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Skriven 2013-09-27 14:59:33 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 5013 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Asian/seafood
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 23 Sep 13  17:01:41 <=-

 NB>> We have a number of Middle Eastern places that I know about, but
 NB>> none of them are exactly what I'd call fast food places... more
 NB>> sit-down, take your time, places... :)

 RH> We've not been to any of those in this area. One time when Steve
 RH> picked me up from the airport we were going to go for Greek food at a
 RH> nicer sit down place. On the way, we spotted a Middle Eastern place and
 RH> decided to give it a try as it was time we both needed something to eat
 RH> & didn't really want to wait any longer. Went in, it was a gyro type
 RH> place--it was ok, but not great. Most of them do offer gyros, shish
 RH> kebabs, platters...............in beef, chicken, or lamb so you do get
 RH> a variety of choices. Not quite as fast food as McD's or BK or any of
 RH> that ilk but we don't mind the wait.

Most of the fast-ish food versions of Middle East I've seen locally have
been stalls at neighborhood festivals or similar... or at the county or
state fair...  no fixed location places that I've found yet...  Agreed
that it's usually a better alternative to the McD's, BK's etc...  :)

 RH>> the road. It's at least 2 rows deep of stores and the Middle Eastern
 RH>> place was on a corner, with the main entrance on the side.
 NB>> That sounds like an interesting place, all told... :)

 RH> It was good. There are a couple (owned by the same person) here in
 RH> Wake Forest we go to from time to time. I took a friend to one last
 RH> year; she'd never had that kind of food before but enjoyed it.
 
It's good food.  :)

 RH>> Their default combo with the gyro was fries but they were willing to
 RH>> sub in a Greek salad for us.
 NB>> That was good of them... I'd be inclined more to go for sweet potato
 NB>> fries, or, if available, eggplant fries...  :)

 RH> Sorry, but neither of them were an option. You could have had tabouli,
 RH> grape leaves or the salad as subs for the fries. The tsatzki was a bit
 RH> on the mild side, not much of a garlic "bite" to it, sigh!

Can't have it all... sigh... ;)   Tabouli or grape leaves might have
been what I'd've gone for, then...  :)
  
 RH> Just have to make your need known and most places will accomodate. We
 RH> did a couple of sub outs in our meal Friday night to make it more
 RH> enjoyable. I could have had a lot more of that maple-brown sugar ice
 RH> cream but my blood glucose readings would have not been good. They
 RH> were below 95, both the day after and 2 days after the dinner so I
 RH> guess I did well keeping my carbs in line/balanced with protiens.

Sounds like you could have had a little more of that ice cream... you
did well.  :)
 
 RH>> At least there's an alternative. I think most places are willing to
 RH>> provide one if you specify the need for it. If not, then they lose a
 RH>> customer.
 NB>> Or they have a customer that has fewer options, at least... :)

 RH> Depends on the place, some I'd walk out on if they wanted to be a pain
 RH> about it. We have walked out on places that were less than
 RH> accomodating on smoking/non smoking areas.

Not quite the same thing... back when that was an issue here, we've done
the same thing... it's nice not to have to worry about that any more. :) 
 
 RH>> Tonight we're going to use the tagine for some spicy
 RH>> Moroccan chicken and couscous.
 NB>> That sounds tasty, too..   :)

 RH> Steve got it a bit too spicy for my tastes--he added in some spices
 RH> not listed and didn't measure anything. He enjoyed it but it was a bit
 RH> too hot for me to really enjoy the mix of spices. He also cooked the
 RH> chicken in whole pieces; I usually cut it up and coat the pieces with a
 RH> mix of flour and the spices. But, he did the cooking and major clean up
 RH> so I can't complain too loud.

Variety is the spice of life...?   :)   And it's awfully nice to have
someone else to share the labors with...  :)

ttyl         neb

... I'm on a different cutting edge.
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