20190503 Betty's Burgers and Brunelli

There was quite a crowd at the Elephant tonight. Firstly it was just Stephen and I, then Jen showed up and bought Stephen a jug of Young Henrys. We waited until Con arrived and talked about Ian and Therese's housewarming party.

Kris showed up then Chad then finally Richard. Kris' lady friend came a little later.

I talked to Con about the Japanese, Chinese and Korean movies he had given me. The Four with Emotionless and wolf-man which I couldn't follow. Also, the film about vampires and zombies - couldn't get into it. However, there were two fantastic movies there. The first was Himalaya  - a film about a stubborn leader taking Yaks and the salt to the village in exchange for grain so they could eat throughout the winter. Great movie! The other one was a bike ride to Lhasa in Tibet. A moving story of a boy wanting to honour the memory of his brother takes on an epic bike journey.

We talked about John Wick and how Stephen and I won't be seeing the new movie. We watched John Wick 1 last night and it was just senseless violence - bloody killings and murders - bang, bang. No thank you.

It was Richard's turn to choose tonight and he wanted to go to San Giorgio but when we walked past it looked full. With a little encouragement from Chad and Stephen, Richard then choose Betty's Burgers.

Well, after the controversy of Sushi King last week, it was yet another divided opinion about what we thought of our burgers. Con gave his meal a 2 out of 10. I was close behind with a 4. Stephen gave his meal a 4 1/2 and Chad and Richard were more generous with a 7 out of 10 each. Chad had a peanut butter drink which he said was very tasty.

I thought my burger was pure slop. The bun itself nearly disintegrated into nothing, the bread just compressed down to a thin layer barely holding the burger together. My deep fried fish was greasy and the chips had black spots all over them. Afterwards, I felt heavy and gluggy from the junk food. To be honest, I would prefer Hungry Jacks to the expensive burger and chips that they serve at Betty's Burgers. But I have to be fair-minded in that Richard and Chad enjoyed their meals. They thought the food tasted reasonable. Richard doesn't carry any cash these days and owes us $22 for his meal.

The atmosphere at the Burger joint was not conducive of staying long. It had a 'hurry up and get out' feel to the place. The chairs were uncomfortable and were packed tightly together. We did however have a good service with one of the waitress offering to collect Con's food for him.

We didn't stay long after the meal and Richard choose to go to Brunelli for the $2 coffee.

Chad was very generous in that he paid for everyone's coffees. We managed to score a booth and as usual it was a bit squishy to sit with the table so close to the bench seat. Richard thought the coffee didn't taste quite right. Mine was a bit bitter but at least it was hot.

The televisions weren't working again at Brunelli, but not to fear, Chad and Richard had their phones watching the footy whilst Stephen and Con chatted about cars and Bathurst.

We gave Con a lift home. Richard was off to see a concert.