the turkish restaurant

my mum, my dad and i went out to eat last night with some people that my mum used to know through TAFE. we went to this turkish restaurant, and OMG it was sooo good. i shoud've taken pictures of all the food, but... it would've looked really strange under the circumstances. but anyways.

when we arrived at the place they were already there [the parents plus 2 kids, both guys], and they told us that they had ordered this pre-set menu thing, so that we would've have to bother ordering stuff. so the waiter people brought out all of this bread and huge plates with dips, eggplant dishes, crispy pastry filled with ricotta cheese [or some kind of cheese], potato salad and diced tomato salad. the four parents sat at one end of the table, and the three "children" sat at the other end , and we got one dish of everything per 'group'. it all tasted SO good, and i ate too much =.= anyways, there was so much food on the table that you couldn't see the table, and i was full by the time i finished eating. but then it was announced that what we had just consumed was only the entree, and that we still had a main course and dessert to eat O_O and the two guys i was sitting with ate so much food that even i couldn't believe it. and i can eat a LOT when i want to. seriously, i know that asian people don't like to waste food, but these two guys [not asian] took it to a whole new level. it was crazy. i felt kind of sick after seeing them eat so much.

so main course came out about an hour after we finished the so-called entree. it was a big dish [one per group again] of lamb, chicken, beef, vegetables and rice. i actually managed to eat some of it, just because it tasted so damn good. but still... so much food ><>_>

and THEN the mother of the other family ordered tea and coffee for people, so i had a cup of tea.

and THEN [this is at about 11pm], the restaurant is kind of emptying out, and the manager people tell us that we can move over to the couch dining area, since there were no people there. i'm guessing that the couch dining area was created in authentic turkish fashion, cos the couches and seats were reallly low to the ground. anyways, we sat around talking about some stuff, and then somebody ordered us [the three young people] all apple tea, so i had apple tea. and then at about 12pm, somebody ordered more apple tea for us, so we all got another serving. and then the managers gave us another plate of dessert just cos they felt like it, and i had one piece of something, and barely managed to finish it, even though it was bite-sized.

by the time we got home, it was 1:15am. it was fine for me [i would've liked to have stayed longer], but i was so shocked that my parents actually stayed out so late without falling asleep. amazing.

and here i am at lunchtime the next day, having had half a glass of orange juice for breakfast and no lunch, and i'm still full. which is quite a phenomenon for me. this is the first time that i can remember that my tummy has failed to rumble after missing two meals. phenomenon indeed.

ok, i've still got stuff to say, so this is gonna end up being pretty long >_>

going back to the turkish restaurant situation... one of the brothers was in year 7, and the other was first year uni. and it took about five minutes for the younger one to warm to me, and after that he would not shut up. and he asked me such random questions. like... the last time i saw them, we battled for the title of superior pokemon trainer on our gameboy colors. so obviously we had plenty of stuff to catch up on. but... the year 7 kid would turn to me whenever the mood struck him [which was about ever thirty seconds], and here is an example of some of our conversations:

him: hey sarah!
me: what?
him: do you like onions?
me: ... uh... yeah, onions are good... it's not like i can eat them by themselves or anything, but they're good in stir fry and stuff...
him: oh, ok... what about leeks?
me: @_@

and

him: hey sarah!
me: what?
him: i have blue violin!
me: ... that's great, brendan. i have a brown violin.
him: do you play computer games?
me: @_@

and

him: hey sarah!
me: what?
him: have you ever done pottery?
me: no, actually, ive never done pottery.
him: oh... i'm coming second in my class in science!
me: @_@

he was the most random kid i've ever met. he just talked and talked and talked and talked about everything, and even if i was in the middle of talking with his brother about something, he'd be like "sarah, guess what? i can make a talking face hand puppet with a tissue!"... yeh. he was really cute for the most part, but there were times when i wanted to say "brendan, let's play a game. let's play 'see if brendan can sit on his chair for five minutes and not say anything'. but whatever. year sevens will be year sevens, i guess xD

anyways, my mum is telling me that i have to eat something otherwise its unhealthy... >< i don't wanna eat anything... T.T my stomach will blow up. well, whatever... cyaa