Falafel

We have quite a cool little system going since we moved out of the hotel. We still operate as a team as there are a range of economies of scale. One example is that we have one set of cleaning materials between us. Given the short time we are here it seemed silly to but 4 lots of everything. One person goes down each day and gets newspapers for us all. We also share cooking. We are trying to eat local every second night and we then take turns cooking a meal for the group on the other night. So that means you are only cooking a main meal once every 8 days which isn’t too difficult. So to date we’ve had sirloin steak and chips (NZ export of course), cottage pie, chilli con carne, and I made our Italian chicken and tomato dish. We really enjoyed the time in the hotel sharing meals, this allows us to continue that. On the other days we look for a local eatery. We haven’t been too game yet to jump into the deep end here so have had a couple of meals in some food chain stores. One of the food stores which is well serviced is just around the corner. We went in but there were no menus and the place was crowded and the guy behind the counter was very busy so wasn’t able to take the time to help. So yesterday I went back during the middle of the day. As it was Friday and very quiet. The place was a sort of falafel fast food store. Falafels are these balls made from fava beans or chickpeas. These two little beauties are falafels stuffed into a sort of pita bread with lettuce and while it looked like the mayo mix you get on a big mac. It wasn’t, it was hummus. This meal cost me $2.