20190719 The Austral and Steven ter Horst

We were at our usual spot in the Elephant and it was Stephen's turn to drive today - a rare event on a Friday night. We had been to Penfold's Magill Estate for a degustation with his brother and sister-in-law the night before.

Richard was missing in action - another concert. But we had a visitor join us - Ian was on his way to see the footy and came in for a Guinness. It was lovely to see him out. He has been keeping well. He showed us a photo of his new puppy - a beautiful little thing!

It was Con's turn to choose tonight and he decided on the Austral. An unusual choice for him but considering that we've been to all the Asian places it was next on our list. I rang and made a booking for 4 (Ian had to leave by 6.30).

In the Elephant, Chad's name is still up on the leaderboard for the Elly challenge. This time his name was the right way around!

We strolled over to the Austral. A cold winter night didn't stop people milling around Rundle Street.

The restaurant at the Austral was half empty - plenty of tables spare. The tables were covered with paper and the Austral stamp was on the right hand corner. A nice touch.

So who had what?? Con had the calamari and chips - looked lovely.

Chad had the burger and chips - again looked good.









I had the crumbed fish and chips with mushroom sauce - again it was nice enough.


Chad, Con and myself all gave our meals 7 out of 10. Good standard pub fare.



Now what about Stephen? Well, he ordered the Perri Perri Chicken and vegetables. He ate a little of his chicken and saw that the majority of the vegetables was eggplant. It didn't look appetizing at all.

He complained about his food and after the second complaint, the waitress gave him half his money back with a pale ale for me (as Stephen wasn't drinking). Drama! Stephen is getting quite the reputation for flipping tables at restaurants :-)

Con decided to go to Steven ter Horst so we strolled back up the road. There was plenty of space inside. Chad bought Stephen a chocolate cake for his birthday (belated birthday wishes) which he shared with me. Con had a massive cheesecake which he couldn't eat all of.

The hot chocolates, as usual, were lovely. We had lots of laughs tonight. Can't remember now what about, but it was a good night. Lots of merriment and fun. I was quite tipsy with my 4 or 5 beers that I had.

Stephen had spent the day with his brother and sister-in-law and had visited the Central Markets for breakfast. He had a cake in the car for me when I got in - left over from breakfast. A welcome nibble when I got home!