You know those days when you're not quite sure what you feel like eating, but you'd like it to be somewhat healthy with a hint of MSG? Or is that just me?
Anyway, a couple of days ago I was swilling back a few glasses of an average Sauvignon Blanc when the fabulous Lady Barron gave me a bright idea. "Honey", she said, "buy some frozen dim sum and a steamer and away you go". She's done it before in Sydney with great success (although it's called yum cha there), and so now I aim to follow in her culinary footsteps. Of course, it would be much more satisfying to make the dim sum from scratch (and also very 'me' - that's my latent attention seeker/purist/masochist in action). But on those lazy Sundays when it's raining in London, and the Buckwell and I can't be bothered to drag ourselves off to Soho to wait for a table, frozen dim sum would come in very handy indeed.
Now if only this mission could be completed by this Sunday...but I think, realistically, I need to aim for next.
Where mission was conceived: Dreambags Jaguarshoes, Shoreditch, London
Type of location: Bar
Idea-fuelling beverage: Chilean Sauvignon Blanc
Estimated increase in quality of life I expect from the completed mission: Moderate initially, then low as the MSG takes effect
Likelihood of success: Mission probable
Mission deadline: Sunday 08 July.
