Went over to Southampton to see the guys yesterday, it was lovely. Jasmine is crawling now – slowly – but she’s getting there. Her teeth are starting to come through and she looks so much like my Mum. I’m glad she was in a better mood than last time I went over, she was all smiles and laughs – last time she was very irritable because her teeth were bothering her – she’s obviously getting used to it now. David and I had lovely chats, I found out some more details about their wedding and we talked about how awesome the stag night was going to be (he’s adamant that we end up at a strip-club you know), and it was just generally a nice day. I was praying I didn’t come home to any bombshells like last time, and thankfully everything was fine when I did get back.
In fact, it was almost the total opposite of what happened last time I came back from Southampton, as Jane’s Mum, Jane’s Dad, Jane and I went out for a meal. The Rusty Cutter, a Beefeater. The wait for a table was long (I wasn’t particularly bothered about this, I was just enjoying spending some time with Jane away from the boys), but food was absolutely delightful. Jane and I shared a starter platter, it had a bit of everything on it, from little racks of ribs to garlic bread, then for my main course I decided to forgo the usual Mixed Grill and go for something a bit different. I usually shy away from chicken in restaurants as it’s such a common meat, I have chicken all the time, so I almost always go for a nice, fat, rare steak when we go out. This time was different, as we’d been there before and the steaks were not really so good. I chose the Giant Chicken Skewer, and it was an inspired decision.
Three chunks of chicken breast, one chunk of thigh, all skewered on a wooden stake, all juicy and (surprisingly for chicken) flavoursome. The chips were chips – you can’t really go wrong with them to be honest – and Beefeater Grill coleslaw was very nice, it was some of the best coleslaw I’ve ever tasted. I went with the side salad and Jalapeño sauce options, but for some reason I also ended up with a “Spiral Onion Loaf” on my plate, which resembled, and tasted like, an onion bhaji. Delicious, it was. All of it.
