On a lighter note, went to Ping Pong (a posh dim sum restaurant on Great Marlborough Street near Oxford Circus) for Steve’s birthday today.

I’m a bit 50/50 on Ping Pong I must say, though everyone else seems to love it. I find the service rather off-hand, but actually it’s considerably better than your average Chinese place.

Truth is, I think my biggest gripe is simply that it’s too… European. They’ve taken Dim Sum and turned it posh and white. It’s all quiet conversation, high prices, small portions and nifty presentation. The food is reasonable and they do some excellent fruit juices, but the presentation and decor are the real stars. I want the decor to be cheesy, the china to be cheap, the food to be divine and the bill to be staggeringly low.

Anyhow, lunch itself was very pleasant. Unfortunately I got one, yes, one decent photo. My fault. I gave my camera to Mark to play with before lunch, and didn’t check it properly when he gave it back. Thought the thing was being unneccessarily slow. Didn’t realise he’d left it on AV mode. Damn thing was trying to take everything at F8 in a dark restaurant.