Just a side note before I get started- the power was out for 8 hours yesterday so we went to KFC for dinner and prayed our food in the fridge didn't go bad.
JP and I have always enjoyed being creative for date night since we were on a very tight budget. Though it would be possible to do dinner and a movie here, that just doesn't excite us that much- I like adventure (my poor husband). For our first date night here I decided we needed to try what was advertized as the cities "only authentic Chinese restaurant". So, we hopped in an auto and went to the other side of town and a little bit into the jungle where we found a Cafe Cofee Day and decided to stop for drinks before dinner. I got a yummy Lichee chill. Of course at this point JP discovered that he didn't have much cash on him. Before going to dinner we tried to find an ATM but to no avail. So a new game developed- Let's see how much we can do in this city for 800 RPS. After paying our auto driver I think we had 600 left.
At the Chinese restaurant we ordered Chinese greens (so craving those), Kung Pao chicken, Jaozi, and Rice. The food tasted more authentic than most Chinese restaurants here, but the vegetable dish had about 5 pieces of bokchoy and then a bunch of mushrooms, cauliflower, and bell pepper. The pork Jaozi was really good though. After dinner we were down to about 100 RPS. We knew that we couldn't get an auto back home for that, so we just started walking and exploring. When we got to a main road we decided to hop on a Vikram- a little blue truck with the bed turned into a cab for people- it seats 6-8 people and then you have to squat after that. We took the Vikram a ways and then decided to hop off and look and some stores around us. 10 RPS down. I then remembered that I needed to buy a sifter so that my cook could sift our flour. Another 10 RPS down.
From there we walked into a Bengali sweet shop and bought 4 little bit sized sweets. Although I didn't know what I was eating, I thought that they tasted very good and have since bought some more. 15 Rupees down. Not yet ready to go home and down to about 65 RPS, we walked a little ways and spotted a cute little bakery. The decor of the bakery looked very French Bistro esque, but it was not well kept. Regardless, we purchased a piece of mango cake and climbed the narrow spiral staircase up to the second floor to eat and catch a glimpse of the busy street down below. 35 RPS
With about 30 RPS left in our pocket, it was time to start heading home to relieve the babysitter. We were still too far away to get an auto for 30 RPS, so we walked until we got to the 30 RPS point and then took an auto home.
It was fun just being spontaneous, exploring the city, tasting some new things, trying new forms of transportation, walking around without a baby in tow, and spending quality time together.
JP and I have always enjoyed being creative for date night since we were on a very tight budget. Though it would be possible to do dinner and a movie here, that just doesn't excite us that much- I like adventure (my poor husband). For our first date night here I decided we needed to try what was advertized as the cities "only authentic Chinese restaurant". So, we hopped in an auto and went to the other side of town and a little bit into the jungle where we found a Cafe Cofee Day and decided to stop for drinks before dinner. I got a yummy Lichee chill. Of course at this point JP discovered that he didn't have much cash on him. Before going to dinner we tried to find an ATM but to no avail. So a new game developed- Let's see how much we can do in this city for 800 RPS. After paying our auto driver I think we had 600 left.
At the Chinese restaurant we ordered Chinese greens (so craving those), Kung Pao chicken, Jaozi, and Rice. The food tasted more authentic than most Chinese restaurants here, but the vegetable dish had about 5 pieces of bokchoy and then a bunch of mushrooms, cauliflower, and bell pepper. The pork Jaozi was really good though. After dinner we were down to about 100 RPS. We knew that we couldn't get an auto back home for that, so we just started walking and exploring. When we got to a main road we decided to hop on a Vikram- a little blue truck with the bed turned into a cab for people- it seats 6-8 people and then you have to squat after that. We took the Vikram a ways and then decided to hop off and look and some stores around us. 10 RPS down. I then remembered that I needed to buy a sifter so that my cook could sift our flour. Another 10 RPS down.
From there we walked into a Bengali sweet shop and bought 4 little bit sized sweets. Although I didn't know what I was eating, I thought that they tasted very good and have since bought some more. 15 Rupees down. Not yet ready to go home and down to about 65 RPS, we walked a little ways and spotted a cute little bakery. The decor of the bakery looked very French Bistro esque, but it was not well kept. Regardless, we purchased a piece of mango cake and climbed the narrow spiral staircase up to the second floor to eat and catch a glimpse of the busy street down below. 35 RPS
With about 30 RPS left in our pocket, it was time to start heading home to relieve the babysitter. We were still too far away to get an auto for 30 RPS, so we walked until we got to the 30 RPS point and then took an auto home.
It was fun just being spontaneous, exploring the city, tasting some new things, trying new forms of transportation, walking around without a baby in tow, and spending quality time together.
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