Chuck Norris fact of the week

Chuck Norris' tears can cure cancer.

Too bad Chuck Norris doesn't cry.

Restaurant Review - Amber India, San Francisco

Amber's newest location, in San Francisco, is the swankiest one yet.  What about the food?  Well, it also beats the other locations out!  (although Amber Cafe in Mountain View always wins for snacks).

Whats good there - butter chicken (yum!), bhindi are really good.  Seekh kababs, kaali daal (black daal) and chicken tikka are ok. But overall the food is very nice.

Amber India Restaurant

www.amber-india.com
25 Yerba Buena Lane
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 777-0500

Swimming Thursday

Swam somewhere between 4 - 4.5 km. Confused lap count in the middle, so to be safe, will say distance was between 3.5 - 4.5 km. Thats 70 - 90 laps.

Sleep will be quite sweet today.

Restaurant Review - Roti Indian Bistro

Roti Indian Bistro is ok.  But not good.  Seekh kababs, paneer tikka, rote, naan, aaloo gobi, daal makhani.... all ok. 

The decor was nice, and the food smells were good.

I went to the Burlingame location.  Probably never going again - too many really good options available 20 minutes north or south of Burlingame.

Restaurant Review - Burma Super Star

Burma Super Star, with its main location in San Francisco (309 Clement St), is amazingly good (and of course it serves Burmese food). 

Its so good, I rank it at the same level as Banana Leaf (although I've only gone a few times, so it hasn't been tested over time yet)

If you go, you MUST order the tea leaf salad and the samosa soup.  Everything is good, but these two are a must. the tea leaf salad (pictured below) will be tossed at your table... only heightens the anticipation.

There is now a second location in Alameda - I had lunch there today.  Just as great, so I like the fact that I don't have to look for freaking parking in the Clement St area any more if I don't want to.

New Halo game!!

Bungee and MicroSoft have confirmed there is a new Halo game coming!!!!

Why didn't they announce it during E3? MicroSoft's excuse - they felt they didn't have enough time during their press conference, and that they could do it more justice in a dedicated presentation.

To me, sounds like one of two possibilities instead:

a) Microsoft and Bungee's little issues coming to the fore. But this is too low a possibility - no one, least of all MicroSoft, teases their cash cow.

b) A brilliant chess move - start with a really, really solid E3, beating out Sony and Nintendo. Then, when the dust settles and everyone finishes talking about who did best.... throw out this curveball right into the other consoles' faces!!

Amazing. I love it.

Chocolatier Review - La Bonbonniere, Geneva

Started in 1921 under the name of Werder confectionery, La Bonbonniere is located at 11, rue de rive - CH 1204 Genève.

I have to say - their chocolates are amazing!  Each and every one!  Blows Rohr (also of Geneva), Neuhaus etc. completely out of the water, and gets up to Marcolini (Belgium) levels. 

In particular, their Marzipan bon bon was the best I have ever had. Best. Ever.

The chocolates I had were 2 days old when I got my grubby paws on them.

testing blog posting via email

Woot, first blog posting via email.

Who won E3 '08?

G4 network, as every year, ran a poll to see who won E3 '08.

I'm partial to the XBox 360 (I own it, not the PS3), and also loved the width and depth of the games they showcased in E3. At the same time, I do prefer less cutesy games, so did prefer the PS3 games over the Nintendo games showcased - Nintendo didn't seem to have much on offer for hard-core gamers.

So of course my votes on G4 were: Microsoft, then Sony, then Nintendo. G4's poll results are in, and similar to mine, in answer to the question:

"Who won E3 '08?"

- Microsoft - 57%
- Sony - 32%
- Nintendo -11%

Game Preview - Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Another cutsey, cartooney game that looks nice, where you have the new twist of being able to put create weird vehicles out of random parts.

The game seems to have a very high premium on spending time building weird vehicles to go through new obstacles.  Thats quite interesting - Lego in video game form, followed by goal gratification.

I would be bored, but would have loved this during my formative years.... after I would be done building weird vehicles with lego, I would have loved to have had this game.