Meet the Fockers....2015 version

It's only 97 days to our annual Meet the Fockers lunch!  If you're new to my blog you can read all about Fockers here.

This year we are going Asian. I like to have a cuisine theme each year. We have done Italian, Moroccan, Mexican so its about time we had something closer to home.

so I'm in the process of planning the menu, consulting my cook books

planning the table setting  design, flowers, crockery etc...

consulting the internet and pinterest!

I love the planning phase of a special occasion like this, so that's why I start months out.  In fact the date for our annual Fockers lunch is made 12 months in advance!

What about you, do you enjoy planning for special events? Any advice for my Asian inspired theme?

Many happy returns

This week it was my birthday, not a "special" one,  but I think every birthday ought to be special don't you?

I didn't want to go out for dinner on my actual birthday but rather a nice lunch on the Friday, so much more relaxing, so the Significant Other took me to one of my all time faves here in the highlands,  Josh's cafe.

We started with a local wine which I can highly recommend.

For entree I had falafel and then for main course wonderful lamb Kofta with tomato cous cous.

And because it was my birthday and I was not driving, we had another wine!

Not wanting to be greedy we shared a desert, a chocolate samosa with strawberry and mint and vanilla bean ice cream... delicious!

then a coffee, complete with a love heart...

and then because it was my birthday I got a "special" Happy Birthday song from the entire restaurant, along with a one off serenade!  Made me feel quite special indeed.

So now my birthday week is over, and back to normal life so for any of you  yet to have your birthdays this year, I wish you all a Happy Birthday and hope you enjoy yourself as much as I did this year.