One of the promises I made myself in this new year was that Chris and I were going to get out and do more fun things. We have a tendency to get in ruts and not do anything different or not get away from the humdrum of daily life.
So this weekend I was really happy when I came home from
work on Saturday afternoon and Chris suggested we go out to lunch. We never go
out to lunch! We had heard of a new fast food restaurant in town so we decided
to check it out. Mwanza has no lack of restaurants, but all the restaurants
have the same kinds of food, either Tanzanian (ugali, rice, meat, fish,
veggies) or Western (pizza, burger, pasta). The new fast food place doesn’t
have anything that’s way too different (mostly chicken), but I got the chicken
shwarma wrap and it was good! I just like anything wrapped up in a
tortilla-like thing. And this had french-fries and coleslaw inside the wrap.
Even better!
After lunch we went over to the new bakery in town and it
was AMAZING! I wish I’d taken pictures, but I’ll definitely go back, so I can
do it then. They had both Tanzanian and Western treats including doughnuts,
croissants, mendazi, samosas, cake, cookies, and bread. We went a little
overboard and got a huge cookie, a doughnut and a slice of carrot cake as big
as my head! We took our horde home and shared them. The doughnut was by far the
best thing we tasted. I feared it would just taste like the same old bread they
have here. But it was so good. Light and fluffy, fried to a nice crisp and the
cream was amazing. Afterwards I was so sick to my stomach I had to take a nap
to sleep my sugar hangover off!
Our other adventure for the week was on Sunday. The 5 lay
missioners in Mwanza headed about an hour out of town to try a restaurant we’d
heard mention of. It’s a place right on the lake and it serves western food and
steak.
The profits from the restaurant go toward two schools and an orphan
program. We discovered that the founder and Executive Director is a fellow
alumnus with me (NYU’s social work program). He’s younger than me and has been
here 7 years already. Yes, it made me feel a little inadequate but it also
inspired me to keep working and great things can happen. The place was very
relaxing and the food was good. It was a great adventure and I definitely think
we’ll be going back there again!
1 comment:
Yes, we've had some struggles with getting out of the house & feeling like we're doing more than just working & staying in. Wish we had those "fast food" and bakery places down here!
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