Divan

Another restaurant in my neighborhood I enjoy eating at is called Divan. Divan has one of the largest and most interesting menus I have seen in this city. I have eaten at Divan so often that the wait staff recognizes me and some even know me by name. The first time I ate there, I went in with my roommate, and after washing my hands he told me he got the impression two of the waiters there were homosexual because of their mannerisms and the way they were being flirty with each other. As it turns out, our waiter thought my roommate and I were a couple and was extremely friendly and nice to us. At the end of our lunch, he brought us free shots of a clear liquor, which when we inquired as to what it was, he replied 'agua'. This was definitely Uzo, and the waiter smiled at our skeptical looks before we drank the liquor. That was one of the more interesting experiences I have had so far in this city, haha. Living in the Bay Area, I am used to a diverse array of different cultures and different foods, yet the quality of middle eastern where I live is much more different than in Barcelona. The food in the Bay Area is highly diverse due to the high immigrant influx, yet Barcelona being closer to the middle east has much better Kebab places. Here you can get a kebab with hummus inside which was very new to me. I really enjoy spicy foods, and at the local middle eastern restaurants in my hometown, namely MedKebab, they have a fantastic hot sauce, yet at the middle eastern restaurants in Barcelona like Durum, it is very difficult for me to find a sauce that is hot enough for my liking. Regardless, in the past week I have eaten there four times. I can honestly say that I will miss eating at Divan when I return to college in Tucson, Arizona and have no exotic food to eat except Mexican food.