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Zouk Iftar

A-Zouking we will go, a-Zouking we will go, hi ho the cheerio, a-Zouking we will go! And we did! Anyone who was there tonight for iftari, I hope you enjoyed the ‘loud noisy crazies’ ka table this evening :D
This was one of those rare occasions where I actually looked forward to rousing myself from my Ramzan hibernation, and going out for iftari with some very close friends of mine. 2 of you were missed, you know who you are! Now, the first thing I noticed was Ramadan Kareem Mubarak k cardboard cutouts all over the ceiling. Oh, bhai, please confused NA HO! Ya toh say Ramzan Mubarak like a good little Pakistani, or Ramadan Kareem like the esteemed Arabs. Lekin please next year, stick to either one, k? Thenks.
 Moving on, the CHAIRS! I’ve always had this problem with Zouk. Mai itni choti si nannhi si jaan, upar se pulling back those bhari bhari kursiyan. Lahoolllsss! The table was for 15 people, and the chairs were a bit too close together for my liking, but I was sitting with people I like, so that was fine. Since I was the first to arrive, I had some time on my hands. And I saw a politician sitting waayyy at the other end of the building, and quickly averted my eyes. Roza makrooh nahin karna tha mujh ko 7 bajay! 
Once everyone arrived, and we could break our fasts, there was an assortment to choose from. I had no issues with the chicken vegetable rolls, fried fish (Or was it chicken?) pieces, and chicken wings, but this was my first iftari without pakoras. I know. I was all :O too! Ooo, and there was space arranged for offering prayers, so no dharnas at Zouk demanding justice, okay?
Moving on to dinner, I don’t know about you, but I usually just iftari, and then sehri. Lekin tonight I suppose batein kar kar k bhook bhi lag gayi. The food at Zouk has always been good, and tonight was no different. I don’t remember the names, but everything tasted just the way it was supposed to. Special mention goes out to the chili chicken, which was delicious, and even though the shrimp thermodore lacked the oomph it’s supposed to have, it did NOT smell, so yaaayyy! 
After iftari, everyone gets a bit sluggish, so even though we had to ask 3 times for coffee and tea to be served, it wasn’t an issue, as we understood the poor server’s halat. Now, my only miffed moment was when I asked for coffee, and I was told, ‘Madam, coffee available nahin hai, machine kaam nahin kar rahi’ I was like, ‘Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttt the heebie jeebies?!’ Anyway, I told them to take some hot water, put in 2.5 teaspoons of instant coffee, and bring me brown sugar and milk separately. Phir aya, ‘Madam aaj brown sugar nahin hai’. And that was just a total *facepalm* moment for me. My expression must’ve literally been like this o.O At the end of the day, I finally got my coffee, (With Canderel, yuck) and it was strong, so I got my fix. 
In conclusion, and this is what I wrote on the comment card, ‘No coffee, HARAAAAAMMMMMM!!!!!’, but other than that, it was an iftari worth eating, if only I’d been in full form to do justice to the food, and the company was brilliant. We laughed so much my jaw hurt from laughing so much, and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Yeeeaaahhh, I guess that’s about it. If you read through this entire post and have gotten here, thank you for sticking it out, andIloveyoukthenksbai! 

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