John Sparke thought we should go to a Spanish restaurant that he knew…
El Faro
3 Turberry Quay
Pepper Street
London E14 9RD
It is right next to Crossharbour station on the Isle of Dogs.
The staff were welcoming and Spanish which is great as most of the waiting staff these days in Spanish restaurants are english.
I would say the menu was small but precise with some really good stuff on it.
I had the Spanish omelette to start with, followed by a perfectly cooked blue rump steak. The wine menu was excellent and I and a colleague had a red rioja which was just fantastic.
For dessert I had the caramelized bananas served with Madagascar vanilla ice cream.
My colleagues meals were also excellent.
The bill was 433 pounds which worked out at 86 pounds a head so it wasn’t the cheapest lunch although I think the three bottles of champagne and the brandy’s after the meal somewhat pushed the price up.
Would I go back – YES I would.
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Its sad because its our system, we have put in a lot of blood and sweat to get it to where it is now. What is strange is that BP just seem to be biting the bullet and outsourcing everything and everyone. All our knowledge of the shipping system is just about to walk out the door.
The current team
- Tim Bridges – Project Manager
- John Sparke – Lead Business Analyst
- John Derbyshire – Technical Analyst
- Andy Russell – Testing Manager
- Scott Waye – Technical Lead
- Simon Hewitt – Developer
- and of course me – TEA BOY extraordinaire
So come the end of September there will be a ready made team available if any one has anything for us to do !!!! Its a superb team, having worked together for half a decade, we gel really well. Not to mention the wealth of shipping knowledge between us.
Our skills are Shipping, Oil, .NET, C#, LLBLGen & SQL Server.
Any way better shut up and get the teas in.
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Details are here
It has a 1km turning circle, massive. It was only 2/3rds loaded that is about 700,000 barrels of oil at todays prices thats about 44 million dollars worth of oil.
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