Bad Afghan Food...
Hung out with G+J+E tonight. We had emailed back and forth throughout the day, figuring out a plan for dinner tonight. Since R and I will be moving soon (see house discussion below) we decided that it was a good time to check out some of the local restaurants in our neighborhood that we have been talking about for a while (years, in some cases).
So there is this Afghani place up the street from us that is about a year old, and it has an interesting name: "Buzkashi". Buzkashi is apparently a game in Afghanistan, and is loosely translated as 'goat pulling'. Already sounds like a great name for a restaurant, huh? Apparently Afghanis ride around on horseback attempting to capture a headless goat carcass from each other. Think polo, but messier.
Anyway, we had though this place looked interesting for a while now, and so suggested it to G+J+E. 6:30 was the plan.
Well, G is much more industrious than most of us, and actually took the time to look up some reviews of this place. They were astonishingly bad. One gave it 1/2 a star out of 4, and all commented on the bad service, mediocre food, and general lack of menu descriptions matching the actual food. They also both mentioned carrots that were white, spotted, and desiccated. I don't know about you, but 'desiccated' is generally not a good word in a food review.
So, long story short, we bailed on going to Buzkashi, and instead went to an Italian place down the street where we had a good meal, but felt oddly formal in doing so. Maybe it was because of the nice tablecloths, because it wasn't due to our waiter, Mugsy.
After dinner we returned to our place and broke out a game of Clue: Master Detective. For those not in the know, it's the same as regular Clue, but with more suspects, more rooms, and more weapons.
Watching G try to play this game was hilarious. He is seriously the smartest guy I know, but you'd think I was explaining nuclear fusion to a 5 year old when we were trying to explain the rules of this board game to him. G, if you're reading, you know I love you man, but that was funny.
Anyway, that was all for tonight. It was good to see everyone. :-)
So there is this Afghani place up the street from us that is about a year old, and it has an interesting name: "Buzkashi". Buzkashi is apparently a game in Afghanistan, and is loosely translated as 'goat pulling'. Already sounds like a great name for a restaurant, huh? Apparently Afghanis ride around on horseback attempting to capture a headless goat carcass from each other. Think polo, but messier.
Anyway, we had though this place looked interesting for a while now, and so suggested it to G+J+E. 6:30 was the plan.
Well, G is much more industrious than most of us, and actually took the time to look up some reviews of this place. They were astonishingly bad. One gave it 1/2 a star out of 4, and all commented on the bad service, mediocre food, and general lack of menu descriptions matching the actual food. They also both mentioned carrots that were white, spotted, and desiccated. I don't know about you, but 'desiccated' is generally not a good word in a food review.
So, long story short, we bailed on going to Buzkashi, and instead went to an Italian place down the street where we had a good meal, but felt oddly formal in doing so. Maybe it was because of the nice tablecloths, because it wasn't due to our waiter, Mugsy.
After dinner we returned to our place and broke out a game of Clue: Master Detective. For those not in the know, it's the same as regular Clue, but with more suspects, more rooms, and more weapons.
Watching G try to play this game was hilarious. He is seriously the smartest guy I know, but you'd think I was explaining nuclear fusion to a 5 year old when we were trying to explain the rules of this board game to him. G, if you're reading, you know I love you man, but that was funny.
Anyway, that was all for tonight. It was good to see everyone. :-)
posted by Professor B at 11:35 PM
1 Comments:
Hahahahah -- I am very much laughing out loud right now. Perhaps if I did study nuclear fission, I'd be able to understand Clue.
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