Lime Tree cafe

Today for lunch we went to a cafe in town called Lime Tree. It's a
popular lunch spot, apparently, as the place was packed, mostly with
cafe-savvy out-of-towners. The menu featured pizza and pasta as well as
some Indian "thali" lunches, but there was also had a large selection of
sandwiches and choice of white, wheat or onion bread. I ordered the
hummus, tomato, garlic and fig sandwich thinking that sounded
interesting, and a lentil and tomato soup. After ordering, my coworker
recognized someone he knew from a major NGO in the water sector here, "a
key person" according to him. The woman was British, I believe, and
introduced us to the man she was standing next to. They had been married
the previous Saturday she said, and she pointed to the table they were
headed where her father and brother were seated. We told them
congratulations and then briefly made an appointment to meet with her
once she was back to the office next week. Our food arrived a little
late but the hummus was great on wheat and the fig and garlic was a
better match than I had imagined. However, there was a small sliver of
plastic in my soup so that ruined my good impression of the place. I
alerted the staff to the plastic bit and suggested they not refrigerate
things in plastic containers. He shook his head yes and took the little
piece of plastic in his hand and disappeared. The manager apologized for
the food being late and then asked me how everything was, so I don't
think anyone told him about the plastic soup. Glancing over at the "key
person" from the NGO, I decided not to make a big deal out of it, but I
don't think I'll frequent Lime Tree even if it is where all the cool
people hang out.