Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day!
Jennifer stayed home with the kids last night so Erik and I could have a romantic night out together. We have "date night" every Friday but we usually hook up with friends, so last night was just the two of us.
We went to an area of Bangalore called Marathalli - not known for it's romance or ambiance but there is a nice Italian Restaurant there and we thought a nice meal and a couple glasses of wine would be lovey.
Well... for a moment we forgot we were in India. :-)
I mean no disrespect, but when you're used to things working a certain way it can be frustrating when your expectations are not met.
The restaurant is called Restorante Italia and it's owner/chef is from Italy. The food is wonderful and they have a woodburning oven for several options on the menu including thin pizza. (That's a little slice of heaven in India)
We arrived at the restaurant about 8:40p. We were hungry and had to wait for a table. They said a table would be ready about 9:30p - we decided to stay and have an appetizer and drink at the bar. The place was full and obviously understaffed.
As we waited at the bar the manager came by a few times to tell us that our table would be ready soon. Once we were seated, he came by a few more times which gave us the impression that we would be taken care of, but "impressions" can be deceiving. The restaurant had a special Valentines menu in the regular "Veg / Non-Veg" catagories, or you could order off the menu. I made the comment to Erik that if we ordered off the special menu everything would come a bit quicker. He agreed.
Once Erik managed to flag someone down to order we waited and waited for our glass of wine that came with the special. As we waited we said we were going to walk upstairs to check out a new nightclub. This sent the manager into a spin. But we believed once we returned our wine and possibly 1st course would be waiting for us - or at least follow shortly after our return. No, we had to ask a few more times for the wine and when the appetizers arrived they were cold.
The next course was leek/celery soup. I was looking forward to it because I'm a big fan of leek. We waited and waited. At 10:30p we got up to go. The Manager was flabergasted! He said "No please, your pasta is ready, please, we'll bring it out right now." So we replied we hadn't even had the soup and we'd been at the table for one hour. If we continued until the end of the menu we would have been there until 1:00am.
We paid for everything we had and said goodnight.
The appetizers and a glass of wine was a light dinner but did the trick.
It was the company that mattered anyway, and it was lovely. :-)