eating our hearts out...

I'm not much of the buffet-eating guy...especially if it's an all meat buffet. Don't get me wrong I don't hate meat, I actually like it--just as long as there are other foods such as vegetables. I rather like to eat a more balanced diet. However, when I was in graduate school, I mostly ate chicken because first of all it was really cheap (especially when you buy it from chinatown) and, second of all, its rather easy to cook. After a long day at lab, all I want to do usually was to lay down and just veg while the chicken baked or steamed. And speaking of vegetables, as much as I like them, I usually didn't cook it unless I had time and energy. The reason being I still had to wash the sand off them (again, when you buy it from chinatown) which means soaking them for a while and then cutting them. I was rather lazy...and if you were to ask why I couldn't do it the night before, well refer back to the first part of this sentence.
Anyways, we had a one day break from our classes during ABO and Daniel decided that we should all (or at least the people who were interested) go back to Nairobi and eat at this Brazilian barbecue restaurant. Although, I usually wouldn't be interested in going to an all meat buffet back in the states, I thought it would be a good time to hang out and eat some good meat (which I hadn't had for a while). And so off we went down the bumpy road from Machakos to Nairobi with 10 people crammed inside a Landcruiser, singing some hymns (which Daniel would usually start) while Loren drove.


The meal didn't cost all that much...we payed Ksh 1200 if I remembered correctly which translated to about $17. But that was with some discount since Loren knew one of the owners and Daniel spoke Portuguese. So besides the usual beef, chicken, pork we also had crocodile and camel. I was actually expecting more "exotic" meat, but I guess they didn't have too much. Uhm, the crocodile was not bad and the meat I would say is a cross between chicken and fish. Not bad at all, andPampas was a really nice restaurant...something that might as well been a place found back in the states, probably nicer, actually. The quality of meat....was superb, I might add, and I usually try not to exaggerate. It is a lot better than the one in Castor street back in Philly? I wouldn't mind going back and I think it cost us around Ksh 1200 which I think would translate wouldn't mind trying it again. However, the camel meat was another story. Gag...I already knew from the smell before the waiter even sliced it that it was not going to be a pleasant experience. The meat is quite soft and crumbly and so, in fact, that it kinda crumbles once you started chewing it...ergh...it tasted like rotten meat. Anyways, at least I tried it, haha. But I don't think I'll be craving it for a while.

So on the bottom row from left to write is Courtney, Matthew, Donna, Loren (who were the ABO coordinators), and on the top row are (L to R) Louise, Monica, Jeremy, Alissa, Dan and me.