eating at playtime

skipped the races today and stayed in nice, in fact we stayed in and around the hotel for most of the day, just relaxing. a little petit dejuner, a little nap, a little sunbathing, a little swimming in the indoor/outdoor pool, a little more sunbathing, and then a little steam in the hammam.

yes, i know it’s a rough life.

we ate dinner at this cute little restaurant, le cigale orientale, despite not being able to find it before our very eyes (twice!). the lebanese food was great, but the best thing was that it was just a tiny tiny place where they had too many people in there, so all the tables were full and jammed up against each other, to the extent that whenever anyone wanted to get up and out, we had to move several other tables over to let people by.

it just got more and more hilarious as the night went on, and really reminded us of that great restaurant scene in jaque tati’s movie playtime, where the restaurant wasn’t really ready for their opening night, but they kept going on and trying not to let the customers know as the whole place eventually fell apart. it wasn’t a disaster in that sense (although our poor waitress did dump a whole tray full of drinks and then later a full tray full of plates), but it was funny in the same way.

and the belly dancer didn’t hurt, either.

Posted at May 22, 2004 11:57 PM