Out of stock specials

Today I went out for lunch with two friends. We went to a place that is reputed to have good and interesting food – when it’s in stock. The restaurant has lots of windows and you can choose tables, booths or even a few bar stools along a counter. Outside were plastered signs about the current specials: Seared Tuna and Citrus Sauce, Thai Chicken, etc. One friend was especially interested in the Seared Tuna special. However once inside and seated we found out that the cook doesn’t come in until later in the day so those specials weren’t available. Oh, okay. So we looked through the menu and two of us ordered Chicken Fajitas and the other some Cajun Shrimp Chowder. Those apparently were in stock and there was someone present who was able to cook it.

One of my friends ordered a watermelon shake. The waitress came back and said they were out of stock so my friend ordered a green mango shake. Soon the waitress was back and said that was out of stock too but they had ripe mangoes. OK, so ripe mango shake it was.

The food was pretty good once it got sorted out what was and wasn’t in stock. The fajitas came with 2 extremely thin “tortillas” in nice plastic tortilla dishes with a cover. Only they weren’t really tortillas, they were spring roll wrappers. Oh, well, never mind. There aren’t too many Mexicans in this part of the world so maybe no one else will notice. The salsa was fresh and not too salty and even had a mild hint of chili to it.

One friend insisted on separate bills. That isn’t really the norm here so sometimes people have incredible difficulty figuring out separate bills. When our bills came I couldn’t help giggling at the little descriptions typed on the top of each of the bills: brown hair, white hair, and pink blouse. I guess I was Brown Hair. Soon White Hair and Pink Blouse were giggling too and I thought we were really going to lose it. Actually two of us had pink blouses on and two had brown hair. But it still worked out. And after all, it could have SO much worse!! (Like Small, Medium, and Large. Or Glasses, No glasses, Needs Glasses. Etc.)

PS These photos are glamor shots off the internet, NOT the real thing.