Another Thursday Another Curry?

Visited The Staple Hill Oak last night together with Jim, Geoff, Pet, Duncan, Mary, John, Alannis and her friend. Started the night with O'Hanlon's Goodwill Bitter 5%. I decided against a curry for the second week in a row and elected to try the Thai Egg noodles, cooked with coconut and yellow Thai-style sauce, flavoured with garlic, basil and chillies – mixed with shiitake mushrooms, mange-tout, red pepper and spring onion. With chicken. I also order a nan bread on the side. It was very tasty and quite spicy. Have to say that I enjoyed it. The others had the usual curries. On then to another festive beer Cottage Brewing Norman Conquest Xmas Ale at 4.5%. Norman Conquest normally comes out at 6.8% to 7%. However, the Xmas Ale is relatively weak at only 4.5%. We went on to a pint of Bath Ales Festivity 5%. Once again I could see that my companions and myself were getting very good looking and highly intelligent. So as not to spoil this obvious effect we had a final pint of Goodwill.

Of course our debating skills were also improving by the pint. At this point I would like to reassure the reader that more bullocks were talked last night than at any other time over the festive season. Then all of a sudden it was time to go home as Alannis and her friend were asked to leave. Children not being allowed after 9.30 and as it was fast approaching 10 we smiled to the nice deputy manager and shuffled our way out to the car park. All in all a very successful and enjoyable evening. No major criticism of either the food, beer or service. All is well at the Staple Hill Oak. May it long be so.