Food feast weekend

In spite of having a 3 day week last week, I still felt proud that I survived the very slow 3 days and managed to reach the weekend.

To celebrate the start of the weekend, me and Richard went out for dinner to Roxie Steak & Wine café in Fulham. In spite of the unoriginal name, the place was really nice. It won’t be all that surprising that the “café” specialised in steak (and wine). The place was split into a more casual feel café with a couple of small tables, along with some bar stools and high tables on the one side and a more like a more restaurant-like half with normal tables and chairs and some candles. The place was really busy and I was thankful that Richard had pre-booked a table earlier in the week (by which point the place was almost fully booked). In spite of sitting in the restaurant-esque area (with a quiet table), the place got pretty loud from the typical end-of-the-week chatter (probably helped by the wine). Whilst I am no steak connoisseur, I found it really delicious. Typically opting for my meat to be “very well done”, due to endless peer-pressure from various friends (you know who you are), I asked mine to be cooked medium/well done and it was absolutely delicious! However, Roxie's real treat was their New York style cheesecake. It was incredible! I have a deep love for cheesecake but have been unable to find one as good as the one I had in New York City. Well I have to say Roxie has definitely offered the best cheesecake that I’ve ever had in the UK! After a lovely dinner, cheesecake included, we decided to walk some of it off by heading to Putney Bridge which was lovely and relaxing and very good for my overfilled tummy.

That cheesecake

After too long a lie in on Saturday, me and Richard made the most of the sunshine (perhaps too much in fact since I got a little sun burnt) and played some tennis in the park. I hadn’t played in a while and had so much fun, albeit did regret forgetting the sun screen. Returning home, we watched a bit of the French Open before getting ready and out of the flat for dinner at Dim T by Tower Bridge. The menu itself bore a very close resemblance to that of Wagamama (perhaps with a few less choices) but it completely stood out on location, being adjacent to Tower Bridge. The restaurant has two floors – the second flood offering the most perfect view of the bridge – but sadly the second floor was fully booked (will definitely pre-book next time). Nevertheless, we still got a table by the window, which was lovely. The atmosphere was far quieter than Wagamama and the food was both really nicely presented and really delicious! After our lovely meal, we walked by Southbank, reaching B@1 in Covent Garden for a cocktail before heading back home.

Sunday proved to be largely unproductive, being spent in front of the telly, watching the tennis. Eventually, we made ourselves leave the house and head up to South Kensington for a walk up to Hyde Park. That, however turned out to be a not-so-great idea since there were several triathlons going on in the park which made it extremely difficult to find a quiet, undisturbed path and even more challenging to cross a road. After a bit of walking and some lounging about, we headed back to flat for some dinner and a lovely, relaxing evening in front of more telly.

A very successful weekend, indeed!

Happy Friday lovelies!

Muah,

Roo xx