Writing a blog can be weird. There are so many things, food-related, that happen in a day, and only some of them easily translate into blog posts. Even by my standards, which are relatively low.* Things that are weird, or FANTASTIC, or TERRIBLE translate well to blog posts. But most of my life is not actually hugely weird, or FANTASTIC, or TERRIBLE. There’s a lot that’s in this middle ground of just my life.

For example: I had greek yogurt with pomegranate seeds and brown sugar and slivered almonds for breakfast every single day this week. It was good. I decided that I shouldn’t feel guilty about adding brown sugar, because the amount of sugar is still less than if I ate flavored yogurt. I included the sugars that occur naturally in the yogurt, by the way, for an even comparison. I didn’t include the sugars in the pomegranates because I would count those separately as a fruit. That doesn’t really make a week’s worth of posts, you know?

There are restaurants that occupy this same middle ground. That’s not to say that the restaurant is mediocre, just that it isn’t MINDBLOWING or THE WORST THING EVER. I go to Pai Men Miyake pretty frequently. I like it. I enjoy going there. It’s nearby, it’s quick, I like the food, the people are nice, it’s inexpensive. I enjoy looking at the curvy metal sculpture that hangs from the ceiling and the wooden end-grain blocks that make up the wall. The whole eating experience is pleasant and low-key. Just the idea of that blog post is boring me.

I went tonight and branched out and didn’t order the brussels sprouts, which was big for me because I order them basically every time I go. When they first opened, I was iffy on the ramens, but Dave got a pork and chicken ramen tonight and it was just fantastic. FANTASTIC. Their menu has expanded. I finally tried the yakitori (I got the duck breast, which was lovely). Pretty gradually over the last year the restaurant has gotten better and better. There just wasn’t ever anything that made me think I SHALL WRITE ABOUT THIS. It was just, a restaurant that I liked.

The thing that made me think finally of writing about them, the news that actually is NEW AND EXCITING, is that they make macarons now. I spend a fairly significant amount of mental energy wanting macarons in any given week, so I’m pretty jazzed about this. I LOVE the macarons.

But I also just really like the restaurant.

* It’s tumblr! It’s all feeeeelings and cat gifs and feminist ryan gosling. Which I love, by the way, but just sets different expectations than like, wordpress.