Mostly about me, too boring?

Hi all.

THIS IS FUNNY or at least it is for me... :-)

Yesterday I went to have dinner at a friend's place here in Paris. She did food shopping and then we went home and chat while she was cooking. At some point she started freaking out saying something like: "Oh my God, how could I forget that?". I didn't know what she was talking about but after she calmed down I realized she forgot buying cabbage. Since it was already 8:30pm and we were not in the centre of the city, she was sure we couldn't get a cabbage, but I told her I was sure we could find one.

So we went out and tried all the groceries shops around her place but they where all closed. So I tried to ask in a restaurant (mind you: I don't speak a word of French and English is not so common here, but I managed to find always nice people willing to try to comunicate with me) and they told us about an other groceries shop nearby. That was open, but he didn't have any cabbage. I said: "You see: this is already good news, now you know an other shop near your place which is open long hours!".

But then the real fun started: I started to go into each and every restaurant trying to buy a "chou" (the name in French). In general people were reacting in a nice way. In the first restaurant they tried to ask in the kitchen but there was no cabbage. I learnt that cabbage is not a common food ingredient in French cuisine. :-)

But then I saw a Japanese restaurant and since my friend was cooking Japanese food, I thought that I found my solution! I went in but unfortunately the people inside the restaurant didn't speak neither English nor Japanese (my friend is Japanese). So I started to ask about "chou" and they said they had it. Great! When I was about to pay, I read on the check "chou salade", so cabbage salad. I started to explain them I needed the full cabbage, but it was not so easy without a common language between us! Finally the younger waitress said: "home cooking?" and the magic was done. Few mintues later I walked away with a plastic bag and a cabbage, and a big smile.

Ciao,

alfonso