Hi, yet again I’m feeling ‘delicate ‘ in mid week – the champagne was flowing last night, but more of that later.
Last Weds I mentioned I was going to the upmarket restaurant, Tom Aikens with the Musical Lieutenant. You can read the review here. however I forgot to mention my dessert which comprised of ‘poached fraises des bois, caramelised meringue, aerated sorbet ‘, and was fantastic. They then followed this with the most amazing selection of chocolates and sweet delicacies including a cinnamon doughnut (I took this to go as I was really full at this stage). I loved the humour of serving them in an old OXO tin. A real treat of a meal. They’re also doing a special event, Lunch in Bloom, for the start of ‘The Season’ & the Chelsea Flower Show. It sounds a fantastic but expensive treat. (We will be writing about how accessible the events of The Season are, in the coming days).
The next night I met Lieutenant No2 at Amuse Bouche in Parsons Green, as recently featured in Made in Chelsea – as are so many places where Sloaneys reside. I rang in advance and for once they understood the requirements of someone in a wheelchair and told me there was a step to get in and no disabled toilet. However they had an arrangement with Cote restaurant next door whose DT you can use.
We just had snacks to eat as the restaurant, Claude’s Kitchen, is upstairs but they were nevertheless very tasty (they’re cooked by Claude Compton who has worked in various Michelin starred restaurants including Club Gascon). The house champagne was delicious and to add to the joy of a very funny evening (we seemed to be laughing at anything, methinks the champers helped), they had great musical taste and we ended up singing to most of the tracks. Sorry to anyone who was there!? Amuse Bouche gets 2 BBS Ticks.
Following two nights out I had a very quiet weekend preparing for my talk at Digital Shoreditch on why Modern London should be accessible. Yet again I have to bang on about the ‘cripple cash’ being worth £80 Bn a year and the hospitality element £2 Bn/year. I also refer to companies that find disabled employees being “Creative Problem Solvers & Technology Adopters” – But we’ve always known that.
So to last night, where we attended the UCL Enterprise Awards at the Bloomsbury Theatre, which by the way is very accessible with a swish stair lift to the stalls that worked without a hitch. The awards ceremony recognises the ‘accomplishments of UCL’s innovative and entrepreneurial academics and students’. It was very professional, just like the intellectual version of the BAFTA’s. Our own BBS App developer won two awards. It was all very inspiring to see what a UK University can deliver and how well regarded it is throughout the world. I felt very proud! The after party was also good hence my delicate condition today – more champagne mid week!!!
I should also mention I was double booked and was meant to go to the launch party of our friends at Dead Social , it’s slightly morbid but also thoughtful. It’s a digital tool that
“enables us to create a series of secret messages that are only published to our social networks once we pass away. This allows us to say goodbye in our own time and in our own unique way.”
So see you next week or on the ‘other side’????!!!
