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Skriven 2007-04-28 14:25:34 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
  Kommentar till text 12970 av LYNN SACERDOTE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: School NY Trip
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LS> But, I have to admit, my friend's tastes in food are...questionable, t
LS> the least. Either that, or the lot of you has rubbed off on me. haha

That too!


LS> We were all broken down into groups of four or five, and the first thi
LS> out of everyone's mouth was, "Let's go to Hard Rock!" I HATE Hard Rock
LS> can't stress it enough. I can find tons of restaurants here to go and

So do I.  I'll add that for me the pure *noise* level tends to destroy any
minimal enjoyment one can find at such places. The worst one is in San
Antonio. The next worst is in Bahrain.  The Guam one though isnt too horrible
and in daytime, you see families there with their kids. Really slow service
though and the prices are way too high for what you get.

LS> some of my friends caught sight of this all-you-can-eat chinese buffet
LS> chose to go there for lunch. My friend Rachael and I said that there w
LS> this little place further down that was called Sahara Grill, and that
LS> like to go and check it out. No one agreed to go with us, and I was cr
LS> because we were in the middle of Manhattan, which is full of awesome,
LS> small, unique restaurants, and I was going to go eat at a typical Chin
LS> buffet. 

LS> But one of the chaperones said that she didn't want chinese food eithe
LS> and offered to take Rach and I to the small place up the street some m

;-)


LS> Sahara Grill was set up with a deli-style counter, and a narrow line f
LS> people to order, and at the end of the line, pay. Behind the guy takin
LS> lunch orders were these two vertical rotating things that held lamb an
LS> chicken (I believe). There were a lot of candies and cakes sitting on
LS> counter, as well. Looking around and feeling like this was the place w
LS> wanted to eat, Rach and I decided to order.

Ah, I've had those in the middle east.  Wonderful cone sorta shaped things meat
and you kinda shave off a serving.  Vertical cooker required or it dries out. 
Really good stuff.

LS> chunks of cucumber, shaved red cabbage [raw], onions, a hint of garlic
LS> had this spice in it that I couldn't identify. Whatever spice it was w
LS> little bitter, but was good nonetheless.), and the vegetable salad thi
LS> was topped off with a white sauce (which I'm pretty sure was a yogurt
LS> sauce, and it was seasoned with dill and something else.) We got these

Had those in pita breads.  Gosh yes.  Very good stuff indeed!  Last time, was
in UAE at Jebel Ali.  The white sauce was a yogurt based one and something
quite *hot* but i am not sure what it was, was mixed in.  They also had a mild
paprika for color added.  I believe also dill and cumin seeds?

Jebel Ali BTW, sucks as a liberty port but the food is good.  Shopping is
really expensive though they have a big mall and at one corner of thatmall
have this really nice fruit juice place.  Because the religion there pretty
much disallows caffiene and alcohol, fruit juices are real and extremely
varied in type.  They show you the fruit and you pick some and they make juice
while you watch.  It was something like 5$ a serving, but it was worth it as
an experience.  Besides, it was 113F in the shade and somehow 5$ forfruit
juice seemed quite reasonable at the time! ;-)

LS> we decided to spend it at Toys R' Us so that we could ride the ferris
LS> they have inside. Then, we went to go see Phantom, which was awesome,
LS> boarded the bus again and went home. But lunch was definitely the high
LS> of my day.

Grin, would have been mine too except I am not sure the Phantom might not have
been a close call!

                                       xxcarol

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