Meeting old friends

[curiouswombat]

Yesterday evening S2C, D-d and I went out for a meal with a friend from a very long time ago. When we lived in the NE of England we had a group of friends with whom we played D&D every week. One of that group, whose mother used to babysit D-d when she was a baby, was visiting the island for TT with friends and got in touch

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[brutti_ma_buoni]

My dad used to manage just one man - a Hong Kong Chinese guy with hospitable instincts and very firm ideas about good Chinese cooking. He used to arrange banquets at Chinatown restaurants he approved of. Absolutely the right word, though the bill was always ludicrously discounted for him, like £20 a head including wine. There was always lobster then, and it was *amazing*.

Sniff. I miss those days.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Btw, I laughed, rereading your post - such shorthand we LJers use and teach each other. S2C, D-d, D&D, TT, NE, and I didn't blink when first reading.

[curiouswombat]

We do rather, don't we?

[curiouswombat]

Sounds rather good. Somehow I never think of lobster in the context of Chinese - but then this restaurant does venison too - Alan had the venison and declared it to also be very good.

It also has one of the best views on the island - good place.

[pondhopper]

Around here you can't get lobster in Chinese restaurants. Wow! It's gorgeous!
Isn't it great to reconnect with old friends?
:)

[curiouswombat]

It was a good evening - and we got on really well with his mates, too, which was good.

The lobster does look amazing - maybe I'll try it sometime!

[clodia_metelli]

And suddenly I am desperately hungry. It looks amazing! I love the yellow flower.

[curiouswombat]

The flower was really the perfect finishing touch!

[ysilme]

That sounds lovely - the meeting as well as the food! ;o) I've never seen lobster on the menu on a Chinese restaurant before, but then, I've never been to a Chinese restaurant close enough to the sea either to make it reasonable serving it, I suppose. Duck is already rather exotic! *g*

How awesome that this group still meets, and that the friendships formed there still exist. It's so awesome to meet with friends from waaay back who are stillf rriends. I just had a lovely dose of that myself: a Chinese friend living in Malaysia came to visit two times during the last ten days (interrupted by a trip through Germany). We've been pen pals since we were 12, and while we didn't always keep the letter exchange going, we stayed in touch over the years.

[curiouswombat]

This particular restaurant also does venison - which is pretty odd on a Chinese menu, I think.

And yes - meeting up with old friends is fun - nice to know you've been doing the same. I was really amazed to imagine that the D&D group still met.

[bojojoti]

Amazing the D&D group is still going strong after all those years!

Glad you had a pleasant evening.

[curiouswombat]

I was really surprised when he said they still met - a couple of new members, he said, but still many of the original core group.