El Andalous - Valentine's Day

Sunset View from Bar by the Bridge on Valentine's Day

Warning: Today’s blog has adult content!

I don’t usually do anything on Valentine’s. In fact, I’d unwittingly invited friends round for dinner that evening, but Stephen and Kathryn refused as Stephen had a Valentine’s meal out planned for Kathryn (ahhh!). So, I reorganized.

But then, shortly after, Stephen suggested I could join three friends of mine who were going out that evening to the same place. I wasn’t too sure about it, as I was happy enough to forget it. However, I was on the beach one afternoon, when the three people walked past and asked me if I was coming. It seemed impolite to refuse, so I said I’d go.

It was actually a very reasonable deal. It was at the Bar by the Bridge, which is where I had my Christmas meal and which used to be run by my friend, Theresa. However, she’s no longer there now, so I think it goes by a different name. Anyway, they were offering a four-course meal for 250 LE, which is around 12 quid or 15 CHF.

I had the shrimp cocktail, mushroom soup, steak and chips, and cheesecake. The food wasn’t as good as at Christmas, so we missed Theresa’s touch. However, I’m not going to complain as it was still most enjoyable and a great price (which is hard to come by in Sahl Hasheesh). I deliberated at the end whether to have the cheesecake for dessert or the strawberry tart, but it turned out that it didn’t matter what you ordered, you ended up with the same thing!

Tina regaled us with an amusing story about her time in Thailand with her (ex-) boyfriend. Apparently, In Thailand (others at the table had been to similar events), you go out for a meal and there’s like a porn show happening on stage. This is not a seedy restaurant; it’s an extremely posh dining experience. The show wasn’t what upset Tina. They watched as the naked women popped ping-pong balls out of their vaginas and into the audience. Then it progressed to getting a hamster to crawl up their vaginas (really?! Apparently, this is true!). Tina is very hot on animal rights, so she stormed up on the stage, right in front of everyone, and rescued the hamster.

Meanwhile, her boyfriend was horrified and embarrassed at her going up in public like this and dumped her! Happily, though, Tina found a good home for the hamster and it lived for another two years. 

Beat that story for Valentine’s!

Anyway, it was a fun evening. I did see a few things on FaceBook that Valentine’s Day can be used to celebrate friendship, but I guess that’s another way to reel people in. On the other hand, everyone is struggling these days, so I don’t resent it. I had a great evening!