20200821 TGI Friday and Pancake Kitchen TURN: Chad

 You don't need to know whose turn it was this week. All you have to do is look at Pancake Kitchen and it will answer your question. Yes, Chad is the birthday boy this week and it's his turn to choose.

We met at Chad's house at 6pm, Con was already there. We had a bet at what time Richard would show up. Chad was the closest to the time, so I had to buy him a coffee which I gladly did.

Richard came at 6.59. We had a bit of a chat then decided to drive across to the mall and chose a place to eat.

The first cafe we went into was full, so we walked across the way to TGI Friday (Thank God it's Friday). It's an American style burger place.

We were given a booth right at the entrance and told to log into the app to order our meals. Richard accidentally ordered for Marion but quickly changed the order so we were back on track.

Stephen ordered a Furphy and Chad ordered a Budweiser. We had to ask where the drinks were because they were taking so long. When they did come we had to ask for a glass for Stephen which never came, so I drank the water out of his water glass and he used that.

We had to wait about 25 minutes for the food to arrive. Not too bad. But it came in drabs, first Richard and Con, then Stephen and I and Chad had to wait another 5 minutes for his food.

Richard - fish and chips - 8 (best salad dressing ever!)

Con - pepper calamari - 5

Stephen - single stack burger - 5

Elizabeth - vegan burger and shoestring chips -5.5 (scored low because it was too expensive)

Chad - steak and fat chips - 7.5

Overall, for what it was (a glorified Maccas) :-) the food was reasonable, but the price was a little high. $26.50 for my vegan burger and chips. Richard paid on the phone and we gave him our share $62 ($3 refund for the Furphy not being on tap).

We drove to Pancake Kitchen - Chad came in our car and Con went with Richard. Chad had 3 pancakes and struggled to eat the last quarter. Richard had 2 pancakes with butter and Stephen and I shared 2 pancakes with icecream. I could only manage eating 3/4 of the pancake. Don't forget the trusty Maple sauce!

We all had coffee (Richard had Mocha) and we sat in a small booth at the back of the cafe. The place had been renovated and it looked nice and clean inside. There was no problem with splitting the bill at the end of the evening.

Richard went home directly, so we gave Con and Chad a lift back to the house. Stephen had left his bag in Chad's place - we didn't want to leave behind our Womadelaide stubbie holders!!

All in all another lovely evening with friends.