Melbourne mad cow dinner - Olive Tree 7pm, Wed. 27 Nov2024

[Hvr]

Waygu for me.

 

[serfty]

It happened...

 

[Hvr]

 

[Goodonya]

Some of the reds tonight.
It was good to catch up. It’s been a while.

 

[Oscarq]

Thank you to @serfty for organising a very enjoyable dinner. Great to meet more AFFER's.

 

[LinaLee]

Thank you to @serfty for organising a very enjoyable dinner. Great to meet more AFFER's.

Second that and also at the excellent organisation of @serfty.

Good to meet up too with old friends and making new ones.

 

[penegal]

Well... what a night!

It was absolutely fantastic to see so many familiar faces and re-connect (I think I even remembered some of the names). It was also lovely to meet the newcomer who introduced me to a lovely Tassie Pinot Noir [and a Yarra Chardonnay I think?].

Big thanks to @serfty for organising this mildly self-indulgent dinner for me and everyone.

It turns out that none of us can count on "Mr Legacy" @Matt_01 whose tardiness rivals my own. RSVPing after the event started and still coming is quite an impressive feat, however bringing some "second-hand" dishwasher detergent and trying to feed it to astute AFF members as wine was a low point.

At the opposite end of the scale, our dear friend @whughes3 brought a lovely "Chinese" wine from that great band Ben Folds Five. The Grange was singing after about an hour in the decanter. Honourable mention to @Sprucegoose whose wines were also lovely.

Thank you all who attended, and for those lurking, I encourage you to come along to the next one.

Cheers
penegal

 

[Sprucegoose]

It was great to catch up with old friends and to meet some new people. Bcomm I expect to see you atr more of our functions.

Be there in around 20-30 minutes. Need to get changed and into an Uber.

Matt, you won the show with the Legacy wine from Accor. Hughie's bottle of Grange just couldn't compete.

Cheers Spruce.

Well... what a night!

It was absolutely fantastic to see so many familiar faces and re-connect (I think I even remembered some of the names). It was also lovely to meet the newcomer who introduced me to a lovely Tassie Pinot Noir [and a Yarra Chardonnay I think?].

Big thanks to @serfty for organising this mildly self-indulgent dinner for me and everyone.

It turns out that none of us can count on "Mr Legacy" @Matt_01 whose tardiness rivals my own. RSVPing after the event started and still coming is quite an impressive feat, however bringing some "second-hand" dishwasher detergent and trying to feed it to astute AFF members as wine was a low point.

At the opposite end of the scale, our dear friend @whughes3 brought a lovely "Chinese" wine from that great band Ben Folds Five. The Grange was singing after about an hour in the decanter. Honourable mention to @Sprucegoose whose wines were also lovely.

Thank you all who attended, and for those lurking, I encourage you to come along to the next one.

Cheers
penegal

I share your feelings, @penegal, and appreciate @serfty for his gastronomic organisational aplomb. It was a wonderful evening, and it was great to meet members I hadn't met before, @BCons and @Oscarq. I owe an apology to these good folks for enduring 'The Legacy' due to the thoughtless actions of a former Army 'Wine Mess' Lieutenant (allegedly) and to the Uber driver who refused to stop by a fine wine merchant. This stain will indeed be hard to erase from popular folklore.

Therefore, I propose renaming the dinner 'The Legacy' for all future engagements and will leave that to the learned Committee to discuss.

@whughes3 takes the gold again - thanks, mate.