Scrumdiddlyumptious(PART 1 OF 3)
Delicious!
Tasty!
Marvelous!
Wow! The above pictures look so beautiful! I wish I would taste some of the above sushi. Ummmm... Kato, you've found out the meaning of the long word, eh?
Yeah, of course. I'm pretty sure that not many Japanese know the word. Probably, I'm one of the hundreds of English-word maniacs.
I guess so, too. How did you get to know the meaning of "scrumdiddlyumptious"?
Simple! I searched for it on the net and came across the following...
SOURCE: "Urban Dictionary: Scrumdiddlyumptious"
I see. So, you came across the right dictionary, didn't you?
Yes, I did. I happened to look it up in the Oxford English Dictionary, but couldn't find it.
SOURCE: "Oxford English Dictionary:"
Scrumdiddlyumptious
You're really at it, eh? Scrumdiddlyumptious is one of brand new slang, I suppose.
Diane...how did you come across the word?
A friend of mine used it in the mail. By the way, Kato..., the pictures of sushi remind me of the Japanese restaurant in Nice, France.
I know... I know...
How do you know, Kato?
'Cause you're so attached to Nice as your brother owned and ran the English bar in Vieux Nice.
Food and Drinks in Nice
Nice is a great place for food, whether you're picnicking on market fare, snacking on Niçois specialities like pan bagnat (a bun stuffed with tuna, salad and olive oil), salade Niçois, pissaladière (onion tart with anchovies) or socca (a chickpea flour pancake), or dining in the palace hotels.
The Italian influence is strong, with pasta on every menu; seafood and fish are also staples, with good bourride (fish soup), estocaficada (stockfish and tomato stew), and all manner of sea fish grilled with fennel or Provençal herbs.
The local Bellet wines from the hills behind the city provide the perfect light accompaniment.
For snacks, many of the cafés sell sandwiches with typically Provençal fillings such as fresh basil, olive oil, goat's cheese and mesclun, the green-salad mix of the region.
Despite the usual fast-food chains and tourist traps dotted around, most areas of Nice have plenty of reasonable restaurants.
Vieux Nice has a dozen on every street catering for a wide variety of budgets, while the port quaysides have excellent, though pricey, fish restaurants.
From June till September it's wise to reserve tables, or turn up before 8 p.m., especially in Vieux Nice---and though browsing menus is half the fun it's best not to leave your selection too long, as not all Niçois kitchens stay open particularly late.
My Sushi
Chic and reasonably priced sushi bar, with menus from 18€.
Open daily until 11 p.m.
Nightlife
High Club
45 Promenade des Anglais
Big seafront disco spinning mainstream house and disco sounds.
Popular with younger clientele;
10€ entry. Open Fri & Sat. 11:30p.m. - 5:00 a.m.
Vieux Nice's British- and Irish-style pubs have long been very popular with young expat travellers---in fact, you're more likely to hear English than French spoken in some of them.
Along with their encyclopedic range of beers or whiskies they often feature live bands, though the music tends not to be very original.
For the older, more affluent generation, the luxury hotel bars with their jazzy singers and piano accompaniment have held sway for decades.
As for the clubs, bouncers judging your wallet or exclusive membership lists are the rule.
Nice's lesbian and gay scene has broadened in recent years, with a wider selection of venues and a more relaxed attitude: the annual Pink Parade takes place in July.
Red characters: emphasized by Kato
Source: Lonely Planet "Provence and the Côte d'Azur"
Pictures and Map: from the Denman Library
(To be continued)