Old Man and the Sea

It was late and we were hungry. We had been in Tel Aviv ministering to a group of people. We found Old Man and the Sea in the Old Jaffa Port. It is an Arabic restaurant. 

The meal began with many small bowls of "salads" - and graduated to include a fish called Dennis. (Ironically, it is not pronounced like the man's name Dennis but more like the woman's name Doniece.)

We first ate Dennis at the Darna Village Hostel in Aqaba, Jordan, where we were assured that it was a "very good…very famous fish." We decided that it was not so famous with us after we spent most of the meal picking bones out of our mouth. It was the boniest fish we'd ever eaten!

We ordered Dennis again at Old Man and the Sea because the server called it by another name. After we began to eat it and found it terribly similar to our experience in Aqaba, we asked the server, "Is this dennis?" 

"Yes, yes. Dennis!" he enthusiastically replied. 

It was a deja vu experience we hope to never repeat. Oh well, at least the "salads" were tasty!