Eight brave and dauntles challengers met last Friday at GPK. This was was by far the most exhausting challenge, although we did not expect it to be such a feat of an endurance.First, we broke the rules of the challenge, using the Girls Of Slender Means card to jump a block so that we could use some discount vouchers. So far so good.
The food was quite nice.The value was OK, we ordered 5 pizzas and a couple of entree things between 8 of us, and it came to $14.50 each.
The service was a little inattentive, they only set the table for 7 and when we asked for an 8th setting they forgot the glass.All this would have been a 3.5/5 night. If it hadn't been for:
CHILD'S BIRTHDAY PARTY HELL.
Oh yes.There was a table of 500 primary-aged boys seated right with us. GPK is all hard surfaces, and the noise was unbelievable. I have never been so deafened while trying to eat. And there was pizza dough to play with and throw around.
To add insult to injury, we were only allowed to use one of our vouchers with our whole order payment. Not one for every 2nd pizza.
I take back my 3.5/5 and give GPK minus 5.
So afterwards half of us went to ABC afe to recover with some of this:
Oooo... is this a new cafe in Kingsford? i've always said there should be a non-Asian cafe in Kingsford!
ReplyDeleteIt is actually an Asian cafe, we go there after challenge sometimes, they play cool bossanova music and have black chandeliers, and have lots of flavours of ice-cream, although their vanilla is not the best.
ReplyDeleteThere is another even newer cafe, proper non-Asian, called papa joes but it might not be open at night, haven't checked yet.
And. To show how cafe-cosmopolitan Kingsford is getting, we even have a Westpac which looks like a cafe. I will put up some photos.
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ReplyDeleteHa, ha! I have to laugh out loud...I was disappointed to miss the company of everyone last KESC but then I got to the bit about the kids party and I love the way you bring us into the story Jess! Thanks for the review...felt like I was there in a way...
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