All I have done the last two days is
eat food...almost. It just keeps coming! Roommate dinner started the ball
rolling with some sort of concoction from whatever we had in the
closets and fridge. And even though that wasn't all that bad, in
fact it was pretty good, dessert was much better. My roommate Emily
had seen an ad for a Sweets Expo that night in the Royal Hyatt hotel.
We really had no idea what exactly would be there, how much it would
cost or even if we would be able to get in. But get 
in we did. And not only did we get in, but we got a discount and a roomful of just about every dessert you can think of and some you probably can't. Venders had booths with items from waribat to ice cream to gum with small samples or bigger platters which you could buy. The picture is my roommate Emily and I at the Sweet ExpoToday started a bit slow as far as food goes because I was late to church, but a member of the branch was having a birthday party right after church. The meal didn't start till two when the women carried out three foot platters filled with matlube, barbecued chicken, and several other Arab and Filipino dishes that I couldn't quite identify. My plate was heaping after taking only a small portion of some of the items. But lunch didn't stop there... Three different desserts followed: cake, some type of awesome fruit salad, and halo-halo. After the party wrapped up, all of the people in my internship got together to barbecue kababs with waribat for dessert. Delicious! I love Arab hospitality! And can I say that it's a dang good thing I went running the other day...
in we did. And not only did we get in, but we got a discount and a roomful of just about every dessert you can think of and some you probably can't. Venders had booths with items from waribat to ice cream to gum with small samples or bigger platters which you could buy. The picture is my roommate Emily and I at the Sweet ExpoToday started a bit slow as far as food goes because I was late to church, but a member of the branch was having a birthday party right after church. The meal didn't start till two when the women carried out three foot platters filled with matlube, barbecued chicken, and several other Arab and Filipino dishes that I couldn't quite identify. My plate was heaping after taking only a small portion of some of the items. But lunch didn't stop there... Three different desserts followed: cake, some type of awesome fruit salad, and halo-halo. After the party wrapped up, all of the people in my internship got together to barbecue kababs with waribat for dessert. Delicious! I love Arab hospitality! And can I say that it's a dang good thing I went running the other day...
Marhaba ya Celinda! Just checking up on your Arab adventures--sounds pretty dang good so far. Just reading that made me feel full. I like hearing about the food though--people always ask me about Arab food, and I usually don't quite know what to tell them.
ReplyDeleteIt's weird to think that you've already gone to church for the week--it's Saturday night, and we won't go until tomorrow.