Planning a date night isn’t what it used to be. It’s not
about sneaking around or curfews anymore, it’s now more about figuring out
whether the place is kid friendly or not. Clubbing and partying are pleasant
memories of what seems like a distant past but today was going to be different,
I had it all planned out.
The little one was going to have her first sleepover with
the grandparents; she was super excited and Mom and Dad were going to have a
night out, I was equally thrilled! Since we are new to the city, I checked with
a few friends for recommendations and then shortlisted a couple of places based
on their online reviews.
The review for this place said that the music was good - the
only word of caution being that the dance floor was small and it usually got
packed so you might find it difficult to do your moves. Here I was expecting to be pushed and shoved on the dance
floor but contrary to expectations not one note of music played and we were a tiny
crowd of two. With a touch of skepticism sneaking into my happy heart we settled
down anyway. I reasoned with myself that we were probably the early birds and
the party would get started a little later. Twenty minutes later when the
waiter arrived with our drinks I tentatively asked him when the crowd was
likely to start coming in. With an apologetic look he said that since a temple
next door was celebrating its festival there was a ban on music and so they
weren't really expecting a crowd tonight. Crrraack! The sound of my well laid
plans shattering.
Not to be out done we decided to finish our drinks in a
hurry and head out to the next place on the shortlist. Being newbies to the
city we were relying on the GPS to for directions. Unfortunately the GPS seemed
to have plans of its own, it kept leading us to the gate of a park and insisted
that we needed to drive through; incidentally the park had been closed for the
night. Despite all our attempts to get it to re-route it wouldn't budge,
finally after spending half an hour going around in circles (quite literally)
we gave up and decided to get into the next place we saw.
Expecting the worst we walked in but much to our surprise
the place was pulsating with great music and had quite the swish set of people around.
The beef burger I ordered was simply divine – the best I have ever had and the
hubby had a mean pepperoni pizza. The service was excellent and we topped it
off with a delicious Tiramisu.
Life is sometimes like that, you have your best laid plans
which don’t work out and then you end up going around in circles for a while
before you stumble onto something quite unexpected but which could leave you pleasantly
surprised.
