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Showing posts with label Spring Rolls. Show all posts

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Restaurant Conversation

Daughter L (and her boyfriend) persuaded us all to go to this Spring Rolls asian restaurant.  They had implemented an all you can eat menu. It had a very nice, classy atmosphere, they previously had only an a la carte menu which served small, pricey portions. We were able to try quite a few items with an all you can eat price of $18.99 for lunch. Of course, we ate too much but we enjoyed it all, especially the bite-sized desserts.  Well, we ordered a lot of bite-sized portions.  The coffee was good too.  I forgot to take photos.

We were served by a nice waiter.  He asked us if we were celebrating a special occasion.  We weren't so I just said we tended to eat out too much.  I had noticed he had a tall, slim frame and thought he could have been a model.  He told us the edamame L ordered was his favourite snack food at the restaurant.  I teased him and said 'so that's your secret( to being so slim)!'   He laughed and admitted his 'slim' secret was that he hated all the food in the restaurant.   He said he didn't eat out a lot, in fact, he was more concerned with paying all his bills/debts.  I asked if he lived in the area and supposed that he must've finished all his schooling.  He had, which prompted me to suggest he could take up modelling.  He took it as a compliment but said he had nothing in common with those types of people. Then he was on his way.  It made me think it's hard for young people to find their way in life and settle on what they want to do.  More often it's not a choice, it's a matter of paying your debts and surviving.

Then daughter L got a call from a good friend.  She had just got laid off her promising first job out of university after just 5 months.  Stuff happens.