Word: driftwood
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...Soul, www.sushi-soul.de. Here shoeless locals and the expats who make up Düsseldorf's expanding Japanese population - the third largest in Europe - enjoy fresh sashimi and piping-hot udon curled up on tatami mats strewn with feather cushions, while others sip sake at a candlelit bar scattered with driftwood. Per-haps most atmospheric of all these waterside eateries is Lido, www.lido1960.de, a glass cube with 360 degree views at the center of a €5.9 million footbridge spanning the harbor. Inside, Bauhaus furnishings and rust banquettes accommodate diners feasting on trattoria-meets-brasserie staples like steak tartare and goose...
...those devised to suit local ingredients. If this isn't sensory stimulation enough, floor-to-ceiling windows offer sweeping views of the Hong Kong island skyline and Victoria Harbour-a body of water that has partially inspired the interior design. Over 7,000 black river stones cascade around a driftwood-style bar and ripples run across the terrazzo flooring at the restaurant's entrance. Reservations can be made on (852) 2313 2323, which is also the number to dial for Spoon. Torn? You could always flip a coin...
...those devised to suit local ingredients. If this isn't sensory stimulation enough, floor-to-ceiling windows offer sweeping views of the Hong Kong island skyline and Victoria Harbour - a body of water that has partially inspired the interior design. Over 7,000 black river stones cascade around a driftwood-style bar, and ripples run across the terrazzo flooring at the restaurant's entrance. Reservations can be made on tel: (852) 2313 2323, which is also the number to dial for Spoon. Torn? You could always flip a coin...
Groucho Marx, as Otis B. Driftwood in A Night at the Opera, and his brother Chico, as Fiorello, are haggling over a contract for an opera singer's services, when Groucho brings up one more clause: "It says 'If any of the parties participating in this contract is shown not to be in their right mind, the entire agreement is automatically nullified.'" When Chico demurs, Groucho soothingly replies, "It's all right, that's in every contract. That's what they call a 'sanity clause'." Chico laughs derisively. "You can't fool me!" he snorts. "There ain't no Sanity...
...cologne called Driven, with notes of grapefruit, driftwood and moss...