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[cybermule]

Moderately cheery and sociable all day! ;)

Went to budokan for tea(*), then watched Paradise Lost at the Old Vic. I haven't read "the book of the movie", although I knew the vague plot ;) I'd never been in that theatre before, but I ended up perched right near the ceiling. Not the best view, but pretty cool. And creaky. The sets were all quite modern, and worked with the film images really well. Sometimes those "modern interpretations" jar a little in the translation [read: piss me off, cartman style!]. But this was good - for example, they interpreted the apple tree as a perspex box. The acting was good - the guy who plays Adam improves, I'm not sure if God was intentionally bland. If he was, that was a cool touch, along with the vaguely office-themed set for hell, and satirising the Eden Project. That last link is way cooler than my choice of restaurant :)


In short, it was good, and I'm going to the theatre more often from now on. There are some rewritten fairytales on there soon.

* Note to overseas customers - not all Brits pull such silly faces. Honestly, we really don't!

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[psilobabe.livejournal.com]

mmmm Budokan is great!! What did you have to eat?!

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[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Ooo - I had a rapid refuel, with all the veggie options (sushi, yam bhajia, veg mee goreng), and my friend had malaysian curry. It were right bloody gorgeous. I think I'm becoming a sushi addict...

Do you know any other good asian restaurants in Bristol? I found Budokan, and mostly stuck with that, but something new would be good.

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[psilobabe.livejournal.com]

TEOHS is a cheap n cheerful place, every dish is £5.25 - they have a place in St Pauls and a place in Bedminster (next to Tobacco Factory) - another place is Wagamama on Park Street(?) I've not been there but a lot of folk I know have and say its good!!

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[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Ooo - I'd love to try Teohs... I've heard great things about it (such as it being cheap and cheerful ;)), and there's a supermarket attached to the St Pauls one, I think. I'll bear that one in Park Street in mind... maybe try it for lunch one Monday.

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[psilobabe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the guy runs the supermarket and the restaurant, he used to be an accountant in London and could'nt hack it so opened the supermarket in St Pauls and then opened TEOHS and then about a year later opened TEOHS on North Street! :) The North Street one is massive!
I dunno if they are open thru the day, and the supermarket closes around 6pm I think, its about a 5 minute walk from my house so you can imagine how hard it is not to go there...my fave is Pad Thai Noodle :)

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[cybermule.livejournal.com]

Mmm... pad thai... *drool*

I think I'll have to go to Teohs, just because the owner sounds so cool. Or at least, that's the story I'm sticking too... I'd be there all the time if I were you - since I moved to Yate, all the takeaway and delivery services have been burning a hole in my wallet :P I used to live right out in the sticks, and the novelty of easy food STILL hasn't worn off.