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In the course of writing a previous entry I realized that I've never actually written up a master list of all the weird food I've eaten, so here's a first stab at it.

Politically correct note: "weirdness" is in the eye of the beholder, and I'm obviously writing this from a Western perspective. It's instructive to remember that a Chinese colleague of mine still finds cheese of any type to be tough going, and considers the very idea of intentionally moldy (blue) cheese to be utterly disgusting. Without further ado...

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'Twas the night before Christmas, which made for a pretty good excuse to visit my favorite restaurant in Singapore, Halia. The name means "ginger" in Malay, and not only is this probably my favorite root vegetable, but in my book this place just has it all: a beautiful outdoor location in the jungles of the Botanic Gardens, an atmosphere as laid back as the smooth jazz they play, prices that burn only moderately severe holes in your wallet, and last but not least, consistently grrrrrrreat food.

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So a friend took me out to dinner yesterday at Singapore's latest "in" restaurant, Il Lido at Sentosa Golf Club. It's a modern, hip, Italian place, not unlike San Marco at the Lighthouse (Fullerton), just much larger because it is, after all, in a big clubhouse built for people with too much money and a need to show off.