A Slight Fishy Embarrassment

After my angling success, we took two bags on filleted king fish and snapper along to the restaurant on the pier at Paihia and asked the manager if he could cook my catch for our dinner that evening.

We had far more fish than we could possibly eat, so we asked if he could cook two portions for us and keep what was left for himself.

We booked a table for seven-thirty and wandered off for a long walk along the beach in the sunshine.

We returned later for dinner, to discover that the fresh duty manager could find no record of our booking and was unaware of the discussion concerning our fish. However, he found our bags of fish in the fridge, and despite the restaurant being full, soon made-up a table for us in the corner.

Morna and I enjoyed a glass of two of Sav, while we waited for our meals to be cooked.

Before too long, the waiters delivered to our table three huge plates of fish. Far more than we could possibly eat…

Everyone else in the restaurant was taking an interest in the couple from England with the mountain of food in front of them.

The restaurant staff sensed our embarrassment on knocked 20% off the bill and gave us free coffee and…desert!