| The weekend |
Jul 7, 2008 1:23 am
402 Views | I am a spontaneous kind of a guy. Even though I still have many plans and strategies running around in my mind, I also like to do things without all the planning. Just going with the flow and seeing where it ends. So this weekend I wanted to see the new Narnia movie (Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian to be exact. I love movies with big battles, magic, a dash of fantasy and bombastic music). I have a friend and he has a car. That and the fact we've known each other for 18 years now (could be more since I'm not really counting) makes him the perfect friend to spend time with. He ordered the tixs and we took the day show. This would leave us with enough time to find a restaurant. I wanted to wok (the Chinese way to prepare delicious street foods in a fast and simple fashion by first boiling it and then cooking it in a wok on high flames with your favorite sauce). I have a Chinese girlfriend and I miss her, so anything remotely Chinese makes me homesick. So I wanted Chinese food.
Just before we left my home I printed out the way to the Chinese restaurant. People told me at least 1000 people could enjoy the food there, so no need to make an reservation. At least that is what I thought. I was wrong. It seemed the Chinese food was also in a high demand with Indian people. I am guessing they had a party there, so me and my friend needed to go home again.
'In Rotterdam it's easier to find a place to eat without any reservations', he said to me. And I agreed. Utrecht was different.
We drove back. No plan and a growling stomach. Life can be cruel sometimes.
We drove and I was thinking. Where to eat. I wanted Chinese food. Chinese or pancakes. Pancakes are always good if you ask me. So we tried that, as an alternative. It was a Saturday and who wants to eat pancakes at 6.30 in the evening? Apparently everyone who didn't make the reservation at the wok place, because it was packed. And we were still out of luck.
I knew one other wok place, but we didn't had high hopes. We tried and we were, much to our own surprise, in luck.
There was a table near the wall. We sat down and ordered our drinks. We did it. We really did something spontaneous and it worked. Life can be good after all.
'Do you mind if you can sit somewhere else, because a couple with a dog wants to sit here?', the Chinese girl politely asked.
We moved and the whole night we watched the invisible dog. Granted, he was pretty quiet. But luckily we weren't moved again. So we ate and the night was at peace again. | |
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