A majority of the members for the evening joined us for pre-dinner drinks at the Corner Pub.  An excellent establishment and one we frequent regularly when in the Montgomery area.  As luck would have it, we had excellent sunny weather and the group claimed a prime spot outside overlooking the patio.  Many beers were consumed, and the bartender even came outside, presumably to engage in friendly conversation and thereby drive up tips.

At the appointed time, the group moved down the street to Kanak India.  There had been some confusion about the name on the reservation, but the remaining members had sorted it out by the time we arrived.  The President had been informed in advance that the establishment did not provide complimentary poppadoms (“We don’t do anything complementary”), but he decided to order a few rounds for the table anyway.  This of course would factor into their score later.  The group went about ordering drinks and we were informed that they were sadly out of Kingfisher, due apparently to a worldwide shortage.

Once the drinks and poppadoms arrived we toasted Alan Patton and moved on to group business.  There was no old business to cover.  Under new business, a motion was put forward that the group had grown too small with the recent exits and that further membership efforts were required.  The motion was for each member to provide a new name to the following President to be invited to the next meeting.  The current President interjected that he didn’t feel this was necessary – he doesn’t really like new people and thought the current membership was fine.  In the end the vote carried, and all members should submit names to the new President (announced later) to be invited to the next meeting.  The penalty for not submitting a name was left intentionally vague.

After business, the group placed dinner orders.  Duane caused his normal confusion asking how the chef would order his food and was told it was however Duane would order it.  This resulted in an amusing sort of “Ouroboros” effect.  The rest of the group was able to order without further incident.  Following ordering, the President and Duane realized they were lacking utensils.  The President was provided with a spare set that were at the end of the table while Duane attempted in vain to get the wait staff to provide him some.  After some time, it was suggested that he “procure” a set from a neighboring table, but he persevered and was finally, grudgingly, provided with cutlery.

The entrees were served and generally received high marks for flavor, although with some complaints about lack of heat level.  Prices were reasonable, falling in the middle of the range the group has seen from other establishments.  More impressive, the checks came out properly separated, in a timely fashion, and with no major errors.

In summary, the food remains good, the service is sadly lacking, and “we don’t do anything complementary”.  As a result, Kanak India dropped a full point from its last outing and should be a cautionary note for future Presidential selections.

As a last item of official business, Tyson was selected as the next President, all glory to the blazer!