I haven't had any more adventures in the kitchen this week, nor have I (nor has Zane!) been able to catch the pesky kitchen dwelling rat. But he doesn't seem to have done any damage to anything in the kitchen, so maybe he's just happy eating the insulation in the ceiling boards, and is leaving our actual food things alone. As long as he doesn't start munching on my travel coffee mugs like he did last time... poor Tim Horton's doesn't know how to make a rat-proof travel mug. I wonder if they give refunds on lids that the rat chews through?!
We did sort of eat out tonight, which was good fun. After work, all of us from the compound went out to get some ice cream at Montana Gardens. Yup, it's neither in Montana, nor is there a garden anywhere nearby. But the place is, for some odd reason, called Montana Gardens! It's run by Lebanese people, actually. They have the most luscious looking pastries in their display case - even real croissants. But at $3 per croissant (with nothing on it!), I haven't tried it yet. I was disappointed with their coffee, too, so it doesn't seem worth it to pay so much for a croissant without a good coffee! The gelato, though, is quite good! It's still the only place in town where you can get ice cream other than the soft serve stuff (which you can only get at 2 places still!).
Tonight, though, since I was out of energy for pumpkin wrestling, Jackie and I decided to try Montana Garden's pizza. I wanted to see a menu, to see what else they had, too, and to choose a good pizza, but when I asked where the menu was, the waitress pointed to her head and said, "It's right here!" So she told me what there was for pizza toppings, but didn't know the prices. She also said there were some sandwiches and stuff. But was a bit hazy on the details of what might be in those sandwiches, as well!
There was a Montana special pizza, but she didn't know what was on that one. There was also a "meat" pizza, so I asked her what kind of meat was on it. Her immediate (and only!) answer to that question was, "not pork". The only other option was tuna pizza. So we opted for the "meat" pizza, and were pleasantly surprised, actually. It had some nice mince meat on it, with onions, green peppers and tomatoes. So the pizza wasn't bad, though maybe a bit pricier than some of the places where you can go and actually get some sort of pork product on the pizza!
I think Montana Gardens is trying to break into the wedding cake business in town, though, as they had stacks of wedding cake decorations - huge bright flowers and lots of white brides in white dresses and white grooms in black tuxedos. Surely there is a market for wedding cake toppers with African people, rather than pasty white folks, isn't there? Anyway, from the looks of their pastries in the case, I'm sure the cakes would actually look quite nice, when all is said and done! So, if anyone is in the market for a wedding cake, go to Montana Gardens and tell them that I sent you :) Maybe I'll get a free croissant out of the deal!
We did sort of eat out tonight, which was good fun. After work, all of us from the compound went out to get some ice cream at Montana Gardens. Yup, it's neither in Montana, nor is there a garden anywhere nearby. But the place is, for some odd reason, called Montana Gardens! It's run by Lebanese people, actually. They have the most luscious looking pastries in their display case - even real croissants. But at $3 per croissant (with nothing on it!), I haven't tried it yet. I was disappointed with their coffee, too, so it doesn't seem worth it to pay so much for a croissant without a good coffee! The gelato, though, is quite good! It's still the only place in town where you can get ice cream other than the soft serve stuff (which you can only get at 2 places still!).
Tonight, though, since I was out of energy for pumpkin wrestling, Jackie and I decided to try Montana Garden's pizza. I wanted to see a menu, to see what else they had, too, and to choose a good pizza, but when I asked where the menu was, the waitress pointed to her head and said, "It's right here!" So she told me what there was for pizza toppings, but didn't know the prices. She also said there were some sandwiches and stuff. But was a bit hazy on the details of what might be in those sandwiches, as well!
There was a Montana special pizza, but she didn't know what was on that one. There was also a "meat" pizza, so I asked her what kind of meat was on it. Her immediate (and only!) answer to that question was, "not pork". The only other option was tuna pizza. So we opted for the "meat" pizza, and were pleasantly surprised, actually. It had some nice mince meat on it, with onions, green peppers and tomatoes. So the pizza wasn't bad, though maybe a bit pricier than some of the places where you can go and actually get some sort of pork product on the pizza!
I think Montana Gardens is trying to break into the wedding cake business in town, though, as they had stacks of wedding cake decorations - huge bright flowers and lots of white brides in white dresses and white grooms in black tuxedos. Surely there is a market for wedding cake toppers with African people, rather than pasty white folks, isn't there? Anyway, from the looks of their pastries in the case, I'm sure the cakes would actually look quite nice, when all is said and done! So, if anyone is in the market for a wedding cake, go to Montana Gardens and tell them that I sent you :) Maybe I'll get a free croissant out of the deal!
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