London Still Rocks!

Saturday was my monthly catchup with ex-colleagues - this time, only James could make it, what with Ivan rehearsing and Martin at the  theatre . Anyway, we booked  Brasserie Zedel , which I had such a great impression of  before ! Lunch, and then I thought I'd like to check out the bar.. We arrived at about exactly the same time, and went straight downstairs to the brasserie - him taking copious photos, for which I don't blame him; I was the same, the first time. We had booked for lunch at midday, and were actually slightly early - it was 12.30 before the band started up! We got complimentary bread, then he had the steak haché - I fancied a change, although still steak, and wow, when I saw they did an onglet, that was absolutely my meal of choice; it came swimming in a sauce of red wine and bone marrow, and yes, was delicious. I see they also do wine by the carafe, so I had that. For dessert, I tried the lemon tart, which was lovely - he had coffee. And proclaimed that it...

I was back in Ireland for the weekend. Grabbed a moreish steak slice at Panopolis en route, while I waited for my platform to be displayed. As I was on the train to Stansted , I got the news - on the Ryanair app - that the flight was delayed: by two hours! Now, when I got to the airport, I went straight to the gate, which was already displayed on the app - the departure boards weren't telling me, but the app did: and I figured, well, even if the gate is changed, it'll be somewhere in the same part of the airport. And it's a cattle market in the departure lounge.. The crew at the Ryanair desk knew nothing about the delay, much less about the voucher I was entitled to after two hours - one said I'd need to wait the two hours, and use the voucher then. So, I plonked myself in the bar at the gate. With a drink bought without benefit of voucher: I was nearly finished the first wine when the voucher came through on my phone! A whole £3. So I had a second drink - mind you, ...