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Taking children to restaurants (2)
December 14th, 2011 by
If you can't take the heat...
For Isabelle’s birthday a couple of weeks ago we made a family trip to London’s Best Retaurant which happens also to be Her Favourite Restaurant. Our daughters are now 9 and 12, well-behaved and heavily exposed – if only that they can’t help hearing their parents’ conversations – to the world of London fine dining. They have actually been quite (very) conservative for most of their lives with the food they will try unless they are forcefed, or unless there is the carrot of a piece of chocolate as reward. On a memorable moment Yasmine was reduced to tears faced with the challenge of a mussel on a plate in a restaurant in Banyuls. But that was three years ago. Recently, however, we have seen encouraging developments, so we thought it time to try again.
The Ledbury also happens to be a very important customer for CFWines so we know the team well, which always makes for a relaxed and friendly experience. The place was buzzing on a busy Saturday lunch and we spotted a few bottles of “our” wines on various tables. The flame grilled mackerel was as marvellous as ever, and for main courses we ate between us pork, lamb, venison and sea bass. All the plates went back respectably empty. For dessert - no doubt with the girls in mind – Brett sent up a whole range of desserts for us to work our way through. With help from the younger members, we rose to the challenge!
And then a quick chat downstairs with Brett and the team. Isabelle reported a great birthday. Thanks to all!