Bengal Cafe

Problem: Most Indian Restaurants have oily, way- too- spicy food that you'd never find in India.

Solution: 2263 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge .

In this authentic Bangladeshi restaurant, a wide variety of foods are available; from the classic chicken curry to the lesser known Lao Chingri, this place has it all. The best part? Its all food that you can find in Bangladesh. Homemade, and delicious, it's the perfect place to go for a snack, lunch, or dinner.

After you order, you can smell your food cooking from where you sit. The ceiling is made of sari's, in a beautiful pattern as unique as the food it watches. If you go, try the sweet or mango lassi. The salt lassi is a bit less dessert-like, but still delectable to most. The only downside is that it's relatively new, so all the dishes aren't mastered, but, "It's worth it to eat food just like Mom would make if Mom were from Bangladesh," (First, 1/5/06).

A personal recommendation: try the Shami Kebobs. They melt in your mouth, and have just the right amount of spice.

Overall, 9 1/2 out of 10 stars.

http://www.boston.com/dining/globe_review/1264/

http://www.bengalcafe.net/index.php

Rosie's Bakery: Triple Layer Fudge Cake

I finally figured out what to fill all this empty blog space with: Reviews!!!! Thank you, Eliza.

I'll start with something delicious: a Triple Layer Fudge Cake.

One layer vanilla, one layer chocolate, one layer fudge, topped with vanilla frosting and fudge on the sides. Garnished with sprinkles. ( Picture is of cake without the sprinkles and lettering). This cake was a decadent mixture of vanilla and chocolate. Loved by adults and children alike, it was rumored to be 50 dollars. However, it was from Cambridge...

The Bakery that created this moist delight was Rosie's Bakery, a chain also located in Porter's square, South Station, Chestnut Hill, and Wellesley. Even though it was small and round, its height made up for its lack of size. Perfect for a small party. The only downside was that at times, the chocolate was a little much, and unless you have a large sweet tooth, one thin slice would be the height of dessert for that day.

9 out of 10 stars.

http://www.rosiesbakery.com/index.aspx

Frog

Hi! Yesterday, I watched the Princess and the Frog. It was a good movie For some reason the last sentence is showing up in blue and underlined. Oh well. I loved the songs in this movie, as well as the theme. Disney is finally going back to animated, family movies instead of the Hannah Montana type. I missed these movies... Mom and Dad enjoyed it too. The pictures to the right are of: Tiana and Prince Naveen (the classic Disney true love- finders), Eudora (voice of Oprah Winfrey, Tiana's mom), and Mama Odie, one of my favorite characters and an interesting one too. Overall, 7.5 out of 10 stars.

I would recommend that people watch this. Especially if you like art, music, or Disney movies as general. Its not as good as the old ones though.

-Tani

Alice in Wonderland and Audrey Hepburn

Alice is a crazy movie! Its more like the sequel to the original animated Alice in Wonderland by Disney. In this one, Alice runs away because someone proposes to her! Definitely not the (5? 6? 7? ) year old young Alice from the old movie. Overall though, its a good movie, although if you watch it in 3D, its completely different, and apparently better. It was directed by Tim Burton, so it has a creepy edge to it.

You now what other movie is creepy? The movie Wait Until Dark, starring Audrey Hepburn. It is freaky! I'm still imagining that evil people are going to come out of no where and attack me... But its a good movie. I would definitely recommend watching it to anyone that cares.

Overall:
Alice in Wonderland: 7.5/10 stars
Wait Until Dark 10/10 stars

I would post pictures, but Blogger is being weird...

Farewell, until next time!

-Tani

AVATAR

It was a good movie. Useless to watch in 2D though. The scenery was beautiful.

Sadly, my two favorite characters died. Woe is me!

I loved the special effects, and the theme of nature.

Later,

Tani

Painful Painting

Today started out as a normal day. Insanity, tiredness, work. And then came 7th period: Art. In Art class today, I managed to injure my hand. "How?" you ask... by banging it on a table.

You see, it was a light bang (oxymoron), but afterwards, my arm turned red and swollen. Also, I couldn't move it. So, my Art teacher took one look at it, gasped, and sent me to the Nurse's office. Meredith was there- she would know what it looked like. Alas, the nurse was not there. So, the office called the upper school nurse, and she came. She iced it, tested it, and in the end, couldn't figure out whether it was broken, or just swollen.

So, my mom came and took me to the doctor's office, and got an X-ray done. I did not break my arm. I did, however, manage to badly bruise the tissue between the bones, causing it to swell.

Today, I survived PE, a biology class playing jump rope, and got injured in Art. Today, I left school early, because of banging my hand on a wooden table. Today, I slowly and laboriously typed this out.

On the bright side, I got to ride the elevator today. :)

Later,
Tani

The Joy That Is MovieMaker

Recently, on a class assignment, we had to create a movie on any topic using MovieMaker.
My topic- Gingerbread houses. :)

After making it, I went back to the website where I got the fancy gingerbread house pics, while talking to my Filipino friend, and found out the website was of a Filipino bakery in Canada.
(http://www.goldilocks.ca/) Coincidence. See video below. Enjoy!