Dining out in the Evening

A nice welcome change from the usual routine

Of lunch in the crowded and noisy canteen,

Then home to cook dinner, which takes quite a time

Even for food that is hardly sublime.

So sometimes it's good to go out for a change

And eat in a restaurant, and sample the range

Of food on the menu, where you can rejoice

In just sitting back and then making your choice

From all the nice dishes that they can produce;

With such a wide range there can be no excuse

For not having something you can't really cook,

Even if shown in a recipe book.

It adds to the evening to eat to the sound

Of soft violin music which wafts all around.

Numerous candles, with flames cream or white

Constantly flickering, spreading their light.

All the time trying and seeking the chance

To give to the restaurant an air of romance,

And after the meal has been finished you know

You're free to get up from the table and go.

No washing up of the pots and the pans,

For that can be left in the kitchen staff's hands.