21.11.19
At the risk of repeating myself, I love London!
We parted ways this morning. John went in the direction of the British Museum and I did what I do best- mooching around the streets marvelling at it all. Oh, and a bit of retail therapy too!
We rendevouzed for a clandestine meeting at the Shard. Ahhh….!
The scene was speccie, inside and out!
Feeling nice and relaxed, we crossed the Thames and headed to the West End for the matinee performance of ….
We were transported back to Victorian London and the magical world of Mary Poppins for a ‘feel good’ couple of hours. Petula Clark, now 87, even made a guest appearance as the Bird Woman! A long way from ‘Downtown’!
Lots of singing, dancing and a finale to rival the best, with MP flying across the theatre above the audience. Even John liked it!
The highlight of the day was still to come!
Our gourmet evening had arrived! Chris’ friend Zac, who had joined us last weekend on the Bermondsey Beer Mile, had invited us to his workplace, a Michelin star restaurant called Brat. Zac is head chef there, and luckily for us he was taking the night off and eating with us! We got to meet his girlfriend Hilary too, who had just received a promotion at her work, so it was champers to start with, of course!
We had two main dishes I’d never tasted before. Mallard and Turbot. The Turbot was absolutely melt in your mouth fish. Zac gave us an explanation of each part of the fish as he served it. As guests of honour, John and I were given a ‘cheek’ each! I didn’t know fish had cheeks!
That’s £100 worth of Turbot on one plate!
Mallard is duck, and it was stuffed with pate. Very rich.
Had I known that only a month ago I’d been feeding Mallards on the canal, I probably wouldn’t have eaten it!
Sorry Jen!
We had a fabulous night, great company, delicious food and wine, superb service.
Of course the day wouldn’t have been complete without a trip home on red double decker London bus. Up the top, at the front!
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