We Were Up For A Home Cooked English Breakfast,

Jeff was leaving later today,

we all had a great time, during the day we were joined by Mark who had called round to say hi,

 but then it was time to wish Jeff  'Bon voyage' as he made his way back home,

 in the evening Mr. Tony called in with some tonic water he had bought for Jeff, but alas he had already left, then it was time for our evening meal out, I took this picture of one of the flowering hibiscus as we left,

 Diana had her glad rags on, we do not normally we eat out on a Tuesday,

 but tonight we were going to Le Bordeaux which closes on Wednesdays,

 it is situated in Soi Day Night 2, just near the TukCom Centre,

 I am not sure but I think the wine cooler is a new feature,

 but one thing I am sure about is that the complimentary dry sherry was a great idea,

 as was the complimentary amuse-bouche,

 single, bite -sized hors d'œuvre which added to the experience of the evening,

 for our starters Diana chose a diced bacon salad with croûtons,

 whilst Mr. Tony and myself went with an avocado and seafood salad with ursin dressing,

 'Cheers!', as our main courses arrived,

for Diana fillet of beef,

 for Mr. Tony beef bourguignon,

 and a pork fillet for myself,

 then came the desserts,

  and what desserts they were, both Mr. Tony and Diana went with delight profiteroles, containing orange sorbet, hot chocolate au Grand Marnier,

whilst I threw caution to the wind and ordered a baked Alaska, as an aside the name Baked Alaska originated at Delmonico's Restaurant in New York City in 1876, and was created in honour of the newly acquired territory of Alaska, an Englishman (George Sala) who visited Delmonico's in the 1880s said, 'the 'Alaska' is a baked ice, the nucleus or core of the entremet is an ice cream, this is surrounded by an envelope of carefully whipped cream, which, just before the dainty dish is served, is popped into the oven, or is brought under the scorching influence of a red hot salamander',

 all I know was that it smelt delicious,

 and looked spectacular as it was served,

 what I did forget however was that it remains alight for some time burning with a barely visible flame, which is why I now have tightly curled hairs on my arm as it reached for the chocolate across the dessert!

 then it was time to extinguish the flames as I poured on the hot chocolate,

  when the roars of laughter and cries of shame died down after my brush with the still flaming Baked Alaska Diana and Mr. Tony both tucked into their desserts with gust,

 I also had to finish the chocolate, it was so delicious,

 we were then served with after dinner chocolates,

before making our way home, once again a meal that was just excellent, then home and feet up for the latest Kings of Restoration amongst other shows, as we went outside to see Mr. Tony to the gate we noticed that Mike and Riza must have called round as there were some more tonics by the plants, so many thanks to them for calling round, the good news is that Jeff might be here again soon so they will be put to good use then, so after saying our goodbyes to Mr. Tony for us we were off to bed.