05.15.06
a taste of turkey
Something was very wrong on Sunday, cause the weather was fantastic.
Blue cloudless sky, breezes and soft sunshine. For this city,it was too beautiful to be true.
And it was a shame to stay in.
No matter how comfortably we were in home, this calls for an outing.
Gordo suggested that we drive to find me a manequin.
One of the rare days in which we can leave the top window of the car open and feel good.
However we didn't find the manequin, much as I had expected.
First of all because I hate the neighborhood.It is messy, aged,crowded and dirty.
Gordo instead, is fond of the scenery of the old trees grown to intertwine and cover up the sky, which he calls “the green tunnel”,and the old crappy low buildings that he claims part of the mysterious old China impression.
I can find no connection with all of this, call me shallow, but I cann't see this from an aenesthetic piont of view.Therefore, when we failed to find my manequin, I was very glad that we got to leave the place.(Beijing Road).
And with the excuse of fixing my watch, I got to drag gordo to my favorite part of the city.
and consequently ended up with somewhat a big shopping.
I am shopping on my own a lot more lately, however I still enjoy bringing gordo along.
Its because I trust his taste on my shopping.
After that we decided to just walk in tthe turkish restaurant besides the mall for dinner.
(Dinner was supposed to be homemade curry chicken)
If I remember right, its called saltan turkish restaurant.
It is nicely decorated and the gold as a mias color gives a luxurious look.
For a moment I was afraid it was going to be an 100-per-dish kind of restanrant.
As I peeked at the menu before going in, I got to breathe with relief.
The inside is a large place, with a small area with sofa for leisure(waiting), and the hall and quite a few small separations as rooms.
I had no idea in this town there are so many turkish people(or turkish-related ppl), cause apparently the business was good.
The ambience is warm, rich and exotic.
The menu is lovely.It is listed with pictures of almost every dish, which appear to me is full of spice and taste.
We had ordered yogurt, plain pancake,some kind of minced beef jam,sala,cheese meat pie and lamb kabab.
It was very flavoured good. The little rice that came with the lamb kabab reminded me of the unforgetable napol rice we had in HK lan kui fong.
It was certainly gordo's cup of tea, with all the pancakes and juicy meat. The only thing he was not used to, was the yogurt, which I enjoyed very much.
After the meal, gordo said he felt like a model—that want to go to toilet, vomit and eat again.
I would certainly consider it as a very high compliment of the food.
Good thing about it, the price was good. After all this, we paid 174rmb, somewhere around 22usd.
And we walked out with 2 full stomach.
At least it was a different sunday. We both enjoyed it. Although I might enjoy it a bit more with all my shoppings
But I certainly appreciate all the effort the fat one is putting to make me happy.
