Botticelli, Flinders Street Adelaide 27th June 2007

It started off a lonely wednesday night & turned into quite a lively one. Only 3 of us turned up and was graced by two other's presence at the last minutes. There was vegetarian food AND dessert for the vegetarians which made it a pleasant food and tea session. I then tried googling the name BOTTICELLI and found that he was quite a famous italian painter which explained why the restaurant had so many of his paintings.

Discussion

-A trip to the hotsprings and frozen rivers in new zealand would be a wonderful thing to do

-SC's recent prank call woes

-Adolescent memories

-Crime scams in taiwan and malaysia

-restaurant's manager attempt at trying to peek into our score giving notebook

-etc.etc.etc.

Nobody read a book.

Points

sc 9.5

xj 9

sc1 8.5

As the evening was coming to an end our two other member did not give points but looked equally satisfied with their dessert order.

Correction factor

+2 for excellent service and wonderful tea =============>

Average Corrected Score

10.83 out of 10

Buskers - Rundle Mall, Adelaide

A windy, rainy night in an outdoor cafe? Thankfully they had some great heaters set up and it was quite toasty inside.

Discussion Topics
I couldn't follow a lot of the conversation - a lot of Mandarin and I'm not fluent enough in listening. There was some inspection of Driver's Licence photos and rummaging through other peoples' wallets.

Most money was returned by the end of the session.

Session Sponsor - No sponsors as we couldn't order chips.

Points
sc 7
zl 8
jw 8
lc 7
ms 5
dl 5
xj 6
tj 6

Average - 6.5

Correction Factors

+0 for a plant outside the enclosed area
-1 no chips cooked in vegetable oil only - the vegetarians were SAAAAD!
-1 for the rotten weather.
+1 for the effective heating
+0.5 for the cool atmosphere

Corrected Score - 6

Al Fresco - Rundle St, Adelaide.

Meeting 2 - Venue chosen by MS. Mostly hot chocolates and some strong Italian style coffee. One pizza and chips also ordered. Not really busy on the night. Slick professional service. A pizza ordered had nice fresh ingredients and the chips were real potato (EXTRA POINTS!!!!)

Discussion Topics
1/ The size of rats in different home cities. The picture right shows OW demonstrating the rat/mouse categorisation point - the result of some study on his part. Below this size it is a mouse, above it is a rat. Juvenile rats are excluded from this criterion.

2/ The way that everything averages out ...
For every person that loses weight, someone gains weight
For every person that gets into a relationship, one breaks up
And so it goes...

Session Sponsor - Stevehu for chips (again)

Points
sc 8
xj 7
sc1 7.5
ms 8
ow 8
ec 6
zl 8

Average - 7.3

Correction Factors
+1 for a plant adjacent to one of the lounges - real!
+1 for chips made from real potatoes
-0.5 for a small table - but there was some discussion that it was an advantage that brought people closer together.

Corrected Score - 8.8

Cafe D'Amore - Pulteney St, Adelaide.

Our first meeting. Most of us ordered hot chocolates with a couple of Mochas sneaking their way in. Big Modern Cafe with helpful staff. We were at the right time to get a couple of facing lounges.

Discussion Topics
Black Holes and spagettification and generation of X-rays

Session Sponsor - Stevehu for chips

Points
sc 8
xj 6
ms 5
zl 8
ow 8

Average - 8.9

Correction Factors
-1 for a fake plant adjacent to one of the lounges
+1 for chips made from real potatoes
+1 for comfy chairs

Corrected Score - 9.9