As chosen by the prestigious CASACC President, The Debonair President Butler, the venue for September’s Chapter Meeting was Delhi Palace located in the elegant area of Silverton. Upon arriving at MVP Sports Bar and Grille for pre-drink drinks, it was apparent that not only was Silverton elegant, somehow it managed to be simultaneously disheveled. Nonetheless, MVP Sports Bar and Grille was spacious and somewhat welcoming. However, to the dismay of the President, only Members Taggart and  McAuliffe were in attendance. As the pre-festivities were optional, the trio chalked it up as a loss to the rest of the chapter and proceeded with their beer appetizers.

The slim audience at MVP was quickly rectified by a 100% member appearance at the main event for all that accepted the invite. Many members were already present at Delhi Palace so the President assumed the red carpet and rose petals were cleaned up after the main group showed before his arrival. A large table was prepared in advance by the restaurant and the waiter was quick to assure ice buckets were available to keep the beverages at a crisp chill. This was greatly appreciated as the event was BYOB. It was obvious that Delhi Palace understood the stature of our organization and this did not go unnoticed.

The first order of business was to discuss the outlook of Member Siddiqui. Member Siddiqui has attended only a single meeting which, under normal circumstances, would result in immediate exile and ridicule. Nevertheless his one appearance was a grand entrance only surpassed by the coolest member of the Happy Days family (this is a slightly unfair comparison as there was no jukebox in the room at the time). This disposition played a large part in him maintaining his membership thus far, albeit by a thread, but Henry Winkler could not save his butt on this occasion. As any intelligent person would when faced with banishment from a group as renowned as ours, Member Siddiqui called upon higher beings. Although our group ranks extremely high in the universe of things, all agreed that ethereal or celestial beings outrank CASACC and therefore a landslide vote to retain Member Siddiqui's membership one final time was received. Let it be known that we are a merciful society and Member Siddiqui should be tremendously appreciative and use this opportunity to its fullest. Welcome back to the fold Member Siddiqui! Don’t blow it 😉

Motion to retain Arshad Siddiqui’s membership: Passed

 

The second order of business was to slap yellow cards to members that had unexcused or inexcusably late excused absences from the previous meeting. The President took the “slap” part seriously and proceeded to literally smack the following members in the back of the head with the powerful cards:

• Member Poddar
• Member Amos
• Member Wurtz

The following members were to receive yellow cards as well but were not in attendance, although their absences were excused this time, and will receive their warnings during the October Chapter meeting:

• Member Eslinger
• Member Murray

No other yellow cards were handed although Member Poddar arrived just scarcely under the tardy threshold resulting in a barely missed second yellow card (i.e. a red card).

Once the official business of the meeting was attended to the group was anxious to find out if the food tasted as good as it was depicted on the website. Beer flowed freely as a slightly late customary toast was given by the President. Immediately following the toast, complimentary poppadoms and chutney were requested and received with no rebuttal from the restaurant. The menu was the standard fare of Indian cuisine and orders were taken quickly. On the contrary, orders received were inconsistent with half of the table receiving their plates well in advance of the rest of the members. Most agreed that the heat levels, which were rated from 1 to 6, were fairly accurate. Member Taggart commented that his dish did not represent a level of 5 accurately but this was believed to be a misunderstanding by the waiter. There was also another slight misunderstanding as the waiter brought out Paneer Bhatura which no one would claim. After several minutes of thought, Member Lucas realized that he mistakenly ordered this bread thinking it would be a type of naan. Nonetheless it was appealing as well as the actual naan that was ordered around the table. The highlights of the collective dishes were the plates of Chicken Tandoori received by two of the three Matt's present (Butler and Cable). These were deep red cut half chickens embedded with many other appetizing ingredients and spices on a sizzling plate that left one admiring it for minutes before gathering the courage to consume the art.

Succeeding the feast, voting commenced. The general perception was that the sustenance was a tasty fare but the overall ambiance lacked authenticity. There was no Indian décor to speak of and the music came on well after the dinner had started. The music also did not seem to fit very well with the supposed theme of the restaurant. There was no place in the restaurant with a decent background for the picture. However, the restaurant scored well due to the delicious food, hospitable waiter, and oddly enough, the BYOB statute was a welcome change to purchasing expensive beer from the restaurant at double the price. Finally, the bill was requested by the President who became fearful of another “single bill” debacle when the waiter arrived with only a single slip of paper. All were relieved when we saw that the bill was legibly itemized and discovered that this process is normal for the restaurant to separate the bill and pay at the register.

The honor of CASACC president has been bestowed to Sir Wurtz. for the month of October.