Day 73 - Monday, March 14th, 2011

After much postponement from all quarters, this evening I finally got to dine with work cubicle colleagues Amaia, Dee and Michelle. A couple of pre-prandial drinks were had in Dicey Reilly's Beer Garden (all pints just €2.50 all night) and then it was on to Saagar Indian Restaurant for yes, you guessed it - a Citydeal dinner! For just €12.50 apiece, we were each treated to a starter, main course, glass of wine and tea or coffee. The food was excellent - I had a very tasty sheekh (lamb) kebab for starters, and then asked for extra-hot chicken chilli masala, but as with the patrons who always ask for "blue" steak but never get it, it was hot but just not hot enough. Some day soon it'll happen. The ladies were very pleased with their culinary offerings as well, and with an extra glass of wine and the largely awful service (the waiter appeared to have a fetish for getting the ladies to hand their empty plates to him and also receive the full ones into their hands too), the bill came to just €20 each. Back to Dicey's for a nightcap and further flowing banter, but we were all sensible and packed ourselves into taxis by 10.30pm.


Dicey's ever-impressive beer garden

Contentment : 12 / 25
Excitement :    3 / 10
Memorability : 3 / 15

Overall Score : 36% (28th out of 73)