The Gate of the Heart Vignettes from the Life of Abdu’l-Baha The Hidden WordsThe almighty cookie.
And half eaten:
This post is in response to Saba’s comment regarding the cookie. It is a similar cookie to the one I had after just before lunch that day, which ruined my appetite.
I believe it is made up of oats and raisins – it is listed in the Food Centre as "Cookies Granola 400g", brand Antikovich. I can’t really tell as the ingredients list is all in hebrew:
Today, I had an peach apricot chicken dish, with some chickpea green beans salad and a cauliflower:
And the usual sandwiches for dinner:
Thanks to Navid for the tip – it’s apricot chicken not peach chicken.
Last night we went out to a restaurant (Litchi, in the Merkaz) for dinner with Saba and Sieni. They have Japanese and Thai cuisine, as well as some seafood dishes. Here’s Saba’s soup:
And him eating it – watch that shrimp!
I wasn’t hungry as I had had my sandwiches from lunch, so I ordered just a desert (crème roulé, with pineapple slices):
For lunch today, I decided to try the pasta (with mushroom and garlic):
It was pretty good. Also packed a couple of sandwiches for dinner – there was no long brown bread, only the white kind – oh well.
I also had a slice of quiche, which tasted a little eggy:
Tonight we had a wonderful presentation by the Bahá’í World Centre choir, titled Simple Gifts:
The hall was packed:
The presentation started on time:
It consisted of various performances, with both a sacred:
and light hearted theme:
They even brought the children on for one of the songs:
But my favourite was the “Prayer for the Hands of the Cause of God”, especially seeing as we had the privilege of having the Hand of the Cause Dr. ‘Alí-Muhammad Varqá with us:
Superb performance by the choir. They spent a lot of time practicing, and did a great job.