In a slow part of town

I had a date yesterday, or what could very well have been a date if it had been with someone other than my friend Ida. Dinner and a movie. Very datish. But it also makes for a good evening with one of your best friends.

I'd reserved a table for us at Nhu's, which is supposedly the best budget thai restaurant in town. It's located in a part of Södermalm called Hornstull, a trendy area that I know little about. All I know is that from what I've seen of it, it looks everything but trendy, it's grey and industrial looking and definitely does not look much to the world. I must have missed something because apparently it's full of trendy bars and cafés.

From my experience, it's just a very slow part of town. Traffic lights take forever to turn green, and when I say forever, I really mean forever. Waiting for five minutes at a red light just isn't acceptable. The restaurant, too, was slow. Appallingly bad service, it took half an hour for us even to get our drinks on the table. And not only was the waitress slow, she also wasn't very friendly. Not once during the evening did I see her smile. And for a budget restaurant, it really was very expensive. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't think that paying 170 kronor (17 euro) for a main course is very budgety.

The food was good, though, but not more amazing than any other thai food I've had for that price.

After dinner, we headed back to Medis to catch a movie, Confessions of a shopaholic. It was alright, not exactly high quality stuff, but that wasn't what I expected or wanted. Sometimes a good chick flick is all you need. And it didn't hurt that Hugh Dancy, who played Luke, is very easy on the eye either... http://www.imdb.com/media/rm729061888/nm0199215

Now it's once again Sunday night. And we have lost a whole hour today. Thankfully something good will come out of it. But heaven knows I'm not looking forward to going to work tomorrow. Hopefully a new job is on the horizon. If only the horizon didn't seem so out of reach.