20190823 Brklyn and Steven ter Horst

We're all back on deck this week! I pre-booked the booth at the Elephant but apparently could only have it until 7pm as there was another booking. It turned out that we were able to stay there until we left at about 7.30 - no dramas.

We all bought a round of jugs. Stephen was there first today - a rare happening. I got there about 5pm and Con turned up shortly after that. Chad and Jen came not long after and Richard was last to show at 7pm.

It was Chad's birthday last week and Con and Jen had come bearing gifts. Con bought Chad a Pancake Kitchen tee-shirt and 4 ornament Monkey characters. They looked great and Chad was able to pick which characters they were. Jen bought Chad the Bucket of Doom - a card game which Chad promised we would play next time we came around to his place. We were teasing Richard that this should now be our new team name - the buckets of Doom! Richard wasn't impressed.

The alley way outside had a fire going as it is still cold, however, it is getting slighter warmer than the 8 degrees of the past couple of Friday nights.

Richard was wrapped up in the footy match and had his phone on the table watching the game. He didn't say much.

Jen overheard Stephen saying that I was 'switched on and intelligent and that is what's attractive'. I missed hearing it, so I asked him to repeat it! I don't get compliments too often.

Jen made a comment that the Welsh barman was attractive - 'beautiful voice and nice eyes'... mmm...

Jen bought a jug for the guys (a guiness for herself). That meant that Stephen had over 4 beers - whoa... trouble in the making...

It was Chad's turn to choose tonight and he had already let us know a couple of weeks ago that he was going to choose Brklyn. No-one had been there so it was interesting to see what it would be like. It was next to Schnithouse and upstairs. We went into a dimly lit 'nightclub like' atmosphere. The New York Fold - the pizza cafe was on the right hand side.

We made our way out to the balcony and pushed 2 round tables together. Richard, Chad and Jen sat on one table and Con, Stephen and myself was on the other. You couldn't really talk across to each other as it was a bit noisy.

Chad had a cocktail - a Yuzu Highball - it looks like a lemon, lime and bitters in a tall glass. Jen also had a cocktail - a breakfast Martini. The rest of us had water.

We all ordered pizza except Richard. Richard had Truffle mac and cheese balls for entree with burger and chips for main. The burger and chips was $18 and the entree was $10. Jen also had an entree of mozerella sticks. Chad had a half of one to taste.

I had 2x B3 pizza slices. Stephen had a Hellboy and Bunnos. He complained that the Hellboy had no 'Hell' in it - it was sweet rather than hot. The other pizza didn't taste like anything. There were no chunks of vegetables on our pizzas it looked like puree. Chad and Con also had the Hellboy slices.

Richard gave his meal a 7 out of 10.
I gave my meal a 5 1/2 out of 10. The 2 slices weren't enough to fill me up.
Stephen gave his meal a 5 out of 10. Not enough and no taste.
I forgot to get Chad, Con and Jen's rating.

The pizzas were supposed to be 'New York style' but Chad showed me pictures of the actual New York pizza slices he had in New York and they looked much larger with lots more toppings on there.

I think it was nice to go to Brklyn for the experience to say we've been, but we won't be going back there in a hurry. Jen pointed out that we weren't exactly the demographic of the place - she thinks they were targeting a much more hip, younger crowd.

I couldn't help but think of the landfill that was created by having our pizzas in cardboard trays. I wouldn't go back purely because it is wasteful to not have plates.

The view from the balcony was lovely. It was similar to the Exeter's view, but because it didn't have the plastic windbreakers down, it was more open.

We went to Steven ter Horst for dessert - Jen's choice because it is her birthday next week. I bought Stephen a chocolate and nut cheesecake with a mug of hot chocolate and had the same but with lemon cheesecake. Chad bought Jen a baked cheesecake and Richard had the same.

It's been a lovely night out tonight - Happy Birthday was sung to Chad and Jen and Jen even got a Happy Birthday from the next table.

Who's turn is it to choose next week?? Well, it's Richards turn and that is almost guaranteed to be Italian of some sort...