11.15.05

Birthday

Posted in Stuff at 12:26 by dalore

Woo, yesterday was my birthday. Another year and I feel so old, even tho others would consider me young. Age is in the eye of the beholder I say. My dad is over 80 and my mum is just over 5o. I even got a little brother who is 15. Not bad for the old man

How did I celebrate my birthday? Well for starters I came into work nice and late (like thats unusual, but bday is a good excuse). I had to dress up for the day because we were going to an expensive restaurant near work. I caught a bit of flak at work, people were asking me when the job interview was.

After work, went to this nice, expensive restauarant called Gordon Ramsey’s at Claridge’s. It’s one of Gordon Ramsey’s signature restaurants. He has apparently won 3 Michelin stars. The only chef in London to do so. Michelin stars are probably the most famous and influential gastronomic ratings in the world.

The food was exquisite, even though it was small. They had some nice free bread, and a free apertif dessert that had some red jelly in the middle of this shot glass. It was delicous. We ordered 2 courses, a main and a desert each. For my main, I ordered the cornish lamb. It was soft and tender and juicy, with some nice crunchy bits. Of course I just ate the meat and left the spinach and olive and who knows what other things on the plate. Nat had some sort of potatoe risotto. I’m not to knowledgable on what it is, but she reckons it was delicous. For desert I ordered the creme brulee and Nat got a chocolate fondant. My desert came out with some anise icecream, which I reckons tastes like anisead and I abhorred. Nat’s desert came with milk icecream, and because she likes anise, we swapped. Perfect.

I was full by the end and couldn’t finish the last bit of my creme brulee. Weak I know, but I filled on bread and drink and I was merry. The total of the bill came to £187, so we rounded up to £200. Kind of expensive for just a two person, two course meal, but I don’t plan on eating there everynight. Once was enough for me. We didn’t get to see or hear the infamous Gordon Ramsey, or the guy who won Hell’s Kitchen in the US and came to work for him over here. The head chef that nite was Mark something. We couldn’t even see the kitchen. Though I read on their website you can get a table thats in the actual kitchen itself. That would be cool.

For my birthday present I got a new Remington electric razor. It’s something I wanted for a long time. No more buying razor blades. I gave it a whirl this morning. Though I missed a bit so I still need a bit of practice. We reckon it looks and is the male version of a vibrator.

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