Poulet!

Walking around this area you will notice three general types of dining options.  The most prevalent are cafes which dot both sides of the main road and serve primarily as conversation corners for men.  The next are tiny little 'restaurants' that make 'sandwiches' and usually have a table or two in front of their establishments.  A bit harder to locate are restaurants that have one of two menus.  The first generally consist of paninis, pizza, sandwiches and the like, while the other is roasted chicken!  

In recent weeks we have begun to frequent our neighborhood roticesori chicken establishment where they have nearly gotten to know us on a first name basis.  We always order the same thing, drink the same thing and sit of one of our two usual tables.  Most likely being the only foreign people to frequent the establishment they can spot us coming a mile away.  They also seem to remember what excellent customers we are (we tip very generously) and this time it seemed to pay off in a big way.  Instead of receiving our usual plates of chicken with rice and a side of french fries they brought us all that and more!  Today we were treated to the finer parts of the chicken... the innards!  

Not wanting to be rude we all tried some.  I managed to swallow and we will just leave it at that.  

However the greatest joy of the meal for us was the gift of forks. Usually stuck eating our chicken and rice with spoons, which is surprisingly challenging, today after our waiter brought out our plates of food, opened up the waiting 7up bottles and set out a paper 'napkin' in front of us all he ran next door and brought us each a four pronged wonder. We were a bit taken a back by this kind gesture and I was incredible thankful. Being used to life in the States it is amazing how many of the little things we take for granted.

Learn to appreciate your forks!