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5037. arkymalarky - 10/18/2013 2:40:59 AM Sounds rough! 5038. judithathome - 10/20/2013 9:54:40 PM Last night, we went with the 7 other people to a "Phonecian"/Greek/Lebanese restaurant that is "family style"...extensive menu and one cook. One server, too.
Everything is cooked fresh...nothing hits the pan until you order. Huge platters of food, servings based on the number of people at the table.
I couldn't eat but did have one bite of three things and nearly swoooned over the aromas and the few tastes I had.
We had roasted veggies (carrots, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, onion, peppers, potatoes), roasted lamb, stuffed lamb sausage, huge bowl of lentil soup, roasted mushrooms, chicken, talipia, flalfel, rice, spinach pie, roasted potatoes, tabouli, hummus, baba ganouche...and fruit. Yes, fruit...4 platters full. Cantaloupe, pineapple, mango, paypaya, pomegranite, watermelon, apples, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, cactus pear (!), oranges...it was insanity.
Everyone took home at least 4 huge styrofoam boxes of leftovers. AND we had 2 teenagers with us! Teenagers who LIKED the food!
This place is in an old house and only has 2 rooms in which to serve people. Accomodates about 30. We got there at 5:30 and didn't leave til 7:45.
Including tip, the bill was $100.
I can't stress enough how plentiful the food on that table was...we could have fed 5 or 6 more people. For the same price. 5039. arkymalarky - 10/20/2013 10:32:59 PM I love restaurant finds like that. We tend to get lucky traveling, like when we're in CO, and sometimes can't find them again or they're closed the next year. 5040. judithathome - 10/20/2013 10:55:01 PM This place has been around for over 20 years...sometimes, they close down for months at a time but they always re-open.
I don't see HOW they can make ANY money...their food is stellar. I mean, you can tell nothing is pre-made. Just their produce bill alone should sink them. Not to mention the meat bill. 5041. wabbit - 10/21/2013 9:53:50 PM Had Chinese once in a similar situation, lovely old enormous Victorian house in Easton, PA. Husband was the chef and that night was on crutches. We were a group of maybe a dozen or so folks and several of us decided to lend a hand. Between us we got the table set, food served, table cleared and kitchen cleaned up. Couldn't beat the food, which was delicious, and the total price was also around $100, maybe less (obviously BYOB). Nothing like having dinner in the chef's dining room. We had a great time! 5042. webfeet - 10/25/2013 3:03:25 AM Arky, I guess the meaning was lost in transit, although maybe I need to get away from my desk more!
Judith, question: how was it the next day? All good?
Hey wabbit! Chinese food in an old Victorian home with a chef on crutches could sound totally creepy...but it wasn't! Yay for that!
My French husband is in Tahiti on a business trip...I hope he doesn't father a little island baby. 5043. webfeet - 10/25/2013 3:15:05 AM The great thing about the colonialist nature of the French is that they adore the people from their colonies, and, in turn, they are revered by the natives. Take Paul Gauguin. Those portraits of topless Tahitian girls--was that a part of the scenery? How long exactly did they sit for those portraits? A couple of hours, maybe. Enough time to father a tribe, perhaps.
My son, who is thirteen, said to me, "ASk papa to flush the toilet in Tahiti."
And so I said, "Why?"
"Look, I'll show you," he said, and motioned me to the sink where he proceed to run the tap water. "See how the water swirls to the left? In countries in southern hemispheres, the water swirls to the right. It's called the coriolis effect. So I want to know if it's true."
"Oh, wow," I said, impressed. "Where did you learn that?" I asked, believing it was his biology teacher.
"The Simpsons. Bart vs. Australia," he replied.
5044. webfeet - 10/25/2013 3:17:09 AM I think I'm going to write this on my blog. Copywright today, October 24, 2013. 5045. alistairconnor - 10/25/2013 5:16:32 PM Dedicated to Arky and her phone (you've probably all seen it before and it's probably fake anyway but...)
 5046. alistairconnor - 10/25/2013 5:21:20 PM Bibiche : Recommended reading on Tahiti : Aphrodite's Island by Anne Salmond. I've read her definitive works on James Cook ("The Trial of the Cannibal Dog", worth it for the title alone) and also her "Bligh".
"Aphrodite's Island is a bold new account of the European discovery of Tahiti, the Pacific island of mythic status that has figured so powerfully in European imaginings about sexuality, the exotic, and the nobility or bestiality of “savages.” In this groundbreaking book, Anne Salmond takes readers to the center of the shared history to furnish rich insights into Tahitian perceptions of the visitors while illuminating the full extent of European fascination with Tahiti. As she discerns the impact and meaning of the European effect on the islands, she demonstrates how, during the early contact period, the mythologies of Europe and Tahiti intersected and became entwined. Drawing on Tahitian oral histories, European manuscripts and artworks, collections of Tahitian artifacts, and illustrated with contemporary sketches, paintings, and engravings from the voyages, Aphrodite's Island provides a vivid account of the Europeans' Tahitian adventures. At the same time, the book's compelling insights into Tahitian life significantly change the way we view the history of this small island during a period when it became a crossroads for Europe."
What I like is that she takes a non-ethnocentric approach, treating the strange customs of 18th century Tahitians and Europeans in an even-handed non-judgemental manner (and in many respects we feel closer to the Tahitians) 5047. alistairconnor - 10/25/2013 5:28:14 PM Memo to Bibiche : He'll have to leave his bathwater undisturbed for at least 24 hours before pulling the plug, if he wants the result to be determined by the coriolis effect rather than randomness (no, I don't know whether he has been practising this in the northern hemisphere...) 5048. judithathome - 10/25/2013 6:35:37 PM how was it the next day? All good?
I've no idea since I couldn't eat still...but Keoni ate all of it!
Speaking of which, those island babies turn out quite well!
5049. Jenerator - 10/28/2013 10:58:31 PM Anyone else here have a FitBit? Love this gadget. 5050. arkymalarky - 10/28/2013 11:06:04 PM ooh! It's the absolute best! 5051. Jenerator - 11/13/2013 12:02:14 AM Dined at Commander's Palace this past weekend.
I pretty much want to have their Fisherman's delight as the least meal of my life. Duck fat hollandaise!! Who knew?!
5052. Jenerator - 12/3/2013 12:00:18 AM Back in London then Italy for spring break 2014. 5053. arkymalarky - 12/3/2013 12:17:12 AM Wow! How nice! 5054. Jenerator - 12/4/2013 12:12:31 AM I can't explain what a hold Rome has on me. 5055. judithathome - 12/4/2013 4:56:42 AM If you feel that strong a connection, you should move there...they have an American School there, I think. A few, probably.
Life is short, Jen. 5056. Jenerator - 12/4/2013 11:56:26 PM You are so right, Judith!
I have actually looked into teaching in Italy, but it is the hardest country in the EU to work in as a (foreign) teacher. The TEFL certification is supposed to be incredibly hard too, and while I wouldn't want to be an English teacher there (that's what that certification is primarily for), I would likely still need it to be a technology/graphic design teacher. or, I can become fluent in Italian, then move there. :)
I looked at some properties the last time I was there so maybe within the foreseeable future, we can get a vacation property.
I'm even making my mom come out there in the spring! :)
Life IS short. I'm really trying to be 'in' the moment these days and enjoy each situation.
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