Hospital appointments
Last week I had a few hospital appointments and one of them was in the city, in the evening, not ideal but it was the only available appointment with this type of specialist within 3 weeks from booking it. As I wanted to see a specialist as soon as possible, this was the slot I quickly booked, even though it was fully expected to take much longer as docs run late once the day progresses. I was right, it took over an hour after my appointment time before we were called in.
We were waiting in the waiting room and all three of us were so hungry that I was happy to realize that at least this long wait would mean that for once we'd leave the hospital and have options where to grab a bite, even if it were just a bunch of tapas. Usually I plan my appointments much earlier so this is a rare event.
Parking
Thankfully parking has become much easier now that it's winter. Where we'd have to drive past the full boulevard in summer and fall to realize there was not one free spot, we now had many free options to park the car. The parking issue was the reason we never checked this franchise restaurant before because we have one in our town, but it's much smaller and I was curious for the bigger version ever since I learned about it.
A little wait
When we arrived, we only had to wait for 15 minutes until the kitchen opened, we were one of the 10 people inside but around us they were doing some sort of photoshoot so I felt a bit bothered to take many pictures myself while they were there.
The interior looks a bit similar to our little version over here, in Budapest the biggest part would be checked off as a ruin pub. Sadly that's not really noticeable in this one picture of the inside of the place. All other tables and chairs were non matching and definitely gave us ruin pub vibes. Those were my favourite finds in Budapest, because they had a certain charm.
Food!
This was the first time we noticed that they also have complentary tapas here, haha. So every time my boyfriend orders a beer here, we could have gotten a free tapa to try out, but yet we never noticed and always ordered shared plates instead. Oops. I like the place but it's a bit overpriced so not sure if we'll go there again.
My daughter loves their chicken strips and I love the guacamole salsa they serve with the chicken strips, my daughter prefers the bbq sauce instead, the cheese sauce they serve is nice too.
With that we order a portion of 3 different fries, from yucca, sweet and regular potatoes. It's always a struggle to let the little one eat the sweet and yucca fries as well because she doesn't like these as much. Thankfully I'm ok with these so I usually sacrifice myself to eat the healthier ones, lol. They serve them with several dips so we always have plenty of dips to choose from.
There's one of these dips with curcuma which is so odd but with the sweet potato fries it was a great flavour explosion, so I learned that evening.
My boyfriend ordered a noodle dish with beef, the meat doesn't look too appealing but that's the bad lightning in the room, it was quite nice according to him.
As we discovered the tapas option that evening, we decided to check how big the chicken strips tapa would be and discovered that we were much smarter ordering two of these accompanied with a beer (for free) than buying half a portion. We normally never buy portions because it's been proven so many times that you're better off getting several tapas and have the same amount of food (often for free, sometimes with a supplement of 2 euros more or less) compared to the portions that are much more expensive. But we never noticed it on the menu, lol.
The second tapa we choose was a nacho dip with guacamole, which was nice as well.
Conclusion
We could have saved some money over here by paying a bit more attention but at least we found out that evening. As I said I like the ambiance of the place but n the bill that follows. I believe they're a bit overpriced for what they are but sometimes you just want food asap and pick the first option that you find, such was the case that evening.
Pictures are mine, taken with my phone...
Very cool find while waiting, the food looks awesome! And a lot of it too! I hope the appointment went, and that work isn't keeping you too busy!
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It wasn't while waiting though, can't leave the hospital waiting room lol. Then your turn is just over and you can book a new appointment.
The appointment went well yes, had some shitty stress days because of the tax declaration confirmation not coming in until very late yesterday evening.
All sorted now and turns out I was right in my calculations, djeez. !LOL
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Not bad I guess so far I guess. I'm glad the dumb tax stuff worked out, they make everything so hard!
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Hoping whatever health issue is causing you trouble is resolved and you stay in good health! 💚
I've had many times in my life where I have multiple drs appointments within a week or two, or sometimes worse, long waits for specialists that put my health on hold... It's such a stressful situation to find yourself in, my heart goes out to you.
Luckily, good company and good food can help tremendously with keeping morale up imo! It's a bummer that you didn't learn about the free tapas with drinks till the end, but everything you got looks FAB! I've been in the Mid East for a while and I'm dying for some freaking guacamole haha
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It was actually something positive so no worries, thanks dear <3
I know very well what you mean and it can be super frustrating, especially if all of them run late, I hate it. Here we can also sometimes add the fact that a doctor is not willing to cooperate by trying to meet in the middle even though I come prepared to make sure everything important has been written down in Spanish because nerves can get the best of me sometimes if a doctor is not very kind, lol.
Thankfully that wasn't the case with this appointment, which is a relief because you never know with a new doctor.
Don't they have avocados in the middle east? I don't eat it often, but I got quite fond of avocados since I learned to eat them a few years ago. Until then they were unknown to me, lol. But they are very affordable over here compared to some other EU countries because they grow locally.
Hope you're doing well dear, let me check your profile to see what you're up to :)
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Ugh YES! The late appointments, frustration in advocating for yourself, and some doctors just being buttheads makes it all so much more exhausting 😣
I'm so glad to hear that aside from the Dr running late, the appointment went well otherwise AND that the news was positive!!
I think once one gets hip to avocado it can easily become a craving, especially if they are affordable! Locally grown are the best, yum 😋
A lot of foods that are popular elsewhere just haven't sparked any interest in the places I've stayed in the Mid East (First in Amman, Jordan, and now in Damascus, Syria). I think a lot of it has to do with folks struggling to make ends meet; they aren't willing to spend a wild price on something they have no idea about... and the one time I've seen avocados here the price was STEEP! I think this stops folks from growing/ importing these things much here.
Sending hugs and good health vibes your way 🤗💕
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What a lovely place 💗 I soon have to be in the hospital too I had some health issues this year by the way having a such wonderful place for eating make sure more heavy the hospital time 💗
Sorry to read that, I had my fair share of health issues too and I can't say that I enjoy these hospital visits. This one was not that bad though.
There are quite a few restaurants or tapas bars near the hospital but I never tried the cafetaria inside the hospital, I should, because the hospital food there (when I was submitted one night last year) wasn't bad at all.
Wishing you the best when you have to go to the hospital, hopefully there's some positive news!
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Sometimes a good detour is a good idea as it can lead to good things along the way :)
lovely looking food there :)
Very true!
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I do hope you are feeling okay and the doctor appointment gave you some good news.
As far as the food, it does look good and so do the surroundings. I do hope the bill wasn't too much though.
Although I went there with a heavy heart, the news was positive and I can say so far so good, thanks @coinjoe!
This place isn't cheap for what they have but we could have saved some money by using the tapas that came complementary, but for 3 people, the bill wasn't high either, it's just a matter of what's available in the area. At that time we had some good news to celebrate and I didn't care as long as I'd have some food within 30 minutes haha.
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So glad you had positive news.
Week so far is okay, Still fighting the chest cold, but getting better.
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The dining area looks nice and food tasty. Eating out is always expensive, but at least you got the chance and enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing; take care and have a lovely day!
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