Paula and i met two other former Gonzaga hockey moms for lunch on Sat. It was rainy, and we were meeting on Capital Hill which is a pain in the behind as far as parking goes. i whined a bit seeing if xshub would volunteer to take and pick me up, but he had something to do and couldn’t. so anyway, i sucked it up and went. it was a TURKISH restaurant, called Cafe 8. Denice, the mom that organized the lunch, is a reg, knows the owners and the staff, and they came out to meet us, etc. One of the other moms lived in Turkey for a few years growing up, bc her dad was foreign service, so she is drooling over this menu. Paula and i talked before going and i said Paula, it says TURKISH on Yelp! she said there’s a spinach feta omelette on the brunch menu, i said oh ok, good. So we get there and the waiter says oh btw, we are not offering the brunch menu today. oh greeeeaaat. i ordered shrimp, figuring it’s something i know i like. the two turkish food fans ordered DONER kabobs. still not sure what DONER is, but it sounds like DONOR and that just doesn’t sound appetizing to me. Denice offered me a taste and it tasted good, but i just couldn’t see ordering something totally foreign when it could potentially be revolting. Anyway, i feel incredibly hep for having eaten there, the food was good. i can’t say i’d rush to go back, but i feel culturally enriched : )
It was probably lamb but I would have had to know first too!
You are more food adventurous than me. I would have sipped my water and grabbed a nutrigrain bar from my purse on the way home. Are their kids all doing well? All of them still playing hockey somewhere?
I felt the same way about the roasted pig. LMAO It was delish, but really, I am not a farm girl and eating the pet pig sounded revolting. I had seconds, though.