Another letter from Mim

[mousme]

Angel,

Today we went to a very yéyé resto for lunch.

It consisted of a fixed menu which started with 3 pea-sized grilled cheese balls levitating on froth (?). We had some difficulty locating the cheese balls on the plate.

Next entrée (there were three altogether), consisted of four pink marinated radish slices cut so thin they seemed
to be a mirage, and a drop of foie gras on a single cooked leaf that looked suspiciously like spinach. In fact it was a very rare plant. Every dish was preceded by a detailed explanation from a goateed young man from Tashkent or Mongolia (really) and on every dish, a minute leaf - grown in Mr. Yokoshimuto's very own garden (the French chef).

Then, a variety of dishes flavoured with M. Yokoshimuto's extremely rare green leaves. Of course, you couldn't miss the very large plates; it was finding the food I had trouble with.

It really was divine.

Nearby, in a taxidermist's shop, an ostrich egg I have grown very fond of. For a very large omlette.

Heapfuls of love, Mim

Comments

[pdaughter.livejournal.com]

Once again she doesn't fail to impress with her letters :)

I especially love the bit about the ostrich egg.

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

I love the unexpected "It really was divine", after the difficulty of trying to find the food in the first place.

I actually laughed out loud such that the cats ran away.

[aliyna.livejournal.com]

ME TOO. My kid was like, "Mommy, what's funny? What's funny? WHAT'S FUNNY?"

This is not the kind of humor that translates to a 4-year-old.

[le-maistre-e.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor puddum. 4 year olds are almost at the "hating adults for 'you'll understand when you're older'" stage, so it is difficult to help them.

Also, irony is still a foreign concept.