The Food

I decided I better start taking a notebook with me to meals so I can write down the names of what I'm eating because I can't remember what most of them are called. I have made a point of trying atleast 2 or 3 new things.

So far I have eaten a lamb dish and an eggplant dish that were okay. A polenta dish and a fish dish that were very yummy. Garbanzo beans and lentils in several different forms as well as salad, fruits, naan bread and lots of basmati rice preparations. The buffet is set up with Indian food on one side and international food on the other side, with half of each side being vegetarian dishes. In the middle is a salad station, a pasta/pizza station and a couple of made to order Indian dishes. I'm trying anything that doesn't look like it has cheese or yogurt involved and some of the Indian dishes have been kinda spicy. Strangely the dish that had me choking, stuffing naan bread into my mouth and begging for more water was from the international side. It was a seemingly innocent vegetable dish in basil sauce and I took a large portion of it because it was so healthy and yummy looking. Unfortunately they slipped a lethal, head-exploding, breath-taking, tear-causing pepper in with the other innocent vegetables. I have never had anything that hot in my life. The whole thing is kind of unfortunate because it was yummy until I found the pernicious pepper.
So far I haven't had anything that I would cross the planet again to have but I would like to have more of some of one or two of the dishes. One thing I will probably have to cross the planet for is to get anything with beef again. They definitely do not cook with beef. It is not unusual to see cows roaming in the street even here in this major city. The cars just go around the cow, it's normal for them but still bizarre to me.