Dinner

Dinner tonight was with the FDC ladies to farewell (again) one of the co-ordinators.  I believe this is the third time we have had a dinner and said sayonara to this particular lady, alas like a bad penny she keeps coming back.  It was with this in mind that I only contributed $2 to her leaving present.  Dinner itself was at a local "Italian" eatery.  In that Queensland way they have, all were raving about the food, and "Tony" (restaurant owner - he of the grimy shirtsleves and surly disposition), and the general fabulous-ness of it all.  Well of course, it was mediocre at best. Prices, for a suburban "Italian" pizza/pasta/mains restaurant were way over the top, given the quality, presentation and atmosphere.  The food was passable, but completely bland, the service was awful - slow, random and annoying as we were a large group and some meals were served 20mins apart (!), it seemed this stemmed from having the take-away and restaurant kitchen combined, causing peaks and troughs in the service within the restaurant.  My "tiramisu", like all the deserts, was presented on tacky $2 shop glass plate, with a messy scrawl of aerosol "cream" and a cherry.  One of those candied, fake, bright pink cherries.

So now, after being home for just a short hour, I am suffering a diabolical stomach churning, toilet splattering, price for eating out at Tony's.

posted by: blytheswideshut at May 19, 2005 22:29 | link | comments |

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