I went to a new restaurant in Sofia recently. This is how it was described to me: There is this new place --a  Terry Pratchett based A'tuin coffee &amp; dinner.

Um. <em>Okay</em>.

For the record, I said yes even though I had I no idea what this description meant. I've never read a book by Terry Pratchett. (This is probably something I should do. Just like I should probably finish reading <em>Under the Yoke</em>.)

So here's the deal. The restaurant/cafe space is beautiful. It wasn't crowded when we were there and the waitress was helpful-ish.

The menu is pretty has an interesting mix of food. They have a vegetarian menu, a meat-inclusive menu and a wine list. The vegetarian menu included foods and flavors that aren't very common in Bulgaria. So much so, that there's a description in the menu of avocado and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa" target="_blank">quinoa</a>.  I was surprised to see the description of avocado as this seems to me like a pretty standard grocery store staple but really who knows what quinoa is? I knew that it's a grain but I probably haven't eaten more than two or three times in my life.

The non-vegetarian menu has salads, sandwiches and main dishes but I couldn't put down the vegetarian menu so I don't remember the other menu as well.

I ended up ordering one of the quinoa dishes. The one I asked for to start with wasn't available so I ended up with the quinoa, black olives and walnuts.  This was a shame. The dish I ended up with was fine if not a little too salty. The combination of olives, walnuts and quinoa was texturally interesting but the black olives overpowered the other flavors.  I don't think it's a dish that I'll order again. Basically, it's the kind of dish I wanted to like but didn't.

We ordered a plate of guacamole which was also