come to the Kazbar

said my friend Ffyona, so I did. It's a tapas restaurant on Oxford's Cowley Road, but once you walk through the big wooden doors, you could be in the souk. Well, if you have a lively imagination, and have never been to a souk. Luckily, I fit both those categories.
We had a lovely meal and a great chat. She works in housing too, and was a kind sounding board for some of my concerns about work. I'd bought her some tiny tagines for her birthday, before I knew where we were meeting, so they were quite accidentally appropriate.