Leaving Do

Yesternight I had my leaving do - a sort of farewell party in which a few colleagues got together to recount incidents and milstones which had made the 6 month stay so remarkable.
Had been the entire day in Blackpool, and had to drive to Leeds to host the party.
The evening kicked off with a bunch of drinks (Vodka to Cider...with beers in between) at the Scarborough Taps - a favourite, old English drinking house in Leeds - known for Tetleys beer(which incidentally) is bottled right outside my house(Cheers maetee!!!)

Then came the 'walking the line' bit - trying to walk steadily towards our dinner destination which exotically enough was named "Spice Quarter at the Millenium Square" - pretty close to Leeds Metropolitan University(Leeds Met Rocks Dude ...)

The restaurant was nicely laid out - with drinks in the basement (a very posh sit-out and good service) and a lavish buffet spread on the first floor. Everyone had another couple of rounds of drinks and then went upstairs for dinner(walking the line, walking the line ...yet)

Dinner was a merry affair, with the hazelnut bites dipped in the amazing chocolate fountain(amazing piece of culinary innovation). Dinner was a mish-mash of indian, italian and thai - very good food. Imagine having a masala dosa(pretty good one too) in Leeds, and finishin off your meal with a ras'malai' (Shwe - 'malai' this time) and gulab jamun. The service staff were amazing and the the crowd profile - was generally mid-twenties with a sizeable section of posh seniors thrown in as well.

Loads of photos, with Katy almost drenched in Chocolate - a la me. Thereafter, started the smoke and the haze. 'Sheesha' time boys and girls - with senior managers joining in too. Apple and mint sheehsas were in order, followed by rounds upon rounds of drinks (neat schotch mostly)

Finally with everyone well over the legal limit, bye byes were said and fervent prayers were uttered that we meet each other over the coming week(what with the state of inebriateness that all of us were generally in!)

That was a night- truly well spent