City Diner

I have to admit, I woke up this morning and was feeling very homesick. I think it's because my stuff from the US arrived last night and it just made me think of home alot. It is such a mental relief to have what I need instead of trying to find a creative way to do what I need to do when I'm cooking. And best of all, I have enough cookware so that I don't have to wash dishes several times during the cooking process.

City Diner is owned by American expats and has been voted repeatedly by City Weekend (our version of the Observer) has having the best burgers. So even though it was threatening rain, we ventured out. Syd and I shared a cheddar burger with mushrooms and garlic fries. The burger hit the spot, although not even close to how good Snuffer's is (mmmmmm, S-n-u-f-f-e-r-'s.....). They had rap music playing in the restaurant because nothing says Americana better than greasy burgers and rap.

(That reminds me, I had told our ayi that she was welcome to eat whatever she wants at my house and she said that she there's only a few American food that she likes. When I asked her what they would be, she said potato. I can't make this stuff up.)

City Diner is located next door to City Shop which is a small grocery store that carries mostly Western goods. But they are all junk food Western goods. Yes, it is nice to be able to get Harbro gummy bears when the craving hits, but I would rather have Horizon milk or Classico spaghetti sauce (mmmmmm, s-p-a-g-h-e-t-t-i....... ). There's every brand of chips and chocolate bars that you could possibly want.

It really poured out while we were shopping so yes, we had a 30+ minute wait for a taxi but I had an umbrella and Syd was very cooperative so it wasn't too bad. However, she did take it out on me later when we arrived home. And let's just say, someone had a time out.