How many restaurants will take a very large booking at short notice, give you a karoke machine and your own waiter and not throw you out for having a stripogram(no, its not a night out I am proud of, but there you go)? Yes, the Abacus is one. There were almost forty of us when we went for a works leaving do and a ridiculously good time was had by all, or so someone told me on Monday morning. I don’t remember every detail but I do recall good food, obliging and tolerant staff and an awful lot of noise. Hopefully they won’t recognise me the next time I go back. I am clear that I loved my chicken satay starter and fairly sure that my beef and mushroom main course was tasty too. I am sure that the menu was extensive — meat, chicken and lots of fish. What time we left is anyone’s guess and I’m sure I should aplogise to someone, just not sure who. Top marks to the staff for letting us overstay our welcome and managing to keep a smile on their faces. I will discreetly go back to the Ababcus just to reassure myself that my 4 star rating is right!