Carnivore and a visit

Bill has been wanting to find time to take me to a restaurant that is near and dear to his heart - Carnivore. With our time getting close to a close here in Kenya, we decided it was this weekend or never. So we made plans to travel to Nairobi (which I have gotten quite sick of since (1) the road out of Kijabe is awful and (2) the traffic in Nairobi is beyond awful) on Saturday to enjoy a feast of meat at Carnivore.
     Carnivore - the name says it all. They specialize in spit-roasted meat, everything from chicken and lamb to crocodile and ostrich. Servers bring your meat to you on spears and slice it in front of you onto your plate (Jack found this fascinating). When you have had your fill, you then turn down the flag on your table and they stop serving you meat. If the presentation wasn't enjoyable enough, the monkeys that visited the dining area sure were. They would sneak onto the outside dining area periodically to steal food!

(menu at Carnivore)

(where the meat is cooked)

(getting a picture with our meat)

     So needless to say, we loved Carnivore. The kids enjoyed the chicken and the playground next to the restaurant. Bill and I enjoyed eating crocodile meat, but we decided to pass on trying the ox balls. (not a joke, they were really on the day's menu!)
     Making our day even more enjoyable was the company we had joining us for lunch. When Bill was previously in Kenya, he spent his 3 months with a Kenyan host family. Fortunately we were able to reconnect with them on our current trip and invited them to join us for lunch. Ella and Jack took quickly to the teenage girls and we enjoyed catching up during lunch. After lunch We traveled back with them to their hometown of Thika and spent the night - the kids were excited to "sleepover" in the girls room. But I think they most enjoyed the cable tv (we don't have a tv where we are staying in Kijabe) and the satelite service include the nick jr channel. It was hard to convince them to do anything else.

(at one of the waterfalls in Thika)

     So minus having to spend extended time in the car (again) we thouroughly enjoyed the weekend. We were sad to have to say goodbye to our friends, but hope to see them again next year if their plans to travel to America fall into place.