20190424 Curry Night The Exeter and Steven ter Horst Chocolatier

 We started this Wednesday night in the usual way. At the Elephant. Stephen had a job interview in the city at 2pm and we met for a coffee afterwards. We met in the Elephant at 5pm. Chad was there followed closely by Con. We had our usual chips with the jugs of beer.

Chad had a surprise because he found out that the Coopers Pale Ales were now in jugs for $10 - a bargain - a whole $1 cheaper than the Young Henry jugs. I think this is only a Wednesday night promotion though.

Stephen was keen to get in another jug before we went to the Exeter at 6pm and we were close to being on time - just 10 minutes late. When we arrived at the Exeter the upstairs had a 'Staff Only' sign on the stairwell, but we went up anyway. We were the first ones there and could choose our option for a table. We choose the one on the right hand side - near the heater, even though it wasn't particularly cold.

Stephen and Chad went halves in a clear skin bottle of $29 wine. The el cheapo end of the price list, but it tasted ok. I smelled Chad's glass of wine and thought that I could detect hints of liquorice, peach and walnut along with blue cheese. He said that was exactly what it tasted like :-)

On to the serious stuff... what did we have to eat on the curry night at the Exteter?? Well, Stephen and Chad had chicken curry, I had Cambodian Seafood curry, and Con had beef rendang. We ordered a side of daal to share. The meal came with poppadoms. I managed to spill my seafood curry from the plate onto the table. There was a slight angle to table and the sauce came straight off my plate and onto the paper that was covering the table - oops!

Now to the serious end of town... what to score the meals? Well, we'll start with the highest praise first. Chad gave his curry an 8, Con a 6, me a 6 and Stephen a five. Stephen said he doesn't particularly like the curries at the Exeter because they don't have a depth of flavour. He had to ask for salt and pepper to add to his meal. It was all chicken, no vegetables, which was the complaint I had with my food. Chad on the other hand really enjoyed his curry.

 Did you know that Chad has been to America? We were so convinced that he was lying that we asked him to sing a few bars of New York, New York which we joined in on. We were talking about how Adelaide is such a perfect city and that someone should write a song about it - just like someone had written about New York.

 We talked again about Game of Thrones and how the series is being released each week. Stephen asked Chad not to tell him what happens - he wants it to be a surprise when he sees the episodes with Andris. Spoiler alert! The dragon kills everyone and there is a nuclear explosion!!!! John Snow dies again as well as the rest of the cast. Oh well, not worth watching it now.

Con gave me some more films to watch. I can't wait to see them. I think Con's and my taste is similar in movies so I'll relax and watch them at my leisure.

Stephen spent quite a bit of time talking about uranium and copper and how they use nuclear bombs to explode the rock. I didn't quite follow the whole of his rendition, but it ended up him talking about how BHP used to spend trillions of dollars on their 'team bonding' sessions. In particular, a trip to the vineyard.

Besides the meals varying in quality today, we were all united on one front - the atmosphere in the upstairs balcony of the Exeter deserves a 11 out of 10. There's something about sitting up on high looking down at the main street and watching the world go by. Lovely.


I felt like having a hot chocolate so we were debating about where to go. I suggested San Churro, but Chad thought there was another chocolate place on the opposite side of the road. Stephen suggested a chocolatier on the left side of the road. We walked up and saw that it was open and went inside. Luckily we found a table for 4, albeit with stools instead of chairs.

 Stephen, Con and I had the hot chocolate - a lovely dark chocolate flavour rich and creamy. Stephen's only comment was that it could be hotter. Chad, as usual, had something different. He had the Aztec Chilli - a spicy aroma drink which Stephen likened to Chai. Not only that, he had ordered the waffles with salted caramel! - Yummm. He was generous enough to give Stephen and I a taste. Again, lovely!

A couple of points about our new found chocolatier place... it was a bit bare inside - it lacked warmth. However, there was artwork on the walls - Paws and Pose - a series of pictures of dogs - they were beautiful photos.

If you EVER want to see the most gigantic bowl of sugar EVER on a table, then go to Steven ter Horst Chocolatier - it was ginormous!

It has been a lovely day - the day before ANZAC. Chad is getting up early and coming into the city for the dawn service. A great way to pay respects. For Stephen and I we are having a BBQ with Andris and Emma. It should be another relaxing public holiday.