About four months ago a bunch of us started a dinner club - NABC - it's a revenge club for us to counter act the wives's book clubs! Not Another Book Club!! Initially there was F... floating around the middle as well, but we thought we'll keep things tidy!
So this is how things work is there are 10 of us, each month a different guy acts as host on the last Thursday evening. The host chooses the restaurant, makes the booking, circulates the details and basically makes it happen. Sounds like fun?? You bet!
We've done four so far:
- July, I hosted at Market.
- August, Max hosted at Dish.
- September, Solly Jr hosted at 9th Ave Bistro.
- October, Graham hosted at Cafe 1999.
I've got no pics of the first three, but lots memories of great food and fun times, but I'm not gonna back track, I will however commit to post details of our meals (or at least those sitting around me and my own) from here on.
Cafe 1999
What a vibe!!!!!
I hadn't been to Cafe 1999 in a long time. This restaurant has been around for a while, as the name suggests, as a matter of fact the last time was when Andre Schubert was still the owner (he is now the proprietor of Market, and Arts Cafe at ACKZN Gallery). It was like nothing (except a barely noticeable decor update) has changed. A Tapas style menu, as good as always and way ahead of the trendy fashion curve, still had almost all the guys ordering the same meal - it never happens! So in the main it was Grilled calamari on glass noodles for most, with Paulie doing deep fried Anchovies and myself having parma wrapped figs, stuffed with bleu.
For Mains it was a full-house of Pan fried Lamb Fillet, served on herbed mash with a spicy tommato sauce, topped with Gremolata. Graham, who's a regular, suggested a substitution of the mash with the porcini risotto, which most of the guys opted for.
Great food, great company!!!!
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