Perth, Western Australia meet up.

[British Indian]

Well, the service should be pretty sharp then.

That's the trouble with these West Aussies eh? They sure know how to party. 10 pm on a Friday? Living right on the edge

[Cory Ander]

Haha, but I think (or hope!) that "Raffles" closes much later!

[Cory Ander]

OK, I'm off to pick up "Alice", now. We'll be in Raffles, from around 7pm to around 8.15pm, and then again from around 10pm to late, should anyone else like to join us...even for just a drink....

[pauly]

Have a great time gents, I wish I could do a Star Trek & beam over !

[TiptonNick]

Have a great time, fellas!

Don't forget get to take some piccies of genuine AIR food so us Pommies can feel privileged to live back in Blighty!

[Rusty]

I hope you all had a great time, looked lovely weather in Perth for Autumn

Cheers Rusty

[Willyeckerslike]

Had a good night with CA and BI. Food was good, beer was good and the company was great!

Here are a few photos of our night.

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Photo of us taken by Alice Springs, Left to right, CA, me and BI.

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Chicken Jal-Frezi, King Prawn Vindaloo and Lamb Madras with Pilau rice and various naans.

A Buffet that was on at the same time

A very enjoyable evening with some great people. Looking forward to the next one!

[charliebir]

Thanks Willy.

Looks like Curry Heaven !

[pauly]

Thanks for posting the pics, looks like you had a great night.

[British Indian]

Cheers for the pictures Willyeckerslike.

I can only re-iterate. Very nice beers, food and great to have a catch up.

[TiptonNick]

Looks bang on, lads. Maybe AIR is the new BIR?

What are the deep fried goodies in the basket?

Glad you had a great time. What it's all about, really...

[Cory Ander]

Thanks for uploading the photos, Willy, and thanks for an enjoyable evening, gents. Pity that "Alice" was too shy for the photoshoot!

[StoneCut]

It's nice to be able to put a face to a name. Food looks fantastic!

[Cory Ander]

I presume that you're referring to Willy then (and not Alice)! :lol:

PS: We didn't eat all of the food (including the buffet)!

PPS: Also illustrates the downside of a "mining" province. When me and my wife went there (in the "boom" times) you wouldn't get a look in (on a Friday night), without booking beforehand. Now (in the "crash"), it was absolutely DEAD! No idea how they survive, in the current economic climate...

PPPS: So, you see, more Perth members participating would have gone some way towards supporting the local community!

[Westy]

Thinking about the amount of prep that went into that buffet .... great looking food

[pauly]

I did notice in one of the pics of the buffet, all the empty seats in the background, I wonder what they did with all that food ?

[British Indian]

It's a real shame. It's a beautiful old building in a lovely spot, and the food was more than acceptable.

As CA said, Perth is in a real downturn and has been so for a good few years.......with no end in site. Another problem is that we have too many eating establishments. More than any other Aussie city, and I heard (can't confirm it's true) that Perth has more eating establishments per head of population than any city in the world.

TN, the deep fried food was samosas along with fish and prawn pakora.

[Jewels]

Looks like I am almost a year too late. Would be keen to join you Brits the next time you have a curry get-together.

[Cory Ander]

You'd be more than welcome to join us, next time, Jewels

[British Indian]

Definitely do come along next time Jewels. Or better still, you could organise one. We try to aim for somewhere reasonably easily accessible from a train station. I would 100% be up for a curry and a few beers.