Last Thursday evening, I met with my conversation partner Abdulla. When we met previously, he was still fasting for Ramadan, so we only talked about food. He told me he really likes pizza and had only had Momo's since moving to Tallahassee. Momo's is pretty good, but I told him he needed to try my favorite pizza spot: Gaines Street Pies.
Gains St. Pies just recently opened a new, much larger location at the corner of Railroad and Gaines, so we met there. We each ordered a few slices and sat down to talk. Abdulla had just got back from Minnesota, where he was visiting family. We talked about his trip and our food came to us. I got two slices: one with basil and pineapple, the other with mushroom and artichoke. He got two slices as well: one with cheese and jalapeno, the other with fresh mozzarella which he said was his favorite cheese.
Over pizza we talked a lot about travel. Places we had been and places we still wished to visit. We talked about our families and where they currently resided. He asked me a few questions about different dialects in English because he had experienced a different in speech when he went up north on his trip. I love food, so I ended up asking him a lot about the food that his family made when he went to visit them in Minnesota. He said that he felt like he was back home in Saudi Arabia because his grandmother cooked him all his favorite dished while he was there. I'm happy for him that he has family in the states. I know a good home cooked meal can really soothe the soul!
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