I took my date to Annandale Hotel for lunch on Parramatta Road. It’s usually quiet for lunch at noon, even on weekends. It was noon. But the kitchen was not open for another five minutes. I took my date to the beer garden. We found a table and waited.
The menu was Burgers by Josh. I don’t know Josh. But the Burgers were made by him. After some discussion I decided to have “The Scorpio” and my date decided to have the “J Burger”. “The Scorpio” was a fried chicken burger with coleslaw and jalapeños. The “J Burger” was a beef burger with cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles.
After a while we agreed the kitchen must be open by now. I went to order. In the meantime a queue had formed.
I waited in the queue to order. My date waited at the table.
Josh or his burgers must be very popular. Unless everybody was there by accident. But that seemed unlikely. I was hungry from waiting. When I ordered the burgers I added onion rings. I also ordered a beer and a white wine. The beer was for me. The wine was for my date. I’d be a pretty lousy date if I sat there with a beer and drank it while my date was thirsty.
After I ordered I had a buzzer.
I put the buzzer on the table with my date and the drinks. I put the buzzer next to me. I’d be a pretty lousy date if the buzzer went off and my date grabbed it and fetched the food and I just sat there like a lousy date.
I talked to my date while we waited. We agreed we were both hungry. When the buzzer went off I grabbed it and went to get the the burgers and onion rings. I came back and we ate them all straight away. I let my date taste “The Scorpio”. I wanted to say “it’s hot” because the burger was hot but I thought she might think I was saying “you’re hot” and it was only lunchtime. My date doesn’t like hot food.
The burgers were large. There was a lot of sauce. I used several napkins because the sauce was on my hands. I handed a napkin to my date too. I’d be a pretty lousy date if I hogged all the napkins.
After we ate and cleaned our hands we left Annandale Hotel.
The food was OK.
The Food was OK 