Halloween at Inndulge

Social events are rather traumatising for me and I usually avoid them to the extent I am no longer expected to appear. There are many layered reasons for my discomfort none of which has anything much to do with the other people there, who are often be friends and colleagues with whom I can interact comfortably in other settings. I am not going to go into it but you can, if you wish, psychoanalyse me privately. It is perhaps surprising then that we actually choose to be at Inndulge for Halloween (not that we have to attend the party and not everyone does). Given in addition to the facts above, my natural aversion to drag or indeed dressing up at all, it is probably even more surprising.

The fact is the owners and their staff put an enormous amount of effort into organising events throughout the year including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year as well as Halloween. Most of the guests as well as the owners and staff have great fun by the pool as participants or judges in the costume competition. To take a group of 20-30 to a restaurant is a challenge for both organisers and hosts. I felt some apprehension after a service meltdown on a previous occasion when, I recall, I might have briefly have become Michael Winner.

Trio at 707 N Palm Canyon Drive did not let us down. After a bit of a wait for our tables, service by a hoard of waiters, many of them main dishes in themselves, was very organised. We ate from a pre-selected menu and, in spite of my fears, plates were, as far as I could see, delivered correctly all round and certainly in a very timely fashion. A simple Caesar salad was very fresh. My pork chop was excellent and Greg's chicken too although our respective beds of mash may have been plated a little too soon to retain as much warmth as might have been ideal. Key Lime Pie was delicious but did not gain anything from a raspberry coulis. We would go again on a regular evening.

As we were still suffering from jetlag it was a tiring evening but very enjoyable, Thank you John and Jean-Guy.

Photos are on Facebook.