Cheap Friends and Yummy Food

Last night was good fun - no ring on G's finger but it's not her birthday until Sunday anyway so... We went to a (our favourite, where Boyfriend and I are on first name basis with the staff as we're there so often) Japanese restaurant and had some Teppanyaki, which is where you sit around an iron griddle where the chef who's cooking your food is throwing knives and pepper-mills around and it's all very impressive.

They cook up an omelette and cut in into tiny pieces and you're supposed to catch them in your mouth as he throws them. I missed mine and then he wanted me to try again but I don't really like omelette - too eggy - so I passed. Boyfriend caught all his - vulture...

The rest of the food was lovely, scallops, tail of lobster, steak, fried rice (Boyfriend ate most of mine) vegetables etc etc. For dessert we got pancakes with ice-cream and some orangy-liqueur, which I don't like so Boyfriend and I swapped plates as he didn't get as much liqueur on his and finally a cup of coffee or green tea and B was adamant that his green tea was nothing but "warm piss" - I guess his pee comes out at a freezing temperature and I don't want to know how he knows.

It was fun seeing people again as it's been ages but...

...what really pisses me off is that a group of friends go out for a meal and it ought to have been very simple last night as the Teppanyaki menus are set, you just pick one out of 6, and they're clearly priced - then you add for whatever drinks you might have had + a bit of a tip for the staff (or not if you don't fancy it) but the other bits should be so easy. Yet, after everyone has 'paid' it never ever reaches the total sum! I don't get it! It's fairly clever for the cheap buggers to just throw a bunch of money on the table because there's no way anyone would actually count it up in between people adding to the pile. You shouldn't have to see who paid how much! It really annoys me (hence the rant) and it's not like they are poor - they're all fuggin' doctors!! Boyfriend and I paid quite a bit extra as J had to forgo his deposit and it just isn't fair for him to pay what the cheapies don't want to + I don't really think that G should have paid for her meal anyway as we were celebrating her. I just think it's really rude to short-change your friends...

That said, my haircut was a success or as Boyfriend put it; "it's like getting a new girlfriend for only £30!"

Yeah - dream on Loverboy...