If you’re going to live, why not live the stereotype right? So I ate chicken shawarma! Finally! It’s my first time to eat Arabian food! Now I feel like princess Jasmine! Hehe, Although I don’t think that bratty princess ever ate shawarma.
This blog is dedicated to my friend who’s always asking me, so, “How’s the food there? How’s the food in Dubai? What’s food like? Oh, yesterday, I just ate Arabian food! And it reminded me of you! How’s the food???” -- you know who you are.
My only answer to this question was, I only ever ate Filipino home-cooked meals when I got here! I’m as broke as a rusted nail on a hundred year old picture frame. Not really, I was saving my allowance for when a desperate occasion may come that I might need it. Like, if my visa expired or something. We sometimes eat out.. like in.. subway, and a Chinese restaurant, so really nothing new there.
But last night, my uncle said, “chesca, gusto mo ng shawarma?” I said, “sure!”
It’s better than our shawarma, coz it’s chicken. And they put cucumber and other veggies in it. YUM! Oh and the Indian guy that prepared the shawarma, he was holding on the damn thing with his bare hands. Good thing there was this other guy taking care of the money. In this other shawarma stand, the guy was holding the shawarma with his bare hands AND giving change to customers.
Oh and when they get all sweaty from preparing the shawarma, they just wipe their sweat using their hands then move on and prepare your shawarma! Hehe.
Then like that was not enough, my friend asked, “have you eaten in those Arabian restaurants where there are girls belly dancing while you eat?”
Yup, I’m still broke.
kaya pala malasa...hehehe.
ReplyDeletesasabihin ko na dapat na ang sarap nung nasa pic, tapos nabasa ko ung part sa baba nun... O_O
ReplyDeleteso how's your tummy ches? hehe
sinabi naman ni tita loi na hinahawakan ng mga indiano yon a. masarap naman
ReplyDeletenot-so-secret recipe yun. hehe. that's the sauce! ewww!
ReplyDeleteeeeww.. imagine ordering one right after the vendor took a leak.. now that's what i call "special sauce"..
ReplyDeleteyes Kevin, the picture and description below it was strategically placed. I planned it. From the title, you'll read and think .. "ah, chicken shawarma, sounds interesting" , as you move on through the description you'll see that this particular piece of heaven beats all the shawarma you’ve seen in your life, that you'd cross several oceans just to waff a smell of the scrumptiously looking delicacy. You'll defy all odds, all principles you've ever believed in. Then out of nowhere comes the reality, the reality of the food preparation just jumps at you. Without any warning, you take it in. You weren’t prepared for the unadulterated description. All the foundations of your chicken shawarma interest just shatters like a fragile wine glass held by a distraught countess. But you snap back to reality, you held you ground, and you think.. “eewww chesca ate that?”
ReplyDeleteand so far, my tummy’s fine. Thanks!
hindi naman nya sinabing bare-hands!
ReplyDeletehahaha! malay mo he doesn't hold his thing with his bare hands... heheh ewww! okay, miki, stop replying to this thread, i don't like where this is going.
ReplyDeleteat least they're as authentic as the come. haha. i have an officemate who grew up in saudi arabia and he says the real shawarma is actually chicken shawarma, not the beef that we have here. still haven't tried one though. happy eating ches!
ReplyDeletehaha! shawarma for sale: comes in pawis and pera flavors!
ReplyDeletehugs!
exactly what ima doin buddy.
ReplyDeleteso conio ha! hehe. shall we grab a shawarma at a resto? wouldnt what be fab? XOXO auf weidersen!
ReplyDeleteuy shawarma. nakakamiss to. iba ang shawarma ng middle east. buti na try mo :D
ReplyDeleteyup, pinatry sakin ng uncle ko. sarap nga eh! hindi masarap shawarma satin eh.. puro meat lang. at least yun yung nalasahan ko nung college pa ako hehe.
ReplyDeletekumain din kami ng shawarma sa japan! hehe, sa may, akihabara.. si ken may gusto. hehe. i-try mo yun.