Yesterday I picked up Mahdi from the Pitaria and took him to another Middle Eastern restaurant/grocery store off N. Monroe, the International House of Food. I have been going to this place for years for their amazing chicken/beef with rice dishes, as well as their amazing gyro sandwiches (with feta of course!). Mahdi was excited to find another place in town with food from his part of the world. He kept saying how many of the items in the store reminded him of home, and was quite thankful to me for showing it to him. He bought some pressed pitted dates in a vacuum-sealed bag that looked delicious and seemed quite cheap (something like 2 lbs for 4 bucks!) as well as some gum (from Jordan =D) that he said he was going to use for an experiment: he would put them in the CIES hall and see how many students from Kuwait and other Arabic nations would take the gum.
Mahdi devoured his gyro even before me (and I love them, especially from IHOF!) and them promptly proclaimed that the lamb in his country tasted better. Hayley met us there and she got a feta sandwich, and she and I got a raspberry and peach malt beverage (sans alcohol) which were delicious. I also couldn't resist the date cookie! Luckily after all of this indulgence, there was time to get Mahdi back to class only a few minutes late. He is a great guy to hang out with and hopefully we will meet up again this weekend... I'm thinking about making more venison chili tomorrow!
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