31/03/03  Beeston Tandoori

It being the Saturday evening of the Spring 2003 BOS convention, a meeting of poppadom regulars was called. The nearest venue was in Beeston, so the more athletic of us walked it, whilst Mr & Mrs Macey drove in their limo. I'd booked that afternoon, so they were reasonably prepared for the 25 who made the journey.

Sadly, it meant we sat at 4 separate tables and cross-table banter (not to mention the throwing of small items of food) was almost impossible. One or two new members were present, so they were taught the ritual of "folding the logo" and were 100% successful. Our one slight disappointment was that guest stars Paul Jackson, Miri Golan and Jackson-Golan junior were unable to attend, having been booked in for the regular convention fare. I'm not sure what the Indian meals are like in Israel, but I doubt there's much folding goes on!

Three of the tables were served in good time, but the one I was on was unfortunately kept waiting for over an hour. Giles Towning came up with an impressive origami red chilli, which was nearly eaten by hungry folders! We whiled the time away making models and harassing the waiter every time he walked (or rather ran) past! When it came, the food was great and since our table had several veggies, we swapped meals left, right & centre.

The prospect of missing the Opera by Paulioni Jacksonioni was a terrifying one, but we managed to wolf it down in time. Sue Pope (BOS treasurer managed to flash a student discount card and obtained a discount for the entire table on grounds of the delay, so we staggered back to the convention happy and well-fed.