it’s otlob.com to the rescue. Long day, getting late, no one knows what they want to eat. In comes Otlob. The ability to browse menus from all different restaurants and then have any or all of it arrive at your door for pennies? It’s like manna from heaven, only you get to pick the food that rains down every night. It’s only our desire to leave Egypt wearing the same size clothes that we wore over here that keeps us from ordering from Otlob every night.
Tonight was a Chicken Tikka night. Spicy grilled chicken, basmati rice, and steamed veggies. Throw in a few kabob and koftas (basically beef or lamb chunks and ground lamb meatballs grilled on a skewer) and some flatbread and everybody’s happy.
Sometimes things get lost in translation, like the category labeled “Fasting food.” I was trying to figure out if it was special food for Ramadan until I clicked on the link and saw that all the options listed qualified as fast food. Ah, that makes more sense. Another option that sparked my curiosity tonight was the Grilled Viagra sandwich. I don’t know if they think a sandwich of crab and shrimp has the same magical qualities as a little blue pill or if they meant something entirely different, but I don’t think I’m going to be trying that one out.
After dinner Carter, always wanting to keep the good times rolling, suggested we order our otlob signature dessert of Chocolate Madness (chocolate ice cream, chocolate syrup and crushed chocolate cookies . . . mmmm), but we’ll have to save that for another night. Maybe tomorrow . . .