Dad's birthday

This weekend I have realised that perhaps I eat out too much - I'm struggling to keep on top of all these reviews!! 

Went for a lovely girls lunch yesterday to The Medicine Garden in Cobham, Surrey. What a beautiful find! I felt like I was in a secret garden, they had deck chairs and a metal caravan (which I've now decided I want), along with a beautiful little garden cafe. The food was to die for, if a little pricey, but so worth it just to experience the lovely setting. I had a sausage and bacon panini - locally sourced meat, my favorite drink of elderflower cordial, and who can leave a cafe like that without scones with jam and cream? (I had originally ordered a brownie, but unfortunately it was the last one and was a little stale - the only disappointment, but they were more than happy to replace). Most certainly somewhere to put on a list of places to visit! 

So last night I went out for my dads birthday to a lovely little pub in Horsely, called The Duke of Wellington. It has been recently done up, and has a lovely modern atmosphere inside. The food was a dream, my dad said it was one of the best steaks he's ever had - and trust me that's saying something! The wine was flowing and it ended up being a rather late night (3am to be precise), and I think in all my years of drinking it was the first time ever I have stayed up later than dad. At the restaurant I had a pulled pork burger, which was one of the best pieces of pulled pork I'd ever had. I was only disappointed that I scanned the menu too quickly and didn't order sweet potato fries, which seem to be extremely in fashion at the moment! The pork had not too much BBQ sauce on, was lovely and sweet and complimented the perfectly tender beef burger it came with. Once again (and this seems to be a pattern), the thing that let the meal down was the desert. I am yet to find somewhere that does perfect deserts! 4 of us on the table ordered a 'hot chocolate fudge sundae', and were all equally disappointed when on the table arrived a small bowl with 2 scoops of ice cream and some (cold) chocolate fudge sauce. It was most certainly not a sundae, and on mentioning this to the waiter he apologised and said that he has heard that from customers before!! Clearly then it should be rectified. Luckily the main courses had been so good we could let that one slide. 

SD

Paigey x