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The Scar by China Mieville

There will be no more reading by me, of books by China Mieville.

I struggled through The Scar, attempting to skim rather than wade through the heavy language and overwhelming misery and am now officially over it. If you have to read one, read Perdido Street Station which was by far the least painful.

Tom Yum soup with vegan prawns

I had a very nice soup with little prawn-shaped thingies made of tofu with tiger stripes painted on them. The texture and flavour is different but definitely reminiscent of prawn-ness.

I'm not entirely clear on why a vegan would want to eat something dressed up as a dead animal, however I support having access to as many textures and flavours as possible.

Tom Yum soup is increasingly featuring tomato, a trend I do not support.