Thursday 8th May - Jake gets excited about the 'exotic' choice of Hannibal's Lebanese Restaurant. Nat books the Cushion Room and JON arrives to an almost empty restaurant (cue the waiter turning on the lights in the cushion room). Fat cushions and carpeted walls make for a comfy seating arrangement, save the dim red light which evidently makes it hard to see what JON is reading on the menu. "Hommos..(pronounced "homos") are they like olives?"
After ordering, JON starts to notice the random techno arabic music and the presence of the stoned waiter. "He better not eat our farking food!" $25 each and a banquet for 3 later, JON can't move after smashing vine leaves, ladies fingers, falafels, garlic chicken and rice, hommos and tabouli.
SOLID*
* word extracted from the Stewart Dictionary. Published Brisbane, QLD.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Jon plus a cameo
Friday 1st Feb - JON decides to dine at Bondi Social. Can't remember much of the conversation potentially because it was almost 6 months ago, potentially because of the drinks. But JON does remember that the food was a notch above average, service was slow and the atmos* was lacking. All a bit disappointing after the brilliance of Bodega. Fortunately, it was all offset by Loren's cameo appearance and more random JON stories.
Forgettable.
*word favoured by Oli. From the Stewart Dictionary. Published Brisbane, QLD.
We are JON
Late November 2007, 3 ex-workmates catch up for dinner.
Standing outside a dodgy pub sinking beers in the late summer sun, they're nearly doubled over with laughter at their latest escapades..."I rubbed my eyes and said, 'Amber is that you?" ...."So then we pinky promised whatever happens, we'll always be friends"....."The place is so small I do my own production estimates"....."My agency is run like a Communist state".... "I'm loving it. I just made a deal for 6 weeks of annual leave a year".
The conversation flows on as they move from dodgy pub to not-so-dodgy restaurant, Bodega. Many Argentinian beers, Spanish reds and tapas plates later, JON is born. It started big - reviews...restaurants, people, fashion, places...then bright lights and B-grade celebrity stardom for Jake. He could see it already. Nat being ever efficient and organised started drawing up Y-frames and mindmaps. Oli just laughed, proclaimed it was "GOLD" and asked when we'd have more beers.
It never extended beyond a blurry photo taken on Bill's blackberry and the promise of another JON dinner. To this day, it remains what it always has from the start....3 mates loving the hilarity, food and good times they share with each other.
We are JON.
Standing outside a dodgy pub sinking beers in the late summer sun, they're nearly doubled over with laughter at their latest escapades..."I rubbed my eyes and said, 'Amber is that you?" ...."So then we pinky promised whatever happens, we'll always be friends"....."The place is so small I do my own production estimates"....."My agency is run like a Communist state".... "I'm loving it. I just made a deal for 6 weeks of annual leave a year".
The conversation flows on as they move from dodgy pub to not-so-dodgy restaurant, Bodega. Many Argentinian beers, Spanish reds and tapas plates later, JON is born. It started big - reviews...restaurants, people, fashion, places...then bright lights and B-grade celebrity stardom for Jake. He could see it already. Nat being ever efficient and organised started drawing up Y-frames and mindmaps. Oli just laughed, proclaimed it was "GOLD" and asked when we'd have more beers.
It never extended beyond a blurry photo taken on Bill's blackberry and the promise of another JON dinner. To this day, it remains what it always has from the start....3 mates loving the hilarity, food and good times they share with each other.
We are JON.
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