Nathan posted on Facebook about some of our final preparations for Cameroon, including a last trip to Taco Bell. It is our preferred fast food, even over McD's. I can't believe how many meximelts, soft tacos and been burritos Nathan and the kids can down. I can't even eat the salads (which are insanely expensive compaired to the rest of the menu) because they are served on fried flour tortillas, and I have a wheat gluten sensitivity...though I take my chances some times and suffer for it. Ooooh, I just googled
Taco Bell and am looking at the allergen list (wow, no MSG) -- not much I can eat but rice & pintos! So, I pretty much watched them scarf down their last instant tacos, took some pictures and sipped a strawberry-mango frutista freeze. I was reminding the kids about the few times we went out to eat in Cameroon, and what it was like. We would receive a menu, study it for a while, then order. The waitress would come back in 2 minutes and say, "we don't have that", so we'd order again and get a reply of, "we don't have that either".
After about 4 tries, we finally ask what they do have and order accordingly. Next, we watch the waitress, armed with a market bag, leave the restaurant and return 10 minutes later. Then, after trying to keep the kids occupied for the next hour while the cook prepares the things they just bought at the market (still not sure why they claim to be "out" of certain menu items), and having long ago finished our drinks, our food arrives. It's usually pretty good, just beware of the fermented ketchup that's been sitting out unrefridgerated for a few weeks. Ah, we'll enjoy Cameroon but we'll miss the good hurt of Taco Bell.
Nathan posted on Facebook about some of our final preparations for Cameroon, including a last trip to Taco Bell. It is our preferred fast food, even over McD's. I can't believe how many meximelts, soft tacos and been burritos Nathan and the kids can down. I can't even eat the salads (which are insanely expensive compaired to the rest of the menu) because they are served on fried flour tortillas, and I have a wheat gluten sensitivity...though I take my chances some times and suffer for it. Ooooh, I just googled Taco Bell and am looking at the allergen list (wow, no MSG) -- not much I can eat but rice & pintos! So, I pretty much watched them scarf down their last instant tacos, took some pictures and sipped a strawberry-mango frutista freeze. I was reminding the kids about the few times we went out to eat in Cameroon, and what it was like. We would receive a menu, study it for a while, then order. The waitress would come back in 2 minutes and say, "we don't have that", so we'd order again and get a reply of, "we don't have that either".
After about 4 tries, we finally ask what they do have and order accordingly. Next, we watch the waitress, armed with a market bag, leave the restaurant and return 10 minutes later. Then, after trying to keep the kids occupied for the next hour while the cook prepares the things they just bought at the market (still not sure why they claim to be "out" of certain menu items), and having long ago finished our drinks, our food arrives. It's usually pretty good, just beware of the fermented ketchup that's been sitting out unrefridgerated for a few weeks. Ah, we'll enjoy Cameroon but we'll miss the good hurt of Taco Bell.
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Yo quiero Taco Bell! Did I spell that right?
wow - that's quite a difference then isn't it!
Ah, the joys of ordering in a restaurant in Cameroon. At the Mars Bar in Limbe, Kara and I gave up on trying to find food to eat which they were willing to serve us (even the day's special was unavailable). We just drank our soda pops and left.
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