It was definitely a wonderful night tonight. Besides there being 11 people in attendance, it was a perfect evening. Not too warm or cold.
Stephen and I arrived at the Grace Emily Hotel to see Con sitting outside. Chad followed not long after then Patrick. We had a mixture of chairs and stools. We were lucky in getting as many seats as we did, but it was pretty quiet at the pub.
Chris, Richard and Albert rocked up.
Chad showed me the Bert Newton shrine. It was timely because apparently Bert is in hospital at the moment. The Emily has a great Aussie feel to it. People were playing darts when I went to the bathroom.
The last to turn up was Ian, Theresa and Rory. Rory is looking bigger - not a baby anymore. We was wearing a Christmas shirt and hat. There weren't enough seats outside so they went to sit inside where the stage was located. Con joined them to finish his final beer.
Albert and Stephen was sitting next to each other and even though they were talking about politics for a short time, they moved onto other topics and were having a civil conversation.
Even though we parked right outside the pub, we walked about 10 minutes to the K-Pub restaurant. It seemed a longer walk :-)
Con sat at the end of the table next to Chad to turn a table of 10 into 11. We asked about a separate bill and we were told to go up and pay beforehand. I like a restaurant that does that.
Well, no sooner had I sat down, our food started coming out. It must have been less than 2 minutes. This is the fastest turnaround of food I have ever had in a restaurant. Top scores for the service!! It was such a big table that I couldn't see what everyone ate, so I'll just stick to who had what up at my end of the table.
Theresa paid for Rory's meal as soon as we sat down, so his meal came out first. It was a beef noodle soup. Way too hot for Rory. It was also a huge bowl. Rory gave his meal a big two thumbs up.
Stephen and I shared vegetarian. We had vegan chicken (sweet chilli), mock beef and vegetable stir fry and stir fried rice with dumplings to start. It all came out in less than 5 minutes and we had it all eaten in less than 10 minutes. It was delicious!!! I gave my meal a 9 and Stephen gave his meal an 8. The meals for both of us including a glass of red wine came to $62.
Con and Chad had the same dish. A shared meat dumplings to start (which they had to ask for later as it never came out) and the spicy squid in tomato sauce. 8's for both of them.
Theresa had vegan chicken and a bowl of veggies. She liked her meal and ate all of it.
Patrick had stir fried rice and ramen. He gave his meal a 7.
Albert gave his meal a 7 too.
A success all round!!
Ian, Theresa and Rory left shortly after their meal and the rest of us decided to go for coffee at Cafe Troppo which was by Whitmore Square. Stephen went back to get the car and I walked the 10 minutes to the cafe (Con and Chad were walking ahead). Patrick behind them. Richard took the car and Albert also decided to walk.
When we got to the Cafe they had already cleaned the coffee machine which was now closed for the night, so we decided to go to Buorngornio in Norwood. Richard went to his concert and the 5 of us went to Norwood.
Albert had berry cheesecake.
Con had banana bread.
Stephen had the apple bavarian cheesecake.
Chad didn't have anything.
Albert called an Uber which came within 5 minutes. I gave Chad a lift back to the city to catch the bus.
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