Happy Birthday

My actual birthday started out with a 10:15 breakfast at The Wolseley, I was so excited to take the mister there for breakfast.  We sat, we ordered and then it happened, the food arrived and it wasn't perfect (sad face here).  My blueberry pancakes were beautiful, tasted good, but arrived room temperature and not warm like they should have been.  The mister's scrambled eggs were absolutely gross...runny, cold, and definitely not fresh, most definitely instant (barf!) When asked how his TINY fruit salad tasted, he replied "like ass"...  Total bummer.  The side of bacon was tasty thank goodness and so was my flat white.  It was my birthday so we didn't complain like we should have (insert regret here)... however, after a few days I just couldn't accept the food quality and emailed them, I'm still waiting on a response and will keep you posted on what they say.   Next up, was the Crazy Coffin collection that I've already posted about a few days ago.  After the coffins, we strolled through Covent Garden and then believe it or not I had scheduled a "birthday nap", a two hour snooze on the couch was perfect!!

After the snooze, we prepped for Part II.... off to Sartori in Soho for pizza (Yum!)  It was the first time I had been there and the pizza was so good.  I had the bufalina (it was huge) and a rocket salad... the mister a bowl of pasta and grilled vegetables.  We were very pleased with everything and would totally go back.  They even surprised me with a birthday tiramisu and it was delicious!  We wanted to eat it all, but had to stop ourselves.
The service here is pretty good, especially for London.  I recommend reservations and to make sure you note on them that you want to be on the main floor and not in the basement area.  The basement area is very drab and not a place to want to eat a meal.

Sartori Bufalina pizza... not a great picture, but oh so tasty!

Tasty Tiramisu at Sartori

After Sartori, we strolled over to Chinatown where we were looking for a "special door".  We found it and entered the Experimental Cocktail Club, we checked our coats and were seated at a very tight little table on the first floor.  It was a small cozy place that felt perfect for a special birthday/date night.  The mister ordered a cocktail called The Stockholm Syndrome £11 and I ordered The Classic Rip-off £12.  My tiny cocktail was delicious and pretty strong.  The mister really liked his cocktail, but when I tasted it I thought it tasted like a lamb kebab (seriously! ha!)  The 2nd floor of the cocktail bar is pretty cool too.  The only thing that isn't cool about this place is the doorman outside who thinks he's too cool for school, but I guess that's just suppose to be another bit of the allure of this place...who knows...  I highly recommend reservations at this place to avoid any conflict with the silly doorman. 

I had planned on visiting one more fancy bar on my birthday, but was pooped and called it a night...

Sunday, we woke up and had lunch at Tom's Kitchen with a great friend and his wife who were in town for a few days.  Not only was lunch absolutely delicious, but catching up with old friends was a perfect end to a great weekend.


I had a fantastic birthday!  I had so much fun with the Mister all weekend long! He was a real trooper to put up with me dragging him around all weekend.

Pictures of lunch at Tom's Kitchen:

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Lunch with great friends

We also ordered the macaroni and cheese with truffle as a starter and it was DELICIOUS!!  I can not wait to go back to Tom's to try the items I saw on tables on the way out!