Ever since the Kirk Polland Memorial Bad Prose Competition stopped being a thing at Readercon, I’ve been slipping off with friends on Saturday nights to satisfy my inner foodie. (Actually, I don’t think I keep that I’m a foodie inside at all. Anyone who visits here often knows all about it.) That meant visiting Journeyman in 2013 and 2014, but this year called for a different destination, thanks to social media.

For the past nine months or so, Cecilia Tan, David Shaw, and Diane Martin (seen with me below) have been tantalizing me with Twitter and Instagram pics from Night Market, a new restaurant which specializes in Asian street food. When Readercon was just around the corner, I demanded (nicely, of course) that they take me there. (more…)