Up to Toronto - March 13th-18th 2012

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March 16th 2012: Downtown, the Art Gallery of Ontario (A.G.O.), and Food


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A high-resolution shot of a scene from the previous video.
Another panoramic video of Toronto, this one sweeping counter-clockwise 
starting from the east.  In the north are Toronto's typical low-slung 
buildings and townhouses.  Taken from an upper-floor north-facing window 
in the A.G.O.
A snapshot looking north.
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A high-resolution shot of a scene from the previous video.
Another panoramic video of Toronto, this one sweeping counter-clockwise starting from the east. In the north are Toronto's typical low-slung buildings and townhouses. Taken from an upper-floor north-facing window in the A.G.O.
A snapshot looking north.
I found another painting of paintings for my collection: Mary Ann Alabaster's The Artist's Painting-Room.
The plaque explaining Carlos Garaicoa's wide work: Postcapital..  
It's a great idea for a Game puzzle.  I managed to sneak a picture of 
the commentary but didn't feel comfortable trying to sneak a picture of 
the piece itself.  (Photography was prohibited in this room.)  A small 
picture of this work in this linked A.G.O. blog post announcing the 
acquisition.
The plaque explaining Carlos Garaicoa's wide work: Postcapital.. It's a great idea for a Game puzzle. I managed to sneak a picture of the commentary but didn't feel comfortable trying to sneak a picture of the piece itself. (Photography was prohibited in this room.) A small picture of this work in this linked A.G.O. blog post announcing the acquisition.
Dinner at Tofu Village - House of Soon Tofu
We ate dinner at Tofu Village - House of Soon Tofu in Koreatown, not far 
from the other soon tofu place we ate at two 
nights before.
My house special soon tofu, a mix of beef and seafood.  It tasted 
distinctly of seafood.  I liked it.
Panchan:

diakon - good, slightly sweet
tofu - appealingly mellow, soybean taste
kimchi - better than other place
bean sprouts - I saw worse than the other place; Di Yin says 
better
The restaurant is basic and comfortable.  Perhaps because it is less 
densely packed and less noisy, Di Yin said it was more pleasant than the 
other place we tried.
We ate dinner at Tofu Village - House of Soon Tofu in Koreatown, not far from the other soon tofu place we ate at two nights before.
My house special soon tofu, a mix of beef and seafood. It tasted distinctly of seafood. I liked it.
Panchan:
  • diakon - good, slightly sweet
  • tofu - appealingly mellow, soybean taste
  • kimchi - better than other place
  • bean sprouts - I saw worse than the other place; Di Yin says better
The restaurant is basic and comfortable. Perhaps because it is less densely packed and less noisy, Di Yin said it was more pleasant than the other place we tried.
My dulsot bibimbap, mixed vegetables with rice in a stone pot.  (Di Yin 
and I each ordered large combination meals because we were both hungry.)  
It's the usual bibimbap ingredients.  Unlike with the previous bibimbap, I was 
smarter and didn't mix the rice into the bibimbap.  This was I could 
balance the rice and veggies on my own as I ate.  Also, this time I 
found no need for chili sauce; there was enough stuff going on with the 
vegetables.  In short, I thought this food was better.

By the way, the brown stuff in the upper-right of the pot is pickled 
bamboo.  Di Yin said it was delicious.
My dulsot bibimbap, mixed vegetables with rice in a stone pot. (Di Yin and I each ordered large combination meals because we were both hungry.) It's the usual bibimbap ingredients. Unlike with the previous bibimbap, I was smarter and didn't mix the rice into the bibimbap. This was I could balance the rice and veggies on my own as I ate. Also, this time I found no need for chili sauce; there was enough stuff going on with the vegetables. In short, I thought this food was better. By the way, the brown stuff in the upper-right of the pot is pickled bamboo. Di Yin said it was delicious.