An Eclipse Experience

Acoording to astronomers, an Eclipse of the Sun will occur today. The Moon will fall into the Earth's deep shadow, taking on an orange hue during the second total eclipse of 2007.

How appropriate then, that I had lunch with my very good friend Sandra at the Sun with Moon Japanese Dining Cafe at the Central Mall.

Although the restaurant had grew from its first outlet in Wheelock Place to its present third outlet, this was my maiden visit to the much heralded place. Having heard so much of its fantastic desserts, a quick glance did not disappoint. The desserts ran the gamut from ice cream to cakes, with varieties and colours galore!

Since this was a working lunch, we chose to order from the set lunch menu which is reasonably priced and comes with coffee/english tea. In keeping with the day's rare lunar event, we ordered rice with shredded pork topped with egg (cooked sunny-side up).



The entire pork/egg dish almost convinced me that I was in the middle of an eclipse! The surrounding egg white and the central yolk, almost bursting from its confines, projected a strong resemblance of the earth covering the moon!



There was a good lunch crowd. Service was good especially with the experienced staff. Our initial encounter was a friendly waitress who was not able to respond satisfactorily to our questions about the menu items. Fortunately, an experienced staff took over to sustain our experience. While the menu is certainly ambitious, the food is average.

Will I come back? May be - but not so very soon!