Nona (Plot me Gjona) Tirana

Come out to "grandma"

Marinela from Tirana

About me Hey it's me: an extroverted introvert, a "popular loner" that loves everyday life but can't handle routine. I enjoy the tasty part of life, the drunk one-eye-opened mornings, making new friends while giving priority to the old and gold ones, capturing the moments, finding places I've never been to before and trying things I've never tried. I have a job and I spend most ...
""Nona (plot me Gjona)" in Tirana is a cafe and buffet kind of restaurant I visit when I'm hungry and in a hurry. I just hope my grandma never reads this!"

Straight to the point: 'nona' in Gheg Albanian (the variety of Albanian language that is spoken in northern Albania) means grandmother and 'plot me gjona' means full of things. That explains a lot, right? I guess not only Albanian grandmothers put their grandchildren under obligation to eat until the explosion of their stomach.

Nona Plot me Gjona is a café and buffet kind of restaurant in the sixth floor at Toptani shopping center. I like going there either when I am done with shopping or when I am really hungry and in a hurry. I'm not usually hungry, but when I am, i can afford a visit to both my grandmothers within an hour, so don't ask why I go there instead of any random fast-food. My grandmother's house is a little bit far from my way, but i have no complaints, the Nona of Toptani fulfills my requests perfectly.

I will tell you one last thing hoping that I won't be judged for it: the view from the sixth floor at Nona is so amazing that sometimes I feel like in one of those crazy movie scenes when a car breaks in from nowhere, crashes all the glass of the building and only Vin Diesel survives. What? I've watched a lot of action movies lately.

P.S. If my grandmother ever finds out about this article… pray for me!

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About me Hey it's me: an extroverted introvert, a "popular loner" that loves everyday life but can't handle routine. I enjoy the tasty part of life, the drunk one-eye-opened mornings, making new friends while giving priority to the old and gold ones, capturing the moments, finding places I've never been to before and trying things I've never tried. I have a job and I spend most of the day at work: I volunteer and contribute to some open source projects, but I'm always in time to have a lot of fun. In a few words I'm a very modest extraordinary Sagittarius. ...

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Rruga Abdi Toptani, Toptani Shopping Center, kati 6

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