Mum in London

Posted on 2007/05/02 08:02:48 (May 2007).

[Friday 27th April]
Mum came to visit for the weekend, and arrived towards the end of the morning today. So we had lunch at the office, and then Mum and Chie went off for a bit of a walk while I went back to work.

In the evening Chie went out to see a play with one of her friends (a Shakespeare play done in Japanese), so I went out for dinner with Mum and Keith. I chose a restaurant called About Thyme, partly on the basis that we could walk to it. The vegetarian options were a bit insubstantial, nut nice enough. There's a school of vegetarian cookery I often encounter in restaurants which seems to be based on the assumption "Vegetarian? Oh, you must be a woman on a diet then.". Anyway, Mum seemed to like what she had so all in all I was pleased with the choice. We finished off the meal with a liqueur called Frangelico which I have to admit to rather liking, although I suspect it is probably generally regarded as a relic of the 1980s and somewhat passé.

Ah! Frangelico.... An Italian drink, takes the name from the Friar that allegedly made it... It is a bit of a relic but hey, it's nice!

Posted by Lox at 2007/05/02 08:43:36.

Yes, I was surprised by the fact that I'd never seen nor even heard of it before... but at the risk of losing whatever credibility I had in the drinks department, I really did quite like it.

Posted by John at 2007/05/02 08:48:34.

In fact I may even buy a bottle (although I shall have to store it separately to all my elite whiskies).

Posted by John at 2007/05/02 08:50:10.

I agree they might get jealous and ruin themselves all together! It is considered as a bit of an UN-trendy drink in Italy...

Posted by Lox at 2007/05/02 08:56:23.

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