julian clarifies.

(although it was not at the royal copenhagen tea lounge that i asked him, but when we were having mutton briyani at farrer park, so the scones don't enter into it.)

i seem to be at taka quite a bit these days. i had dinner with su-lin at crystal jade la mian xiao long bao last thursday: scallion fritters, xiaolongbao and grated radish pastry (rather like popiah or soonkueh filling in flakey pastry - these, in fact, as featured on this person's food blog.) to go with the la mian (sichuan dandan mian for her, five spices beef for me). and the saturday before that, julian and i had lunch in little india, drove back to newton, parked at his place, and took the train to taka. i needed a birthday present for ariel, and julian needed new clothes for going back to school. what do scientists in neuroscience wear, i ask julian. do you go for the mad scientist look (stained labcoat and dangerous glint ) or scruffy jeans and tshirts with amusing nerdy slogans? well no, julian considered, my professors at duke were very well-dressed. but then, he added, both of them were gay. neither the zara sale nor armani exchange had anything that caught his fancy, and then i dragged him off to the children's department. he's going to have to go to school in a gunny sack, at this rate.