away). Any worry of mine that we'll be sweating buckets was also mitigated by the breezy evening and emptying coffeeshop.

Barely 2 days after, my family and I visited Choon Seng Hng Restaurant @ Upp Bukit Timah Rd where we indulged ourselves in a refreshingly delectable salted-egg crab - even a non-crab lover like me consented to biting on one of the pincers. The service, unfortunately, wasn't up to standard - the waiters frequently lacked initiative and congeniality. However, it's obscure location did provide a pleasant escape from crowded eateries.

On another note, I read this amusing article on the International Herald Tribune: An Orchestra Wearing Earplugs? It's funny and poignant to imagine how the much regaled classical music, hitherto left to its natural decay, should be so unceremoniously discounted by laws prescribing work safety levels. This, however, will not be the end of its effects as this law encroaches on other forms of music - particularly the blaring anxiety of metal. What concerns me more, however, are its implications on the still teething genres on electro-acoustic music.