SHISHA

最近在搞一個跟等玫瑰（Waitrose）的報告，由於內容繁雜，

腦力花太多，加上凡妮莎小姐心情欠佳，克莉絲提娜也一直吵著

要回味摩洛哥菜的美味，於是今天晚上我們一行六人來到阿莫的

倫敦餐廳選之一，嚐嚐道地的摩洛哥菜。



星期五晚上去吃果然不一樣，不僅有轟天震耳知吵死人黑人現場

打鼓雙拍檔吆喝，還遇到一群帶大聲公（註一）來過生日的英國佬。中場

還有白胖的不明國籍的翹妞來跳肚皮舞，真是太熱鬧了！



大家點了couscous，配上智利白酒（註二），吃飽喝足後，點了

詭異摩洛哥甜點跟超贊薄荷茶，最後上了水煙，Shisha。



這是我這一輩子第二次抽煙，第一次抽是在義大利，抽的是類似雪茄的

煙草。記得那天在餐廳吃完飯，就來了幾口，沒想到隔天立刻重病。

這一次抽的水煙感覺跟抽雪茄差很多，首先會上一個很詭異的道具，

有點像是瓶子一樣的東西，裡面當然裝滿水，上面放著煙膏。

大家就輪流吸著。





我的技術超爛，試了好幾次都吐不出煙來，被大家笑了很久。後來趁大家

聊天時偷偷練習，感覺有比較像樣，至少吐的出煙來。老煙槍凡妮莎真是

讓我刮目相看，不僅煙吐的多，最後來應我要求表演一記吐圈圈。我只能說

這一切都太驚人了。



今天晚上抽的是蘋果口味的水煙，還蠻好的，感覺像在喝蘋果茶一樣，抽完

水煙配上新鮮薄荷茶，的確很享受。不過總還是有一種煙抽太多快得肺癌

死掉的感覺，最後抽的有點頭昏腦脹了。



在場只有我不抽煙，所以幾乎大家都覺得看我抽水煙很有趣，凡妮莎因此改口

叫我Shisha了，仔細想想，我可能是今晚抽最多的，因為我太認真在學習抽煙

反而無法像大家一邊抽一邊聊天。我想朋友們應該不難想像，一群人在開心聊

天時，角落躲著一個人拿著煙管猛吸猛吸的畫面吧！

可惜餐廳暗到一個不行，無法拍照給大家笑一笑，



回家的時候倒是發生了一點小插曲，經過一家pub前面遇到一個男生被打倒在

地上血流不止，一大群人圍在那邊，約莫有至少五個人在打電話叫救護車，

不過救護車很久都沒有來。在倫敦果真不平靜阿～





註一：超超超懷念大聲公，以前在學校辦活動都有大聲公可以玩，好久沒看到，

真想拿來叫一叫。不過，來餐廳過生日帶大聲公真是敗給著些英國人。



註二：要超級推薦智利的白酒，喝過幾支都相當不錯哩，有喝酒的朋友可以試試。

Sauvignon Blanc 2005，用力推！











The past week was a disaster. I was not feeling well and really tired of this

endless project. Vanessa was really sick. We planned to go for a wine-tasting

course but unfortunately it was fully booked. So we decided to treat ourselves

with nice food. One of my favorite restaurant in London is the moroccoan

restaurant. As Cristina is totally crazy about the moroccan culture, I think we

might have a great time.





The food was as good as usually, only the atmosphere was superb. There were

two African guys playing drums and an unidentical instrument. Pretty noisy.

Also, there's a bellydancer. Cant really tell where she's from. Cristina told me

that her sister in Italy is a bellydancer. She's a real pro. That's pretty amazing

to know. I think it's kind of cool to have this kind of sister dancing around in

the house all day telling you how to move your body and tommy. haha....





anyway, we all had couscous except me. I got a tagine poulet with moroccan

rice this time, which really spotted on. Vanessa order a chilean wine that I really

enjoyed it. It's a shame I dont remember the name of it. I am truly fallen in love

with the chilean wine. Never let me down.



Well, the most exciting thing about this dinner was to have shisha after eating.

Shisha is a kind of water-pipe which the Arabics use to smoke. We got apple

flavour last night. According to Cristina, she said this flavour was the best.

Well, I did find it quite pleasant only I was totally sucked yesterday. I guess

I was the only one who cant or dont smoke. Actually that was my second time

trying to smoke. The first time was in Italy (well, i did lots of things in Italy),

I was in a really nice restaurant, after dinner, I decided to give it a shot. Well,

it's a kind of cigar I was offered to. Quite nice, I can still remember the smell.

But I got a serious fever the day after, didnt know if it got anything to do with

the smoking thing.





Anyway, I was trying really hard to learn how to smoke shisha properly.

But i guess i tried too hard. I think i might be the one smoked the most

last night. Well, Vanessa decided to call me "Shisha" afterwards.





Well, at least everyone enjoyed the night and the food. And I enjoyed

smoking shisha as well.





Anyone wants to come to london to visit me, I am always loving to take
you to this place and experience this exotic culture.