I can't stop thinking about the Chicken Biryani

One of my most favoritest nieces got engaged this weekend. Shazia and Taylor met sometime last fall. Most notably they were part of a youth group that went to Nevada in October to rally the troops for Romney. From the day we met Taylor we liked him and they have been pretty much inseparable since the start.

Their engagement wasn't any huge surprise. They have been planning and talking about it for a couple of weeks. They really just needed the right time for Rashid to come out from Petaluma to meet Taylor and to make it all official.

Saturday night we met at the Aroma of India restaurant for the engagement announcement. Now, I'm not big on spicy food, especially Middle Eastern spicy. But, the food was VERY good. It was especially fun for Rashid, I think, because our waiter was from Lahore (Rashid is from Sialkot) and he spoke Punjabi with Rashid. Right at the start the waiter asked me who was in charge. I told him Darrell was paying the bill, but perhaps Rashid should be in charge. I didn't know they would essentially be countrymen.

Rashid said he had some trouble with the Punjabi (maybe it has been awhile.) But, they seemed to get along just fine and not involving Darrell in the ordering process was probably a good idea.

I think our party of 17 overwhelmed them a little. It took awhile for the food to start coming in adequate quantities. But, once again it was very tasty, especially the Chicken Biryani. The bill came to $500. So, thank you! Darrell.

Right as we were gathering to leave our waiter asked me what ward I was from. I wasn't sure I understood him correctly. We chatted for a bit. He told me his name was Ashraf Pius. He was a convert to the Church and he had been the translator for the Book of Mormon into Urdu. I explained to him about our wedding party and that Shazia is 3rd great grand daughter of Hyrum Smith while Taylor is 3rd great grand son of John Taylor.