Full Circle

[prosodic]

When we signed the lease on our house, we had dinner at Side Grill (a Turkish restaurant) to celebrate.

So we decided after the keys were turned back over to the landlord this evening, we would do the same thing.

But first, we had to clean the house. We were there all day and I am thoroughly sore and exhausted. Lance did the basement and garage and spent most of the day going back and forth to base to throw out our trash and hazardous wastes. Even though we gave the landlord money to hire a professional cleaner, I still wanted to leave the house in good shape. So I spent the day scrubbing the bathrooms and kitchen and sweeping and mopping the floors. It was the cleanest I had ever gotten it, but it's pretty easy to get things clean when there is no furniture.

Shortly before 7, the landlord and his parents showed up. They signed the papers saying that there were no problems with the house...we actually left it in better shape than it was when we got it. We added light fixtures and left behind curtains and a microwave.

They gave us some cookies as a parting gift. We had a bottle of California Merlot for them (I wanted to get them a Washington state wine, but I couldn't find any).

After we left the house, we came back to the hotel to drop off some stuff, and then walked to Side Grill for our dinner. I had a huge plate of doner meat, salad, and fries (I asked for rice...oh well) and Lance had his usual - doner meat baked with cheese. We will miss our doner kebap. I wish I could get it in the States.

It's been a nasty day today...windy and rainy. And I feel like I've been hit by a steamroller. Off to bed with me soon...we're just finishing wrapping up some packages that need to be sent to our new home.

Comments

[a-rockett.livejournal.com]

Well, there is a restaurant here called "Doner Haus" and while its not exactly the same, it is fairly similar.

...Actually, I don't know if there are any around Kent, I just know they have them in SW washington and up here in Bellevue. They probably have them in between though!

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Looking it up right now. It would be great if there is one nearby. I have never seen any place in the US that served doner, and it's a shame you can't get it in more places, because it is so very very good.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Looking at the menu, I don't see anything on there that even vaguely resembles what we get here, except for the steak doner, but doner here is generally chicken (it's usually lamb when you actually get an authentic Turkish one). Although Doner Haus's menu sure does look good.

It seems this restaurant uses doner as a term to mean sandwich, whereas here, doner is the actual meat itself, and it's roasted vertically on a spit and shaved off with an electric knife. It's not always served in sandwich form. Sometimes I like mine in a pita, but last night I just had the shaved meat with tzatziki and sides of fries and salad.

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Just saving this for future reference:

A HA! Turkish Delight in Pike Place Market:
http://www.seattleweekly.com/food/blogs/voracious/2007/08/doner_kebab_sandwich_and_salad.php