The Fifth regular meeting of the Drinking Bat Lunch Club took place at the Hertford House Hotel, a fine meal with good company was highly enjoyable. However , some dubious scoring method adopted by King Bat ( Ray Knightly ) resulted in an overrall score of 8.6, thus ensuring himself pole position and the chance of becoming President Bat 2008.

Personally I thought the score was a bit high, no doubt the food and the surroundings are very good but the  service does go missing at times and can be a bit slow on the drinks. That aside it is well worth a visit.

I had the pleasure of lunch with Paul Leadley ( Paul Wallace- Cheshunt) last Friday at Smiths Brasserie in Ongar. Now this a great fish restaurant , very Essex like, I would thoroughly recommend a visit, it is a bit on the pricey side but the service and food is excellent. Anyway it was nice to see Paul’s wallet making the light of day, thanks for the meal mate.

Last Saturday I ate out with the Mrs, my good pals Simon , Nat and all the kids and booked a last minute table at the Masoom through my client Michael , the owner.

Now, I always thought the Masoom was a pretty good take out but it is now a really nice Indian restaurant in modern and contemporary surroundings. Get yourself down there if you like Indian food but tell him to hurry up with the beers.

 Anyway Michael I will expect a better discount for this mention.  Rich