Katy and I took advantage of the fact that my mom was in the UK last night and had our first dinner out in (more than) 2 years. We went to the Cross Keys in town. It was a really good meal and they really took care of us. I had a starter of bubble and squeak with bacon and a poached egg, followed by a nice steak with chips, mushrooms and a blue cheese sauce and a lemon cheesecake for dessert. Katy had a smoked salmon starter, duck and roast veg for main and the same cheesecake for pud. We had a nice bottle of Brunello, and when the pub owner heard of our lack of nights out, he gave us a shot of vodka with lime and lemongrass (really nice!). We were playing “guess where the hostess is from”, because her accent was really hard to pin down. Turns out that, after a series of clues including the fact that her country once won eurovision, we narrowed it down to Latvia. She was really nice, and gave us contacts for babysitting. She also extracted a promise from us to come back within a month :-) all in all, a nice evening.
The beaver is a proud and noble animal
Notes from a bemused canuck