About a five-minute walk from me there’s a building on a corner that always intrigued me. It has a definite Arabian look to it, and I’d always wanted to see inside. Well, last night I did.

Turns out, the place is called Abdala, and it is a club for the Sirian and Lebanese communities, with its own restaurant open to the public. Wendy, one of our BAIN folks, canvassed our little circle to see if anyone wanted to go, and it turned out eight of us did.

The food was excellent, and there was so much of it some of us brought home doggie bags — I had Persian rice for lunch today, which was an unexpected treat! Dessert was an amazing ice cream flavoured with cardamom, with an intriguing texture — yummy! Several of us said we’d go back, but now we know not to eat for about three days before!

There was a belly dancer and a traditional male sword dancer, but Hugo, one of our group, rose to the occasion when invited, and got right into the spirit of the thing! Check him out in the video — thanks to Venetia for this part.