June 28, 2010
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Chili Sauce
Sometimes in life, a certain number just tends to appear way too often, and you can call it fate or you can look at it as coincidence, but that number just keeps on popping up. For Joanne and me, that number is 17.
17 is my Red Lions squad number
17 is Joanne’s current house number
She also works on the 17th floor in her office block
17th October is when we will have our wedding party in Taiwan (although this was booked with the knowledge that 17 is our number)
17th February was when I proposed – and again, the 17 had popped up by then.
When we were at the Thai restaurant when we were looking at potentially getting back together, we were seated at table 17
And on the flight back from Philippines over Chinese New Year, wouldn’t you know it? We were in seats 17A and 17BIn recent weeks and months though, the 17 has not appeared. It just turned up before with such a frequency that made the whole thing quite fun. But not being as superstitious as once I was, and not seeing things as a sign, I take it for what it is – a coincidence that we can laugh about.
At the weekend though, the number 17 returned to our life. Joanne and I picked up our car on Thursday night, a 2nd hand Nissan, and drove to the Fubar in Fulong, which made its debut opening. Run by Etienne and Brigitte, this is a fine place for beer and food, right on the beach, and catering to the foreigner crowd. I like it because they have Erdinger Dunkel – a fine beer if ever there was one.
We drove down the freeway and then the coast, possibly not the fastest way from our home, but we have to explore again, as the route to drive the car and the route for the motorcycle are very different. We pulled up to the bar, found a parking space (awesome location!) and headed inside. As we entered, Joanne spotted the house number – 17. Nice one.
And let’s make no bones about it – the Fubar offers great food, cold beer and a relaxing ambiance. African paintwork and colours on the tables, each one different, and tables outside, all go to make it a place I am sure we will be visiting regularly. Especially as they have a veggie menu – to go along with their array of meats, and the braai… the whole fugging suckling pig. The man can cook.
