I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day yesterday, I did. We don't make a big thing of it but do swap cards and a little token. Often the token is books and this year Alan bought me 'Wanderlust - the history of Walking' by Rebecca Solnit. It looks really interesting and I may just get a chance to start it tonight.
My gift to Alan was a 'Valentine's Package' - a bar of his favourite chocolate - Green and Black's Organic 70%, his favourite coffee - Monsoon Malabar, a copy of Conde Nast 'Traveller' magazine and a bottle of Pink Champagne which was to share and we did so last night.
We used to try and go out for dinner on February 14th but in London the evening is the perfect excuse for restaurants, even the very good ones, to up the price and often have three sittings. I am not sure about you but I do not want to be 'slotted in for 2 hours', pressured to move on and be expected to pay a fortune too. Also when you have a child, trying to get a babysitter on that evening is a nightmare too.
A number of years ago we saw an 'ad' for a Carluccios 'Take away Valentine's meal' and decided to try it. Everything comes prepared, there are full cooking instructions and the meal is a 4-5 course with wine. It allowed us to dine in the comfort of our own home, to time it when we wanted and to take as long as we wished, ah, bliss.
Last night the meal was just as wonderful as before and today a call from the manager to see if we had enjoyed it, let us see just how concerned they are to keep it going and make sure it is up to scratch. They will get our business for a number of years yet.
Interested? Well try it out for yourself next year http://www.carluccios.com/
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