Those who wait

I had been planning to take J to the French restaurant Loti while we are
here in Addis Ababa, so Saturday we headed down to the intersection of
Bole and Ethio-China road by mini bus and then took a 5 minute walk over
to the restaurant. When I visited Loti last April I had been impressed
with their excellent leg of lamb, which I planned to order again, and J
was eyeing a pork dish on the menu that looked promising. However, when
the waiter came to take our order, he told us that they were out of both
lamb and pork. We glanced over the menu again, but in the end I decided
to come back another time. The waiter said he was very sorry, and they
would have the items soon, so I said we would come back next weekend. It
was a shame they didn't have the lamb or the pork, but it could say
something for the integrity of their food--I should hope--that they keep
things fresh or not at all. Nevertheless, we will give Loti a call next
weekend and make sure they have the dishes we want, and then head down
for some excellent French cuisine and possibly a couple glasses of wine.