Back in Frankfurt and final eating spree with friends

We went back to Frankfurt to finish our Germany trip and went to have dinner with our friends.

First, we went to Ethiopian restaurant with a couple whom we have kwon for a while. Actually, last time when I went to Germany last August, we have stayed at their place for one night. 

Beer which came in a cup that looks like coconut.

We order one dish for each but then they will bring all together in one big plate like this.

Open the lid. Tada~!

You eat these with some kind of bread? which is very spongy and soft and bit tangy. Of course we ate with hands! They were really good. They were not as spicy as I thought. Maybe they make it milder for German customers. I like the fact that I can eat many different kind of dish :-)

I love spending time with this couple. They are so nice. The lady was my husband's friend from university but now I am also her good friend and she actually read my blog everyday! She is one of the biggest supporter of my blog. It makes me happy to know that someone is enjoying my blog :-)

On the next night, we went to have dinner again with this couple and also one other couple. This time, we went to the city where they live in which is about 1 hour away from Frankfurt. It is very nice area.

I met this other couple for the first time on this trip but I really liked them. I felt like I was able to connect with them. The lady is an artist. It's so cool! I wish I could paint or make some kind of art...  I also went to their gallery which was coincidentally showing Japanese artists works. It was so cool to see these arts and also it was cool to get some explanation or the artists' insight about the pieces.

So, we went to my favorite lebanese restaurant in this city. Ever since I went to this lebanese restaurant, I am trying to find some good lebanese restaurant in NY also.
First, appetizers.

I absolutely love those appetizers. Since we ordered a lot of appetizers, I shared one main dish with my husband.

I ordered the same thing which I ordered last summer. It was ground lamb with eggplant. This was amazing. I love this dish. Silly me. I forget to remember the name of this dish again. I never learn. Well, I remember the taste so I will try to make this at home!

Also, a lebanese white wine which I had there was also really good. My friend wrote down the name so I need to ask her for that :-)

This dinner was also so much fun! I wish I can see both of the couples again sometime soon. Oh, I really wish they live close by. I wish all of my friends live close to me. I know it is very selfish thing to say but I think it will be so much fun, I mean it will be so so so much fun to have all of my friends around all the time. Well, my friends are all over the world so I think it is a bit difficult thing to do. On a blight side, I can go all over the world to visit all of my friends!

Anyhow, I also walked around Frankfurt by myself and ate so many things. One of the thing which I ordered and had no idea how it looks was "Sausage Salad"

It was definitely different from what I had expected but it was good. Though it was too much, I really liked those potatoes! (Did I mention it enough? Potatoes!!!)

Then, there was this restaurant which was in the middle of the big shopping street. I really liked this restaurant and ended up going there twice.

I was in Germany, I had to eat sausage, right? But the best thing about this plate was the french fries!!! I have said it many times but I will say it again. Potatoes in Germany are great! I think this french fries were one of the best french fries I ever had in my life!

Also, their tomato soup and turkey salad were great.

This turkey was sauteed in curry and sweet chili sauce flavor and the salad dressing was honey mustard. This salad was really good. This is also something I would like to try making at home.

In Germany, there are many immigrants from Turkey. So, I had to eat Turkish food also.
I had Adana kebab. It was juicy and delicious. Quite a lot for one plate.

And to finish this wonderful turkish meal, I had turkish tea. My favorite!

I met so many people and ate so much delicious food. I had a great time in Germany. I hope my Germany trip report made you wanna go to Germany!

Over the weekend, one of our good friend couple and their son are visiting us. I am so excited. I might not be able to update my blog until Tuesday but I will be back!!

Turkish Cuisine & World of Pandora (Avatar 3D)

  
Ever since I read in the news about people who get depressed after watching Avatar 3D, I wanted to go see it again. This time in 3D. I like the movie when I watched it for the first time but since it was not 3D, it did not really feel like you are in Pandora.

My wish came true last weekend and I went to see Avatar 3D with my husband. I was a bit hesitant to ask him if he wanted to go see it again because we watched it already and I thought maybe he does not watch it again. To my surprise, my husband told me that he was thinking about same thing since his friend told him that he should watch it in 3D. I am glad that we think alike and our opinion matched :-)

Maybe lots of couples have this kind of stuff but it seems like we think alike often times and also we have a similar dreams sometimes during sleep. 

Anyway, Avatar 3D was definitely much better. I did not feel like moving to Pandora or anything like that but the forest scenes were beautiful with all those things flying around you. 

Speaking of 3D, I remembered that I used to own this 3D book about stars and space. It came with a 3D glasses and it feels like all the starts are coming out of the book.  I loved this book so much. So I was telling my husband about this and he told me that he also had a 3D book when he was a little. His book was "Mutant Teenage Ninja Turtle" He told me that his father bought it for him from the U.S. when he was on business trip and my husband was so excited to have this book. 

Well, after the movie, we went to a Turkish restaurant. Ever since I watched Anthony Boudain's "No Reservations, Turkey" I was craving for Turkish food. 

First, we god freshly baked bread with butter and cheese. (I think this cheese was goat cheese)

We had falafel for appetizer since my husband and I both love Falafel. This Falafel was not so great. 

For main, I ordered Kofte Kebab which is ground lamb kebab. I normally don't like lamb too much but I like it when it is ground. It was juicy and well seasoned and really good!

My husband had Chicken Kebab. This was also really good. Super tender and juicy. I wonder how they make it so Tender and Juicy. 

I had Turkish tea after the dinner. This tea was also really good. (I forgot to take a picture). I don't know why but it tasted really good. Is it just in my head? or is this tea something different from regular tea? Maybe the way they brew it is different. Maybe they use special tea leaves from Turkey. I don't know. It was super good! 

So I had a great great day. These simple pleasures make me a happiest person in the world. 

Oh, by the way, of course the food was too big for us so we brought them home and had it next day!