Dinner at La Grillade

When I used to travel a lot to Sydney I would frequently go to La Grillade particularly if we were celebrating something. The long-time reader will recall that one of the original objectives of the tour was to meet with friends and colleagues who had had an impact on our lives. With the dinner at La Grillade we were starting to accomplish this objective.

Robert and Marion were a little late getting back from The Bridge Walk so it was rush, rush, rush to change and get out the door of the hotel. We got to the restaurant just a little late by which time everybody was there and so it was all hellos and greetings plus grabbing a quick drink at the bar. There were twelve of us ; Keith, Kasugi, Jamie, Neal, Joanne, Josette, Ian, Paul, Allison, Robert, Marion and myself. The connection point for this group was that we had either worked for SPSS Inc or were the partner of some who had done so.

In my experience people who have worked together for long periods of time almost always seem to pick up conversations where they had left off years before. This was the case with this group. Of course new subjects were gradually introduced and we were all able to catch up with the latest events in peoples lives.

Eventually we moved to our table and ordered our meals. I have not the slightest idea what everybody ordered. Suffice it to say that what I had was very good and we can chalk up yet another splendid dinner on our tour. Others seemed to enjoy what they had ordered and we washed it down with Leuuwin Estate Art 2008 Sauvignan Blanc and a 2004 Charles Cimicky Reserve Shiraz, both went down very well.

The evening broke up quite late, much later than we had planned as we had an early start the next morning as we were on our way to New Zealand.

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