Spicy noodles, Fried Fish and Figs

Tonight was a night of nights. A nigh of exotic foods, the craziest dinner I think I have ever eaten. And it was good. So good.
After tonight I have a sneaking suspicion that Carmen could get us to eat liver and we would probably like it. But no need to get any crazy ideas.
Tonight we had friend baby octopuses and calamari. And we liked it. A lot.
The dinner started out with spicy spaghetti. I don't know if it had a special name or anything but it was basically spaghetti noodles in a spicy olive oil and it was so so so yummy.
Second course was the biggest surprise of our life. Carmen came out with a plate which she pronounced "fried feeeesh". And then left to go do something else in the kitchen. Christian took the plate and proceeded to take some fish when she came across a rather oddly shaped one. She asked me what I thought it was and I sassiliy replied it was baby octopus, to busy making my arugula, tomato, and carrot salad to actually pay attention to the fact that that might in fact be what we were eating. We traded salad bowl for plate of fish and I actually got a look at the little circles of fish and the wads of fish with what looked like legs. Continuing with my sassy streak, I picked one up, popped it in my mouth, proceeded to tell her it was good and move on with my dinner.
When Carmen came back a few minutes later, we asked her what the fish actually was. She paused for a moment and told us in Italian making hand motions that went with an octopus. So, we both took deep breaths, and took a bit only to find we liked it.
As the meal progressed we found out it was not only small octopuses but calamari as well. It was a little chewy and we both agree, if it wasn't friend we don't think we could do it. But drenched in fresh squeezed lemon, hot out of the frying pan, it was a rich, delicious meal that we couldn't stop raving about. And that wasn't all. There was also fried potatoes, salad, and the thinly sliced salmon with mozzarella with arugula with lemon drizzled over it and red wine. Then there was the fruit/desert course.
Normally we just have fruit for dessert and the plan had originally been some of Carmen's "stewed" peaches that are cooked until caramelized in a sugar sauce. But one of her friends stopped over and surprised her with a whole box of fresh figs. So Christian and I were introduced to fresh figs too!
Also this just in. Christian looked up the lable she saw in the kitchen and found out the other fish we ate was cuttlefish. Don't worry. We had to Google what it was too.
Back to the figs. We had to ask Carmen how to eat them, because the figgest either of us had ever gotten have been fignutons. For those of you who were in the figdarkness like us, you take the fig and pinch the top like a banana and just kind of open it and suck the middle out. They were yummy too.
Currently the two of us are sitting full and feeling fat like turkeys on Thanksgiving mulling over how amazing and bizarre dinner was (and how lucky we are to have Carmen who can make things like rabbit and cuttlefish taste so amazing) Bellow are the pictures I snapped from dinner and you can see from the basically empty plate, we really did like the fried fish!