Then , a layer of eggplant and sweet pepper follows .
Fried vegetables such as eggplant or zucchini are eaten with yogurt .
He 's also tried them on plants ranging from eggplant to switchgrass .
But most of these men , registered at the consultation as farmers , were in fact landless labourers with no aubergine experience .
Roberts arrives shortly afterwards , looking very banker-like in a pinstriped suit with a pink shirt and an aubergine silk tie .
Waiters in blue robes with gold trim delivered steaming pots of turkish coffee and plates of grilled aubergine to wide-eyed smokers staring out of a window neatly inscribed , " founded 1908 " .