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Our extensive World Tour continues. After success at Mexico we went to Nepal courtesy of the Gurkha Restaurant in Palmerston Road. We weren't quite sure what to expect with it being in such a salubrious part of town but it turned out to be excellent choice (well done Pete). The general consensus was that it was good value for money and the food was excellent. Pretty quiet though which was a shame. We followed that up in May with a visit to the Green and Cafe 52. Much discussion is ongoing as to the part of the world that represents. I reckon it would need to be somewhere that has Rhubarb as it's national dish as rhubarb made an appearance in just about every dish that was on the menu. Tip for the future though - don't let Wild Bill anywhere near a pub before us. He got there a couple of hours early and was (as we say in Scotland) in fine form by the time the rest of us turned up. He compounded that by spilling a bottle of beer all over my trousis as we sat down to eat. He was forgiven however as that particular brand of beer was not exactly to my taste, so I got a new one earlier than expected. Once again an excellent night was had by all.
Now on to the June LotusBeer. Once again Peter came to the fore and suggested the Goulash in the Adelphi - so guess what country? The aforementioned Mr Buchan posted a blog advising the entire world where we were going to be and at what time. Unfortunately he left it until 2pm on the day so we didn't get any takers. However we did have one of our biggest turnouts ever with the usual suspects (myself, Bill, Peter) [Editor: Cough, cough, ain't you forgetting someone?] with some new faces Nicole and Stefan and even a guest appearance by Don fae the Cooncil who turned up by complete and utter accident and Sheila of our trip to Turkey fame. Not wishing to knock Bill's Blog which is a regular source of entertainment for us geeks but Don fae the Cooncil is a relative of some sort to our member in good standing Billy Bob Buchan yet he obviously hadn't read the Blog. Anyway it was nice to see Don ftC again and member in good standing Billy Bob Buchan has been instructed to make sure that his family members are suitably advised in the future (and not just his immediate family). So we had a few Scots, an Irishman, a couple of English folk and a Slovakian (I think) for our continuing World Tour.
Keith has volunteered to put up a map on the LotusBeer website (http://www.lotusbeer.com) which shows the countries we have visited like those visitor maps you see on proper sites [Editor: Done]. What I think is really encouraging though is how far around the world we have got without visiting India and China. I think that only a few years ago we would be struggling for suitable restaurants by now I reckon though we must have a good few months left in this yet though. Pete has suggested that we break down the regions of India and China to make the tour last even longer. However without really thinking about it we have still to go to Italy, Greece, France, Spain Japan Thailand and Australia before we have to take on the Chinese and Indian Regions so that is us booked up for the rest of this year no worries.
Much quaffing of amber nectar (and some white wine stuff by the women) followed along with the usual stories and various exaggerations and perhaps even some lies thrown in for good measure. Stefan god bless him was hanging on B B Buchan's every word as the groupie he most surely wants to be (I give it a couple of months until he knows Bill as well as the rest of us.....).
Hot topics included whether or not 1 was a Prime number. I donned my best wannabe Geek Hat and tried to argue with Keith about why phone cameras take such crap pictures. Keith reckons he won but as I am writing the minutes I am going to claim victory temporarily until of course the Geek king (the Programmer formerly known as Keith Smillie) edits this little offering [Editor: As any fule kno, it's all about the size of the hole and the waveyness of the light].
The other main discussion I got into was trying to explain to Nicole the difference between a Minister and a Vicar. I found that quite worrying as her dad is a Vicar so I have to assume she slept in late on a Sunday quite a lot.
TPFKaKS and I discussed the possibility of setting up LotusBeer Chapters or Branches depending on which side of the Atlantic you're from. Obviously there will not be any rules except that you have to post the date of your next meeting. Anyone who comes from more than 300 miles away get's their food paid for. TPFKaKS was quite worried about this development but I reckon it would be a stottin idea. Interestingly BB Buchan got a response on his Blog saying that an Irish Branch may be in the offing - we'll be watching the development of that one with interest.
TPFKaKS has taken the King's Shilling since our last MoM were published and is now in a position of semi responsibility. Do they know what they have done? Keep an eye on Keith's real website http://www.domiclipse.com for further developments of his Repton and Anaximander applications. Will they make him his fortune. we're all hoping yes cos then we will get him to pay for the LotusBeer meetings.
And so at a time when I would rather have been going home (about 9pm I think and I'd been out since 4) we decamped from the PoW (Prince of Wales) and headed for Goulash in the Adelphi. You will note how brief the minutes are from this point on as things started to get a bit....well.... hazy. The owner (I assume it was he) was in good form and quite an entertaining guy. I almost felt sorry for the diners already there as the Geekfest descended on their Oasis of calm. We had a mixed set of starters. Peter reckoned that all that was was various breads but Keith, Nicole and I have to hold our hands up and admit that the starters were not succeeding in getting past us. I don't know what everyone else had but obviously the thing to have was Goulash. After all if someone calls their restaurant that they must have a fair idea of how to make it. The owner came and gave us some hot chilli sauce and warned us not to put too much of it on the Goulash. Pete and I, displaying the sort of caution we have become renowned for, split the sauce between us. Why do people who drink do that? I don't think it will be giving too much away to admit that it certainly perked the goulash up a bit! Luckily there was a nice bottle of Bull's Blood there to keep the temperature of my mouth down to marginally below that of the surface of the Sun.
I have to come clean here and admit that I can't remember if we had any sweet or not - perhaps someone else can remember? [Editor: No sweets]
Excellent night was had by all - already looking forward to next month when we will be going to ...........
[Editor: Once our esteemed project manager, note taker and all round memory man went to bed the rest of us wandered off to some pub or other. After getting kicked out we wandered off to some other pub. When that pub closed we made our way home. Upon being approached by some pimp and kindly refusing his wares, Keith then spent about 30 minutes comparing and contrasting philosophy, natural philosophy and religion until a small oriental guy and suggested that he go back to work.]
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Our extensive World Tour continues. After success at Mexico we went to Nepal courtesy of the Gurkha Restaurant in Palmerston Road. We weren't quite sure what to expect with it being in such a salubrious part of town but it turned out to be excellent choice (well done Pete). The general consensus was that it was good value for money and the food was excellent. Pretty quiet though which was a shame. We followed that up in May with a visit to the Green and Cafe 52. Much discussion is ongoing as to the part of the world that represents. I reckon it would need to be somewhere that has Rhubarb as it's national dish as rhubarb made an appearance in just about every dish that was on the menu. Tip for the future though - don't let Wild Bill anywhere near a pub before us. He got there a couple of hours early and was (as we say in Scotland) in fine form by the time the rest of us turned up. He compounded that by spilling a bottle of beer all over my trousis as we sat down to eat. He was forgiven however as that particular brand of beer was not exactly to my taste, so I got a new one earlier than expected. Once again an excellent night was had by all.
Now on to the June LotusBeer. Once again Peter came to the fore and suggested the Goulash in the Adelphi - so guess what country? The aforementioned Mr Buchan posted a blog advising the entire world where we were going to be and at what time. Unfortunately he left it until 2pm on the day so we didn't get any takers. However we did have one of our biggest turnouts ever with the usual suspects (myself, Bill, Peter) [Editor: Cough, cough, ain't you forgetting someone?] with some new faces Nicole and Stefan and even a guest appearance by Don fae the Cooncil who turned up by complete and utter accident and Sheila of our trip to Turkey fame. Not wishing to knock Bill's Blog which is a regular source of entertainment for us geeks but Don fae the Cooncil is a relative of some sort to our member in good standing Billy Bob Buchan yet he obviously hadn't read the Blog. Anyway it was nice to see Don ftC again and member in good standing Billy Bob Buchan has been instructed to make sure that his family members are suitably advised in the future (and not just his immediate family). So we had a few Scots, an Irishman, a couple of English folk and a Slovakian (I think) for our continuing World Tour.
Keith has volunteered to put up a map on the LotusBeer website (http://www.lotusbeer.com) which shows the countries we have visited like those visitor maps you see on proper sites [Editor: Done]. What I think is really encouraging though is how far around the world we have got without visiting India and China. I think that only a few years ago we would be struggling for suitable restaurants by now I reckon though we must have a good few months left in this yet though. Pete has suggested that we break down the regions of India and China to make the tour last even longer. However without really thinking about it we have still to go to Italy, Greece, France, Spain Japan Thailand and Australia before we have to take on the Chinese and Indian Regions so that is us booked up for the rest of this year no worries.
Much quaffing of amber nectar (and some white wine stuff by the women) followed along with the usual stories and various exaggerations and perhaps even some lies thrown in for good measure. Stefan god bless him was hanging on B B Buchan's every word as the groupie he most surely wants to be (I give it a couple of months until he knows Bill as well as the rest of us.....).
Hot topics included whether or not 1 was a Prime number. I donned my best wannabe Geek Hat and tried to argue with Keith about why phone cameras take such crap pictures. Keith reckons he won but as I am writing the minutes I am going to claim victory temporarily until of course the Geek king (the Programmer formerly known as Keith Smillie) edits this little offering [Editor: As any fule kno, it's all about the size of the hole and the waveyness of the light].
The other main discussion I got into was trying to explain to Nicole the difference between a Minister and a Vicar. I found that quite worrying as her dad is a Vicar so I have to assume she slept in late on a Sunday quite a lot.
TPFKaKS and I discussed the possibility of setting up LotusBeer Chapters or Branches depending on which side of the Atlantic you're from. Obviously there will not be any rules except that you have to post the date of your next meeting. Anyone who comes from more than 300 miles away get's their food paid for. TPFKaKS was quite worried about this development but I reckon it would be a stottin idea. Interestingly BB Buchan got a response on his Blog saying that an Irish Branch may be in the offing - we'll be watching the development of that one with interest.
TPFKaKS has taken the King's Shilling since our last MoM were published and is now in a position of semi responsibility. Do they know what they have done? Keep an eye on Keith's real website http://www.domiclipse.com for further developments of his Repton and Anaximander applications. Will they make him his fortune. we're all hoping yes cos then we will get him to pay for the LotusBeer meetings.
And so at a time when I would rather have been going home (about 9pm I think and I'd been out since 4) we decamped from the PoW (Prince of Wales) and headed for Goulash in the Adelphi. You will note how brief the minutes are from this point on as things started to get a bit....well.... hazy. The owner (I assume it was he) was in good form and quite an entertaining guy. I almost felt sorry for the diners already there as the Geekfest descended on their Oasis of calm. We had a mixed set of starters. Peter reckoned that all that was was various breads but Keith, Nicole and I have to hold our hands up and admit that the starters were not succeeding in getting past us. I don't know what everyone else had but obviously the thing to have was Goulash. After all if someone calls their restaurant that they must have a fair idea of how to make it. The owner came and gave us some hot chilli sauce and warned us not to put too much of it on the Goulash. Pete and I, displaying the sort of caution we have become renowned for, split the sauce between us. Why do people who drink do that? I don't think it will be giving too much away to admit that it certainly perked the goulash up a bit! Luckily there was a nice bottle of Bull's Blood there to keep the temperature of my mouth down to marginally below that of the surface of the Sun.
I have to come clean here and admit that I can't remember if we had any sweet or not - perhaps someone else can remember? [Editor: No sweets]
Excellent night was had by all - already looking forward to next month when we will be going to ...........
[Editor: Once our esteemed project manager, note taker and all round memory man went to bed the rest of us wandered off to some pub or other. After getting kicked out we wandered off to some other pub. When that pub closed we made our way home. Upon being approached by some pimp and kindly refusing his wares, Keith then spent about 30 minutes comparing and contrasting philosophy, natural philosophy and religion until a small oriental guy and suggested that he go back to work.]
