#early dinner

[beautifulheartandspirit]

[scurvyeunuch]

Grilled ham and cheese sandwich on sourdough bread = Heaven.

[annaberunoyume]

My early dinner/snack.

[egophiliac]

queen of diamonds, upright + reversed 💎

I've redone this like eighty times, I have to just be done with it now and stop staring at all my mistakes oh no 🫠

[missguomeiyun]

early dinner @ Dalla Tavola Zenari

The name of the restaurant is sooooo long, so I’ll shorten it to Zenari’s for the rest of this post.

So... Zenari’s.

It used to be in Manulife Place, on the main floor. Kinda hidden in the corner. I remember when I first started working at my workplace, there was a group of coworkers who would go there every Saturday for coffee break & have their breakfast bagel haha I was invited a few times but it wasn’t my type of crowd :P anyway, that location has been closed during the pandemic (& later moved to this current location on Rice Howard Way).

I keep telling ppl I’ve never been to the former location; however, upon some thought. .. I HAVE been there before! I was there for a quick meal before heading off for badminton! I remember it was only okay haha

Anyway, I came here for an early dinner (at 1615h) with Christina L. when she was in Downtown for Teacher’s Convention on March 3rd. (Our 1st time here!)

Don’t you just love this composition??

The interior of Zenari’s was very bright & well-lit. They have large windows, & the white-dominant surfaces reflect light really well. I personally really liked this wall of random art pieces. They’re all different but the layout makes it appear coherent & interesting.

Their bar~

You know, the atmosphere reminded me of Cafe Linnea (which is now closed) but for those who know, you’ll know what I mean. It’s the white & wood combo.

I didn’t take a picture of their menu but it’s online!

My mocha ($5). This was VERY chocolate-y. YUM!

The Pollo Crostoni ($16). A lawn of roasted chicken, mozza, mushroom, bocconcini, & house pesto on sourdough flatbread.

I was expecting. .. you know, flatbread? But this was literally BREAD. It was thick & filling, & everything on top was so rich & creamy. SO good!! I would get this as an entree for myself.

For their pastas, you get a choice of short or long pasta. Christina & I both chose short, which turned out to be penne.

Christina’s D’anatra ($18), which contained slow-braised duck with soffrito in the house tomato sauce. We had to look up with soffrito was haha it’s essentially a blend of aromatics that’s been sauteed. Aromatics, of course, include ingredients such as garlic, & onion, typically with carrot, pepper, & celery, & spices. The ‘item’ is in small pieces & it’s almost like a puree. It’s common in Italian, Spanish, & Portuguese cooking, & it’s used in sauce form.

We both liked the flavour but felt the sauce was better with a hardier meat like beef. It didn’t really compliment the duck well. I don’t really like duck but Christina is a big fan of the fattiness of duck. This dish completely hid the component so she was like. .. it’s good but . .. just okay.

As for me, I got the Olio ($13) with add-on Italian sausage for an additional $5. I’ve never had Olio before, & wow!! It was so fragrant, with a spicy kick! It’s so simple but like also so. .. good. I knew it had chili flakes but I didn’t think it’d be as spicy as it was. Plus all the garlic. .. omg! LOVE haha I didn’t care too much for the Italian sausage but I was happy with my selection. The pairing of the garlic olive oil matched well with the Italian sausage =]

Would definitely come back!!

[vintagehomecollection]

The Good Housekeeping Complete Guide to Traditional American Decorating, 1982

[rheya28]

Knitted Sweaters, car rides, and autumn leaves

[bigcatbulges]

Source - AmonSyd

(Artist's Patreon and Trello for commissions)

[ddeck]

wait say more about georgian bruce wayne please

batman au where everything's the same but bruce's parents were georgian entrepreneurs that moved to gotham city with help of some very distant american relatives

[leelubell]

Every time I finish a season of Taskmaster I’m like “noooooo I don’t want to go to the next season this is my emotional support group of British comedians”

Then I move on to the next season and find a new batch of emotional support British comedians

[mintypsii]

early bird activities

[o3o-lapd-o3o]

okay here's part 3! (still no dinner scene sorry, but we're slowly getting there!) (this is a long one heads up)

the post/thread that started this whole au

dinner scene: part 1 | part 2 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 | part 7 | part 8

there's a masterlist now!

*back at the palace*

penelope: i wonder how it went…

penelope: *starts walking toward the entrance for the palace gardens*

penelope: *notices odysseus running through the gardens towards the very same entrance*

penelope: *was concerned until she could clearly see a joyful look on her husband’s face*

odysseus: *sees penelope and heads towards her*

penelope: *notices and opens her arms for an embrace*

odysseus: *grabs penelope by the waist and twirls her around in the air* good morning wife, did you miss me?

penelope: *holding onto odysseus’ shoulders laughing*

penelope: good morning husband *leans down to kiss odysseus*

penelope: *looks him in the eyes with a smile* more than you know.

odysseus: *smiles back with eyes full of adoration*

odysseus: *goes in for another kiss*

*a while later after many more morning kisses between the two*

*penelope & odysseus now walking arm in arm back into the palace*

penelope: so, i’m assuming by the look i saw on your face, your friend agreed to dinner?

odysseus: uh yeah, surprisingly he did. no forcing or threats needed.

penelope: *hums and holds a finger to her chin in slight thought*

odysseus: *wondering what she’s thinking of* penelope?

penelope: *giggles and looks at odysseus* maybe you’re already more friends than you thought?

odysseus: *blinks repeatedly and then shakes his head*

odysseus: my love, trust me… the god of the seas and i are not friends

odysseus: *looks down in thought* after everything that’s happened, i don’t think we could ever be

penelope: *stops walking and turns to odysseus who has also stopped walking*

penelope: *holds her hand to odysseus’ cheek* i thought you said after all these incidents on the sailing trips with our son, that you had put that behind you?

odysseus: *leans into her hand and reaches to hold it with his own*

odysseus: *sighs* i- i have. i admit that while it’s a lot of fun being able to mess with him… all that anger & resentment i held has left me.

penelope: *gives a small smile*  

penelope: how do you know that lord poseidon hasn’t too? maybe he’s learnt to forgive?

odysseus: *thinks back to the moment he held his hand out to poseidon while on his raft, asking him the same question*

odysseus: … *blinks the memory away*

odysseus: yeah… i don’t think so, i tried that once already…

odysseus: *grabs both penelope’s hands* anyway! that doesn’t matter-

odysseus: *lets go of her hands and once again links his arm with hers*  what matters is… what the cooks have planned for breakfast!

penelope: *letting the subject drop for now*

penelope: *smiles* i don’t know about breakfast… but i’m sure that after you and our son’s fishing trip, i would say fish is the plan again for lunch *laughs*

odysseus: *laughs with her* yes, we certainly brought enough back.

odysseus: though speaking of our son. just how excited do you think he’ll be when i tell him the good news?

penelope: oh, i am sure he’ll be delighted! why don’t you go wake him for breakfast and let him know?

penelope: *unlinks their arms, turns and gives odysseus another quick kiss* i shall see you soon my dear husband

odysseus: yes soon, my lovely wife *watches her go down the hall until she out of sight*

odysseus: *turns to head the way to his son’s bedroom*

*odysseus arrives at the door leading to telemachus’ room*

odysseus: *knocks on the door*

odysseus: telemachus? are you awake yet?

*after hearing no response & no noise to signal movement*

odysseus: *gently opens the door and heads inside*

odysseus: *looks across the room to the bed and sees his son still fast asleep*

odysseus: *makes his way over, while looking at the walls covered tapestries of monsters, -also seeing ones he himself has faced- all slightly starting to fray from the years they’ve been hanging there*

odysseus: *sees the newest tapestry above telemachus’ bed -one he knows that penelope and athena had weaved together- the tapestry of him, penelope & telemachus also including a owl sitting on telemachus’ shoulder*

odysseus: *smiles* *gently sits down on the edge of his son’s bed*

odysseus: *reaches his hand out to stroke telemachus’ hair, like he would do when he was just a baby*

odysseus: *in a soft voice* telemachus, son it’s time to wake up

telemachus: *makes a small groan at being woken up*

telemachus: *voice heavy with sleep* father?

odysseus: *pulls his hand back & chuckles to himself at his son’s sleepy confusion* yes, it’s me, did you sleep well?

telemachus: *now slightly more awake* yeah, i dreamt of the dolphins we saw a while ago-

telemachus: *sleepiness long gone and now slightly excited* -did you manage to speak to lord poseidon?!

odysseus: *smiling at his son’s excitement* i did indeed

telemachus: annnnnd?

odysseus: he will be at dinner tomorrow

telemachus: *leaps forward at his father and hugs him* yes! thank you for asking him!

odysseus: *hugs his son back* i promised i would didn’t i?

telemachus: *lets his father go and gets ready to get of bed* i need to start planning for tomorrow-

odysseus: *laughs and stops his son from running off* yes you can, but later. first you need to wash yourself up and get down to dining hall

telemachus: how come?

odysseus: it’s morning remember? the cooks have made us breakfast and your mother is waiting for us to join her

telemachus: oh yeah! that makes sense.

telemachus: *gets out of bed more calmly* okay well i’ll wash up quick and be there shortly

odysseus: okay i’ll see you there *watches his son leave*

odysseus: *to himself* i guess i’d better make my way there mysel-

*a small breeze hits him and then a soft hoot of an owl sounds out*

odysseus: *turns to see athena in owl form sitting on the perch by the balcony, that odysseus had made for telemachus’ room*

odysseus: *hands on hips* so how come when i was young, you had me up for training everyday before sunrise, yet my son gets to lay in?

athena: *turns back into her normal appearance* good morning to you too odysseus

odysseus: don’t change the subject ‘thena

athena: *shrugs* what can i say? times have changed

odysseus: *drops his arms and laughs*

odysseus: *looks back to the (family photo) tapestry* indeed they have

odysseus: *looks back to athena* so, breakfast?

athena: *smiles* let’s go.. my friend

odysseus: *smiles back and then heads out telemachus’ room with athena*

[larytello]

The highlight of my year was to find out McQueen's little #1 fan has a name and a mom who also has a name and is pretty much alive. I love that kid, she's unconditionally supportive and you have no idea how important of a role it played in my heart

Also we all know Blade would fight a Karen and it would be the kind of spectacle to watch while eating popcorn

[winepresswrath]

sudden yearning for time travelling teen jiang fengmian lands at lotus pier fic that winds up being about a perfectly nice kid having a varying series of "oh no. i don't like that. that's a lot" reactions.

[orbitsuns]

[costumeloverz71]

Dinner dress, 1909–11. Design House Redfern.