One Sandal

What a really cool meal I just had.

The restaurant is a tiny, open air place with some seating inside and a few tables on the street, without a wall separating them (sort of like Pizza Boli in Adams Morgan, for the DCers out there). Inside are maybe 8 stainless steal tables, all of which have a cauldron of some sort sunken in the center of the table, which lie atop a gas burner. Inside each pot/bowl, is a tasty mix of peanut, chili and sugar. On one wall of the restaurant is a open-air cooler, sort of like where 7-11 keeps their microwave sandwiches. It's full of seafood and other assorted items on skewers (including small eggs, tofu, broccoli raab). You get a stainless steel tray, and fill it up with whatever items you are interested in eating. While waiting for your first round to items to cook, you are given cubes of white bread and cucumber pieces. You pay by the skewer, and sit at your table and cook the items until they are done to your liking. Absolutely delicious. The best part - including the 2 beers I had (which were about 60% of the bill) the entire thing cost me less than $4.