Following the last curry club the treasurer had to come up with a new way of recording the costs, so this month saw an old laptop traveling to the restaurant, however, it proved too much hassle, so the usual post-its came out. Next month will be different.
So, having all ordered the main courses the discussions broke out. It didn't take long for Tony and Ian to establish that Peter and Julian were whiskey drinkers and not only that, Peter drinks the best whiskey in the world, Glenmorangie! I can see a splinter club for whiskey drinkers being created ....
There was a discussion about eating in Barcelona and the delights this city has to offer for outdoor eating. Then there was something about subsidence and killing chickens. I'm not sure if the two were related and a load of chickens were killed by some form of subsidence or whether the chickens had caused the subsidence. Of course football was mentioned, well Rushden and Diamonds anyway, not sure if that counts.
Then there was a long discussion about flying, or rather falling out of the sky! There were several tales of bad landings, bad take-offs and in-flight rattles. As I'm not the best of flyers and have to regularly get in a several ton cylinder with fuel strapped to it's sides, this wasn't the most comforting discussion. Fortunately, the food arrived and attentions were drawn elsewhere. With such a big order there is normally something missing, but not this time. The staff did us proud and everyone had what they ordered. In fact we were treated to a chef's extra vegetable dish. Not that Bill got any, as his table seem to eat it all before he got a sniff. The conversation continued with discussion about Coventry. I thought people were sent to Coventry, but it appears some people are born there and several curry club members appear to have been born in the same street.
I must make a point at this time to say that I specifically asked the Prof if he had ordered any Lassi's, to which he said no. Anyway, we continued to eat and talk until we were all full and satisfied. So then came the moment of calculating the bill. The treasurers total was 187, but the bill said 191. Having rechecked the bill, Peter and Tony still made it around 4 pounds out. Anyway, this didn't matter as with people leaving change, there is normally enough to cover this anomaly. It was then that Tony spotted the Prof at the bar, which was shortly followed by a bag with Lassi being handed over!! So there we go the Prof gets Tony again. From now on, a few quid is going to be added to the Profs bill to cover extras that he doesn't declare. For now, someone had an hand in some form of penance as when we left the restaurant we all turned right to go back to the cars, all except the Prof that is, who turned left. Following some calls and shouts of what can you see, we discovered the Prof wandering the streets of Wellingborough.
So to the marking and this month we have gone very hi-tech and everyones score out of 5 for every topic has been captured and averaged. Last time we captured the score of around 10 or the members to give a 15.67 mark to set a new benchmark. The Saffron scored a good 17.18 out of 25. Quality got good marks as did quantity, there was some down marking because of the cost of bottled beer, with the ambience an ok. It was generally agreed that this was a good visit and lived up to a good standard. As usual I must point out that these opinions are entirely personal and represent our view during this specific visit.
As it's Bill's 74th birthday next month, he has agreed to cook .. or at least he has kindly offered his good lady wife Hilary to cook at the church. We look forward to sampling curry and chilli next month. Until then ......