20190726 The Stag and San Churro

We started off at the usual spot - the back booth of the Elephant. We were wearing out winter woolies because it was so cold. I started to read my book but Stephen came in shortly afterwards so I put it back in my bag. Con was not long away and Chad came in around 6pm. Richard was in Melbourne for the week. I half expected Jen to come, but it just ended up it being the 4 of us.

The jugs of beers were going down a treat - Con, then Chad then Stephen. Con decided to buy one more jug for the road, even though Chad had had enough. That meant that Stephen by this stage had drunk over 4 pints. Trouble right there!

It was my turn to choose tonight so I take full responsibility. I had booked a table at the Stag Hotel restaurant (or so I had thought). When we got there it wasn't in the restaurant next to the Stag it was actually in the bar - the noisy area opposite the bar. We all complained about it being too noisy.


Stephen was on fire and decided to make a complaint to the management. He cornered one of the bar staff and gave her a piece of his mind. He's getting quite the reputation for complaining and I think the beers lubricated him.

The restaurant that is next to the Stag is called Yiasou George. I didn't know that it wasn't part of the Stag. Now I know...

So what did we eat in the Stag? Well I had crab linguine which was a 7 out of 10. It wasn't very hot. The flavours were there, but the usual complaint - not enough vegetables. Con had the fish and chips - another 7 out of 10. Chad and Stephen had the beef cheek pie with chips. The pie was in a serving dish so there was only pastry on top. And there were a few shoestring chips on the side - no salad or vegetables. Chad gave his meal a 4 out of 10. Stephen gave his meal a 3.

The manager of the pub came over and talked to Stephen about his complaint. He listened to Stephen for about 10 minutes then offered everyone a free beer. A free beer which Stephen turned down!!!!

 We all finished up our food and headed straight for the door. It was way too noisy to chat and it wasn't the most comfortable place to eat. Con fell off his chair reaching for a fallen napkin. I think the pub was glad to see us go.

We went to San Churro and Stephen created more kerfuffle by moving a table for 2 people next to another table. We were squeezed in between another couple. Chad bought us all a chocolate (he was kind enough to remember that I like the milk chocolate). He had the most enormous marshmallow in his hot chocolate - it looked great.

Chad also had a cheesecake which was enormous. He couldn't eat it all so Stephen had some of the left overs. Not a good night. I wasn't happy with Stephen but eventually I thawed.