a new place in town

Garner has a "new" restaurant. I don't know how long it's been there, but we discovered it today, and tried it out tonight. I was reminded of two things:

1. Jimmy & Janie Aldridge teaching our Jr Church at the Cordova Free Will Baptist Church. One of the things we learned was the "missions" chorus to the hymn Where He Leads Me I Will Follow.

Where he leads me I will follow. What he feeds me I will swallow. Though I may be sick tomorrow, if I can get this down today.

and 2. eating at banquets in China. Except there I HAD to eat everything served, or at least half of it, because my hosts were sitting across from me.

We've tried Peruvian chicken before at a place in Raleigh and LOVED it. This place is also Peruvian and sells Rotisserie chicken, with other things. It's called Chio's Rotisserie Chicken. The chicken here was good (not as good as Alpaca Peruvian Chicken, but okay), and their stir fry and noodles was good. We also tried swiss chard pie (like a quiche) which I had a hard time eating. And the tamale...first two bites were good, but the remaining bites were a struggle. It had a date in it. I don't think I've ever eaten a date before, and I'm not sure I'd try one again. If we ever go back I'll try the chicken sandwich and yucca fries. They had empanadas, which I like, but theirs had raisins in them so we didn't try them. Our taste buds are a little set in their ways, so this was a bit of a stretch for us. But I'm glad we went, even if we were the only ones voluntarily speaking English.

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