Ummmmm, GOOD!
Those of you who know me who I like to eat. (Now, that's an understatement!) My wife often laughs at how important food is to me - I'm already wondering what's for dinner while still enjoying lunch.
At any rate, this entire missions trip has not exactly been a culinary delight, if you catch my drift. Even the Turks were complaining this week, saying everything at the resort buffet tasted exactly the same - whether it was beef, chicken or fish - no real taste to any of it!
So today after arriving at our hotel, and knowing we were 'on our own' all day as our hosts were occupied elsewhere, I decided to spy out the land to see what was available for lunch. Since the hotel menu was exorbitant by my standards, I left Chris in our room and took a walk down the block. I eventually stumbled into what appeared to be a Turkish 'chain' restaurant in the city center, but there was one problem -- they didn't speak any English, and I don't speak any Turkish!
Fortunately, they produced a menu with pictures, and I selected a couple of entrees that appeared safe...then did my best pantomine of wrapping the order 'to carryout', and sat down at a table to wait. I got really uncomfortable when one of the workers started bringing platter after platter to my table and wrapping them up in aluminum foil -- I just knew there had been a big miscommunication and I was going to be stuck with a huge bill and enough food to feed me & Chris for a week!
But I was mistaken - for soon the worker reappeared with just two small bags of food wrapped to go, and I paid the bill and headed back to our room. (Never did figure out who those platters on my table were for!)
When Chris & I tasted the kebabs a few minutes later, it was simply the most delicious lunch we've had in ages! Incredibly tasty! I mean, world-class GOOD!
I'm still ready for Chicago (just about 36 hours 'til departure as I type this), but I must admit, I'm also looking forward to dinner in just a little while -- from the same place! Ummmmm!
At any rate, this entire missions trip has not exactly been a culinary delight, if you catch my drift. Even the Turks were complaining this week, saying everything at the resort buffet tasted exactly the same - whether it was beef, chicken or fish - no real taste to any of it!
So today after arriving at our hotel, and knowing we were 'on our own' all day as our hosts were occupied elsewhere, I decided to spy out the land to see what was available for lunch. Since the hotel menu was exorbitant by my standards, I left Chris in our room and took a walk down the block. I eventually stumbled into what appeared to be a Turkish 'chain' restaurant in the city center, but there was one problem -- they didn't speak any English, and I don't speak any Turkish!
Fortunately, they produced a menu with pictures, and I selected a couple of entrees that appeared safe...then did my best pantomine of wrapping the order 'to carryout', and sat down at a table to wait. I got really uncomfortable when one of the workers started bringing platter after platter to my table and wrapping them up in aluminum foil -- I just knew there had been a big miscommunication and I was going to be stuck with a huge bill and enough food to feed me & Chris for a week!
But I was mistaken - for soon the worker reappeared with just two small bags of food wrapped to go, and I paid the bill and headed back to our room. (Never did figure out who those platters on my table were for!)
When Chris & I tasted the kebabs a few minutes later, it was simply the most delicious lunch we've had in ages! Incredibly tasty! I mean, world-class GOOD!
I'm still ready for Chicago (just about 36 hours 'til departure as I type this), but I must admit, I'm also looking forward to dinner in just a little while -- from the same place! Ummmmm!
posted by Pastor Jerry McQuay at 9:45 AM
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