Charming Elephant, Baltimore, Maryland, Thursday Evening

[mustbeawitch]

Did Lydia know where Laos was, or anything about its food? Not at all! But the photos on the website of Charming Elephant looked delightful, and wasn't that what really mattered? Cute photos of your food for social media?

Hopefully someone in the Supper Club would know something about Laos. Maybe. With this bunch the odds were not strong.

Welcome to Supper Club, everyone!

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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

Graham was in a bit of a pickle. Well, not literally. That would be...weird (but delicious!). But he should have figured his last Thursday before Graduation would be an Open Mic night, leaving him to have to struggle to choose between that or dropping in one more time on the Supper Club!

He was pretty sure Charlie and Stewart would understand that he could easily arrange to hit up more Open Mics. And he'd been to more, too! And the place was called Charming Elephant???

Charlie and Stewart would definitely understand!

And so he was here this time, already eagerly pursuing the menu and trying to decide between way too many options.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[mustbeawitch]

You couldn't miss the Charming Elephant. It was just fact. "Sir Graham, welcome!" Lydia cried when she saw him.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

Graham was, however, about to be terribly disappointed to learn that there was no actual Charming Elephant employed at the establishment, alas.

But for now, he was all smiles as he lifted his cap and met Lydia with a cloak-sweeping bow. "Good evening, Miss Bennet! And thank you! Glad I was able to make it."

His grin grew even more once his cap was fitted back into place.

"And how are you? Looking forward to yet another excellent supper?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[mustbeawitch]

The place being run by charming elephants would have been an improvement, although probably they would have needed a larger building. Perhaps they could be miniature elephants, which would account for why they were so charming.

"I certainly hope so! I must confess no familiarity with the nation of Laos, although some of the items on the menu look somewhat familiar." Let's hear it for regional similarities. "And yourself, sir?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

"Oh," said Graham, "I'm alright."

Which was a much less enthusiastic answer than one might expect from him, really. There was still a smile on his face, big and bright, but he blinked in a way that might betray him to a keen observer who knew him well.

"Graduation's this weekend! So I'll be heading back to my nightly duties again soon! It's been nice to come back and finish up school, but Daventry and adventure awaits! So I'm really glad to get through chance to drop in on one more Supper Club, but if I find myself with a free Thursday, I might try to drop in again!"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[mustbeawitch]

"Oh, yes, of course," Lydia agreed. "Graduation." She had quite forgotten about that and did rather hope none of her other friends were graduating. "You shall always be welcome at Supper Club, of course, sir! I must confess I do not know what duties a knight may have in your realm. Sir William Lucas's mostly seemed to consist of talking about when he was presented at St. James's and occasionally hosting assemblies."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

"Oh, well," Graham seemed more than happy to explain and break it down for Lydia, "I'm still a junior knight, you see, so that means I split my time between guard duty and proper quests, although they're only the local ones so far. Eventually, when I've earned my title a little more, then I might be given quests that venture out into the surrounding areas, maybe even further! Usually, they stick me on either moat duty, or wellness checks, and that's pretty much going around the kingdom to check in with everyone and see how they're doing, making sure none of the gnomes or leprechauns or bridge trolls are giving them any trouble. Oh! And fetching the goat when he gets out of his pen, which happens a lot actually!"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thatwaslucky]

"Looking at anything in particular?" Rey asked.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

"You mean besides the Charming Elephant themselves?" asked Graham, brows lifted as he settled back down on his heels after straining to see further into the restaurant to try to spot the creature. Maybe you didn't get to meet them until after you ordered? He supposed he'd find out!

But he shifted that out of his brain and smiled at Rey. "Definitely the Pad Kapow!"

Of course, he said it with all the emphasis it deserved.

"I gotta try something with a name like that! How about you? What's looking good to you?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thatwaslucky]

"You do! had pad Thai before, but never a cheesy version, so I might have to try it," she said. "I haven't seen it anywhere else so it may not be common."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

"All the more reason to give it a try!" Graham agreed with a confident nod. "I also tried to find something that might be fun to share with the cook in the barracks back home! I think the other knights and guards would get a kick out of it, and it'll be something pretty and different that they probably haven't seen before! Ooh, that reminds me, I should check out the desserts, too, and see if there's anything to tell Wente about! He's Daventry's baker, and really creative, and makes the biggest," his arms swept out wide around him to give Rey a good idea of just how big, "pastries you've ever seen!"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[thatwaslucky]

"Impressive," she said, smiling. "I know the mango sticky rice is good, but it's not a pastry. I think the roti might be, though?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[pun_king]

"I'll have to check out the roti, then!" Graham decided. "And then see about getting Wente to make some, but really big! I bet he could do something good with mango sticky rice, too, although I'd probably need to bring him some mangos. We don't have those in Daventry."