Early Dinner at Pizza et Mozzarella

We're back! We had an afternoon appointment outside of the CBD on South Road. Uber delivers us back to Rundle Mall to shop. It is nearing the dinner hour. We decide to kill twenty minutes and wait for Pizza et Mozzarella to open.

It is a wise decision. We have the restaurant to ourselves and we have Richard, our favorite head waiter, to ourselves and will have for 45 minutes. We begin with the usual two pizzas, order of meatballs, and same wine Richard recommended last year.

While we wait for food we work our way through a good part of the wine while joking with Richard about the day we had to order a second bottle, for LUNCH!. A second bottle is needed. We order an order of takeout meatballs but after finishing both dinner meatballs we order a second meatball takeout.

CJ is in rare form. Having completed both bottles of wine, he decides we need a genuine Italian after dinner drink. He consults with, or more appropriately conspires with Richard with the end result two digestifs arriving for us to sample and share. Three had been discussed only two ordered. That will not do, particularly not in CJ's current mood. We order another of our favorite from the first round and the third possible selection. Best of show: the one Richard said would be best.

Within a week, CJ will have a bottle at the house. Needless to say, with the addition of a second order of meatballs and four extra drinks, our bill sets a record for us.