Dining decadence you say? Pea roasted for your delectation.

Some twenty years ago whilst basking in the glow of the lowliest salary on earth (but a salary nonetheless) I managed to persuade three of my mates that we should go out to our regular Chinese and see if we could spend £100...on food only...per head! I should point out that whilst perfectly serviceable this was not a 'fancy' Chinese. The evening commenced with a good five minutes worth of note taking by the waiter who shortly after delivered an 'extra' table as ours couldn't fit all of the dishes on it. We were stuffed by the end of the starters but nothing if not determined ploughed on into the main courses accompanied by a deluge of vino and beer (not included in the £100 target remember). Two of our party made their way to the toilets for a tactical chunder to leave space for desserts and the obligatory spirits and cigar combo. Along the way we even had time to make a really blatant pass at a waitress and persuade them to let us steal the chopsticks rests.

Now if any of you can tell me why we thought this was a good idea for four lads of limited means when £15 could have fed all of us quite satisfactorily, answers on a postcard please!
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 26 May 2011, 14:23, 4 replies)

It's a natural urge
in a group of young men to demonstrate their power and physical aptitude in any given situation, especially one which also gives you an excuse to get drunk and eat too much.

I should know. When I was nineteen, I was asked to leave an 'All You Can Eat' Chinese, for 'taking the piss'.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 26 May 2011, 14:29, closed)

Fine work!

( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 26 May 2011, 14:33, closed)

I thought they were being very unfair
I wasn't even just going for the expensive stuff. I'd had about 5 bowls of rice along the way.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 26 May 2011, 14:38, closed)

wonton soup, surely.
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 26 May 2011, 14:35, closed)