Tonight was by far, hands down, bar none my best night in Kuwait thus far.

Tonight my parents took us to the Kon Tiki restaurant. I have to say, this meal ranked up there with my wedding day. It was that good.

The Kon Tiki is right next to the largest wooden ship in the world- it is SOO beautiful! We wanted to go tour the ship, but they were having a private party so we couldn’t go.

The whole area was so very beautiful and lush with little water falls and walkways. There was a smaller ship in front of the main one, so we walked around there and got a few good pictures I’ll have to post when I get my film developed.

After I made my starving family pose for 53 pictures, we finally went into the restaurant and got our seats. The atmosphere was so awesome. It is a Polynesian restaurant, so it was all wooden and tribal. It was really cool. The restaurant actually sits underneath the ship we were walking and taking pictures on, so it was cool to see the huge space it took up downstairs.

Do you ever eat like you will not be given food for the rest of the week only to realize that you really WILL be able to eat but by then it’s already too late? That is probably the best way to describe my carnage tonight. I ate so good today and have really been trying to be careful what I put in my body, but for some reason these rules and practices became nullified as soon as I got into the car.

Alcohol is outlawed in Kuwait, so you can see grown men “belly up to the bar“ to order a shot of milk. So, they have all of the fancy drinks you can get in the states, but all without alcohol. So, we all got “drinks.“ I got a strawberry daquri which was so delicious. We also got little mini appetizers “compliments of the chef“ when we first got there and they were so good! It was a little pineapple chunk and a shrimp in a spicy but sweet chili sauce. I ate mine and Will’s because he doesn’t like shrimp. THEN Will and I have been craving crabcakes since we’ve been here, so we ordered that as an appetizer. I ate one of those. THEN they bring you this array of breads- I did pretty bad there, so I won’t confess to all of the damage.Then came the main course. (It is safe to say I was a total glutton tonight)

Will and I got the same thing. It was this sweet chicken- dyed pink!! It was sooo fun! Pink is one of my favorite colors, so I was tempted to take a picture, but I thought that would be a little over the top- plus who wants a reminder of the eating binge they went on the night before? Not me.

I didn’t eat much of that (I know you must be shocked) because they didn’t take the skin off of the chicken, which is a huge pet peeve of mine. I have found that few restaurants do here. Anyway, our dinner came with the best rice ever! It was coconut rice. It was the sweetest and most incredible rice I have ever had. Next time I think I will just order a bowl of that and skip all of the gorging on everything else.

So, by now I am about to throw up all over the table but specific satisfaction sets in. I learned about this phenomenon in one of my health classes. Specific Satisfaction occurs when your brain is full of one type of food, but hungry for another. That is why you always seem to have room for dessert even thought there is absolutely NO room in your stomach. So, of course you all know me and I just nicely thanked the waiter and told him no thanks to dessert. Ha Ha. That’s a laugh.

I have to say, and I think Will would agree, this dessert could be compared to our wedding night. Okay, so I’m sure you all wanted to know that- but I’m telling you it was the most incredible thing I’ve ever eaten. We got Passion Fruit cheesecake, but it was unlike anything I have ever had- it didn’t even LOOK like cheesecake. It was this cheesecake looking round top, like a scoop of icecream that sat on the most incredible chocolate orange type flat crust I have ever had in my life. It was like air. It was amazing. I wish I could fedex you all some so you would believe me and not think I’m a total fatty for eating everything as if it were on fire. This guy at the table next to us got ice cream, but they served it on these huge ice blocks- it was really cool.

Okay, so my entire blog is about gluttony and food and calories. I feel miserable right now. I ate SO much. I am definitely going have to watch it the next week so I can go back to my equilibrium. If you’ve ever seen Charlotte’s Web just imagine the scene with Templeton rolling around after his huge eating spree and that would be a pretty accurate picture of me, but tonight’s dinner- OOOOOhhhhh it was so worth it