Monday, May 12, 2014

Spicy Chicken Roll


It may have been a mistake, but I introduced my father to the Carthay Lounge. He's been illustrating my initial enamoration all over again.

As previously stated, I don't generally go in for rolls. He does. So he wanted to try the "Spicy Chicken Roll - with Cilantro, Cucumber and Lettuce."

This is better than I expected, particularly because of the sauce which I can't remember the name of. It's not soy sauce, it's sweeter and much more viscous.

The picture my father took with his phone is giving me Carthay cravings, actually. I'd much rather be there right now than in this office. Working in a cubicle is life's way of saying "go sit in the corner and think about what you did."

My father is retired, though, and a creature of habit, so he needn't wait long for the time of day he calls "martini-thirty." On a good day that's around the time the Lounge opens. For me, today, that won't be until around 4pm. I just have to hope the old man is living it up in my stead.

I suddenly recall Sam Elliot in The Big Lebowski: "The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners."