Unicorn Hot Chocolate
We were pretty excited when my best friends called and said they were headed to the Pearl, where we live, to hang out with us. I ask for them all day everyday so I was pumped to say the least! In case you are wondering who "they" are, I'm talking about the Ehambe tribe, Poppa's teammate Moses, along with his wife and their 4, soon to be 5 children.
Mama was quick to suggest a trip to Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar, I'm sure I inherited my sweet tooth from her and her from my papaw, but it is okay because we always eat fruits and vegetables before we indulge in sugar. Poppa is pretty much down for anything as long as our family and the Ehambe family get to hang out.
The Pearl is a man made island in Qatar and we live on the opposite side from where the Chocolate Bar is located so we took a super cool water taxi to get there. I think we almost sunk the boat with all of us plus our double stroller and I think we may have seen a shark, at least thats what I told my friends.
Water taxi for 10 please
Once we arrived to Alison Nelson's Chocolate Bar, we felt very welcome because they remembered our family from last year. I bet it was because my parents kept asking the waiters to take pictures of us, who knows. Once we got seated the waitresses brought an iPad out and showed us 6 amazing hot chocolates to choose from. I chose the Unicorn hot chocolate, complete with cotton candy on top and Mama chose the peanut butter cup dark hot chocolate. Poppa went with the strawberry lemonade, like always.
Dark Chocolate PB cup hot chocolate
We were oh so hungry so we also ordered real food, which surprisingly, a restaurant called the Chocolate Bar had plenty of. Poppa and I split spaghetti and mama ordered some tomato soup and a giant dessert called The Big Dip. My friends chose pasta and salad. We had a nice long table right beside the water where we could look out and see the Doha City skyline and the other side of the island. But most of the time us kids were just play fighting with our place mats as we waited for the food.
The Big Dip
It was totally worth the wait because the spaghetti was delicious even though it didn't have chocolate sauce like I expected. I ate like a big girl so I should be getting bigger and stronger if my parents have been telling me the truth about this stuff. And my unicorn hot chocolate was almost as tasty as it was pretty.
Before we started eating I learned something new. I usually pray with my eyes closed and thank Jesus for my food but my friends blessed God with their eyes open. I tried to correct them until my mom taught me that people pray differently and we shouldn't interrupt them. I may try keeping my eyes open next time I pray.
Another cool thing about this restaurant was how nice the waitresses, Nikita and Mary, were to us. Nikita even took all 5 of us kids to the potty so the adults could enjoy their food and conversation.
Nikita, our very nice waitress!
They even gave the moms a box of chocolates as an early Mother's Day gift because Mother's Day is celebrated on March 21st here in Qatar.
Mama & Sarah with their gifts
The two guys Mama and I love most!
We took the water taxi back to our tower and said goodbye to our friends. I almost cried because I didn't want the night to end but then I heard Mama and Poppa talking about how blessed we are and how much they love each other so I changed my 'tude and enjoyed the rest of our night together.
P.S Poppa still ate carrot muffins when we got in bed. Mama hates crumbs in the bed
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Until next time,
Jincy Rose aka Jincess
