We went out for dinner last night - out to the Maharani for a curry.
I've never been in there before, preferring Chinese, but the Monday night badminton group have had takeout from there back into the hall for our social nights, and its been very good.
I was very pleased with the food last night. Absolutely fantastic, and I'm not that fond of Indian food.
The only real issue was the noise. There was a group of about 12 young people in, spread over 2 tables. I can only presume that they forgot to take their headphones off and felt they had to shout over the loud music. One girl was sitting in the corner of their booth and seemed to want everyone else in the restaurant to hear what she had to bray, and IMHO it really wasn't that interesting, but listen we had to.
Another guy had left his woolly hat on. I am of the opinion that you take your hat off inside, especially one designed to protect from the extremes of cold as this one was. Particularly when sitting down to eat. But disregard the etiquette consider the health issue. He certainly wasn't going to get the benefit once he went back outside. Also, I am convinced his brain was being poached in his skull the entire time. He kept going on, to each and every person in their group, at great volume (his hearing muffled due to the aforementioned woolly hat) that he had commented on a comment about a picture on facebook and not on the picture itself. As if this really matters!
At one point I was going to head over and remind them to use their indoor voices. Or simply STFU.
All in all, a great meal, but a poor night. Next time we go I'll ask not to be sat in the kids area!
