We've had a very nice weekend. Lots of good food, nice companion and fun.
On Saturday, after our traditional weekly grocery shopping, we decided to take the offer from our colleague and go to this Mexican Restaurant named "Bottles"
It had few tables occupied but rest of the restaurant was empty, including the nice pub looking outdoor area. Inside, it was typical Mexican decoration. Colourful walls with some artwork on them, wooden tables & chairs.
Before we left the house, I asked my husband if we should take Jo's pram with us. The answer was "No need". I was a bit grumpy with that answer thinking that "Well, now again there will be no highchairs and it will be my job to handle her while we eat" Suprise, surprise!!!! THey had a brand new Mothercare highchair!! I couldn't believe it! Lots of points to Bottles for that.
However, I cannot say the same things for their food. It was average. We had corn chips first thing we sat at the table with Salsa sauce. Chips were good but sauce was not fresh. Fajitas which I had was good but nothing special. Husband had tacos and he didn't think they were good. We had a pitcher of frozen Margharita and I liked it a lot.
Our friend asked for hot chilli sauce to enjoy the rest of the corn chips but after repeating our request twice (1 hour waiting period), we realized it has been forgotten.
We learnt that on Wednesdays, the place is full to the ceiling and live band on Wednesdays as well as Saturdays.
In the end, we had mixed feelings about this place. We are not going to go back there running but we wouldn't put it aside into a list of "not-going-to-go-again"
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Apr 22, 2013
Apr 12, 2013
Bistro7
After we moved to Lagos, Nigeria I haven't been to anywhere with Josephine except supermarkets. That day, I was determined to take her and get out of the house. I was feeling brave and enthusiastic. I've heard Bistro7 from another Turkish friend here and apparently they had lovely brunches on Sunday. I was aiming to go there for lunch.
Although its location was very obvious to expats living in Victoria Island (VI), it was incredibly difficult to find it. (It has a big "7" on their metal parking area door) Because the building numbers were not in order. If they would have said it is right next door to La Pointe then we could just manage to get there much easier. After the hassle in the car with our good driver Moses, we got there. First experience for a mother in Lagos: check with the restaurant if they have a highchair!! Well, they didn't have it. When I asked for one, they told me that they've ordered few from overseas and they don't know the arrival date. I had to live with it. My husband wasn't with us and I was hungry. I ordered hamburger which was easy to eat it with a baby on lap. It was an average burger. I have eaten much nicer burgers in VI.
It was a nice restaurant. It had a nice garden with a big tree in the middle of it, it was quiet away from honking cars and loud people. Most importantly, I went out with our little daughter and managed to eat without making her angry or grumpy.
Although its location was very obvious to expats living in Victoria Island (VI), it was incredibly difficult to find it. (It has a big "7" on their metal parking area door) Because the building numbers were not in order. If they would have said it is right next door to La Pointe then we could just manage to get there much easier. After the hassle in the car with our good driver Moses, we got there. First experience for a mother in Lagos: check with the restaurant if they have a highchair!! Well, they didn't have it. When I asked for one, they told me that they've ordered few from overseas and they don't know the arrival date. I had to live with it. My husband wasn't with us and I was hungry. I ordered hamburger which was easy to eat it with a baby on lap. It was an average burger. I have eaten much nicer burgers in VI.
It was a nice restaurant. It had a nice garden with a big tree in the middle of it, it was quiet away from honking cars and loud people. Most importantly, I went out with our little daughter and managed to eat without making her angry or grumpy.
Nov 21, 2012
Métisse
It is a restaurant in Lagos. Fusion!! That’s what its name means in French as well, “mixture”. We had been there for lunch and loved the food. Well we’ve never been there with Joey.
This weekend, we were invited by our manager and his wife for lunch. They like it, we like it. So great choice! You’d think. However who would know that they don’t accept kids under the age of 13!!! We told them Joey is 13:), and that they shouldn’t be fooled by the pram she was travelling in. They didn’t seem to believe us so they put us outside to the terrace and we ate our lunch with the company of flies, bugs, spiders and the rain!! Even though the restaurant was empty when we got there, the manager told us there is a group of 20 people coming at 1pm. Well that is OK then. Ha ha, after our lunch we asked to our waiter, he told us the group is delayed till 3pm and the restaurant was empty during our lunch.
September 2012
EDIT: I've changed my initial article about Métisse. I wrote a bit with my emotions at the beginning but now I think that people need to respect some rules. There are places that you cannot go with your children and there are people who want to be away from children, eat their meals in peace and have their holidays in peace. I understand that. That is my non-mother times talk. Now as a mother, I experience such thing for the first time, I apparently didn't think it would happen. There has been nowhere that I couldn't enter in my life. I guess everything has a first time.
This weekend, we were invited by our manager and his wife for lunch. They like it, we like it. So great choice! You’d think. However who would know that they don’t accept kids under the age of 13!!! We told them Joey is 13:), and that they shouldn’t be fooled by the pram she was travelling in. They didn’t seem to believe us so they put us outside to the terrace and we ate our lunch with the company of flies, bugs, spiders and the rain!! Even though the restaurant was empty when we got there, the manager told us there is a group of 20 people coming at 1pm. Well that is OK then. Ha ha, after our lunch we asked to our waiter, he told us the group is delayed till 3pm and the restaurant was empty during our lunch.
September 2012
EDIT: I've changed my initial article about Métisse. I wrote a bit with my emotions at the beginning but now I think that people need to respect some rules. There are places that you cannot go with your children and there are people who want to be away from children, eat their meals in peace and have their holidays in peace. I understand that. That is my non-mother times talk. Now as a mother, I experience such thing for the first time, I apparently didn't think it would happen. There has been nowhere that I couldn't enter in my life. I guess everything has a first time.
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