Luna Music is the place to be!
... for elitist indie music snobs, girls that are "so scene" and, ahem, more elitist indie music snobs.
Here, I almost feel like a fish out of water while looking at Aphex Twin CDs. The ones I want are actually priced reasonably, very reasonably. And, man, does the cute counter girl has the life. She gets to sit around and listen to "cool music" all day and chat on AIM on an outdated iMac. Plus, she's cute and works at a CD/record store - she probably gets worshiped by all of indie elitist guys who come in trying to strike up various conversations about the discographies of such artists such as Yo La Tango and Xiu Xiu.
So why am I here again? Oh yeah - because Garam Masala isn't open until 11:30.
"Ah, if only I wasn't broke", I say aloud. I wasn't actually broke per se, I just didn't feel like blowing money on a CD. I'm weird like that.
Dave is rummaging through used records. A 50% off record sale! Because who listens to those darn records anyway, we've all got our iPods now... or at least, everyone on TV does..
11:25: "We should probably start walking now."
The store has lost it's novelty... for now.
The walk is very short. We get there at 11:28. We stand outside debating on whether we should go in because the "OPEN" sign is lit, yet, it isn't quite 11:30 yet.
This is ridiculous, I reach for the door, pull it and alas... it's open!
Garam Masala is a hidden place, you have to look for a bit to find it in this plaza. It is behind and to the side of the Tokyo Joe's - the two share a building that used to be an Afghani restaurant many moons ago.
The guy who owns and runs the place is actually friendly today! Eeeeyay! He seats us with a smile and gives us water.
I go up to the buffet and, wow! Everything looks good! Fried vegetables, rice, tika masala, everything I like is all up there.
It tasted good too, better than the last few times I went. I don't know what happened in the 2-3 weeks that I didn't go there but today's experience put India Palace to shame.
The rice pudding was also top notch and ties with India Garden.
Definitely great. I hope he keeps it up.
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