I went out on Friday to meet
Mikey and some of his friends at Happy Endings on the LES. The bar is one of my favorites, it's an old Chinese "massage" parlor that maintained the same exterior. The steam rooms are now mini semi-private lounges, the upstairs seems to have a bit of an older crowd, while the basement (which has a DJ/dance floor) is usually fairly packed with us youngsters.
It was a great time, we even saw younger version of
Stephen. In fact, I'm fairly certain that Stephen might have travelled back in time and then brought his younger self to the future with him. Everything was fun until Mikey got me a "filthy martini", sort of like a dirty martini, but filthier. This is pretty much the only drink I've ever not drank because of the taste. The horrible olive taste didn't even mask the vodka, which I would have much rather preferred to drink straight up. I could only get down about 3 sips and then I had to stop. Mikey took one sip and almost threw up. Then the drink got passed around, tasted out of curiosity, and then discarded in our group of people, like B.K. at a party in Chelsea full of rice queens*.
Luckily, afterwards we headed over to Khati Roll near the West 4th stop on the F,V,B,D / A,C trains, and I was able to get that awful taste out of my mouth. The rolls were amazing. Essentially they're Indian flat bread (chapati) with an Indian style omelette and curry all rolled up into deliciousness. Mikey was the only white person there, thereby
increasing his happiness.
*This sentence inspired by Mikey
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that roll sounds like the best thing ever!! /me wanders off to make breakfast..
@sean - it was spectacular. i want one right now!
Went out with a friend once who ordered a round of XXX martini for us -- basically, the equivalent of your filthy martini. It was overwhelmingly salty and disgusting. I don't know why folks would spend their booze money on it when they can just chug a can of oliver juice, if that's what they really wanted. Ugh.
and by "oliver" juice I meant "olive" juice.
@XINERGY - yeah i definitely should have just told mikey to get me a regular martini
last time i was in town i went to khati roll with my bro! it was delicious =)
i need to come back for a visit some time... when it's warmer :)
@relsun - you definitely should! and i need to come to chicago!
@vikas - yes to both!
oh hey btw, i've become obsessed with these books written by douglas preston and lincoln child that are crazy thrillers that somehow involve the ny natural history museum (http://www.prestonchild.com/). anyway, i think you might like them, especially the one i'm reading now, reliquary (it goes on about this whole society of underground homeless living under nyc), but of course you'd have to read relic first. well you wouldnt have to, but i'd recommend it :)
Yeah they'll pass him around like, like currency, like you said.
@Michael - haha, yeah that was definitely Mikey inspired there, i was debating whether or not to cite you. especially for the "rice queens" part =).
Mikey must be trying to spread his love of olive oil (extra virgin... giggity). I don't know which is funnier, that BK remark or Mikey's old-school boy band hair :o
@Michael - ok, now you're cited
@patrick - that was the year 2000, *NSYNC we're at the top of the world. I was just trying to bask in their glory.
mmmm i need to try indian food one day! :)
ohh i do have a question, i hope u dont mind mer asking.
in 8th grade, my best friend was indian and she gave me a dessert but it was kinda spicy! like a spicy dessert! are some indian desserts usually spicy? just wondering. :)
@BuBbLy_aZn_LuV - a lot of them have strong spices, probably the most common spice in indian dessert is cardamom, well at least in South Indian desserts.
i love chapatis...nothing compared to pita
vikas is a jackass. he is a liar.
@vikaschugsucks - I agree with you. Vikas Chug is a fuckin moron. Go back where you came from you ugly motherfucker! We don't want you here. You are a loser! We hate you.
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