That’s Stella

Despite bitching about my job frequently, admittedly one of the perks of my job is attending lavish lunches and parties and cocktail functions and my boss considering it all part of ‘business’. Today my client and I had a 5 hour lunch. Our bill came to over a grand and it was all on the company credit card. Mwahaha! When I got back to the office at 4:30, I decided I was too full to be productive and left the office at 5:30. Now THAT is what I call a good day at work!

We went to this top notch restaurant that I’ve been wanting to try for ages. It’s hidden away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The atmosphere was great. It made me feel a million miles away from work and the service was fab. The waiters and waitresses did everything for us except chew our food. They poured our drinks without stopping conversation, brushed down our table, opened our menus in front of us and laid out our napkins on our laps.

I tried truffles for the first time. Truffles are super expensive - apparently they can fetch up to $9,000 per kilogram in Europe. Anyway I couldn’t resist trying and had the beef carpaccio with asparagus and truffle. It was sliced so thinly that I wonder if I really had a fair go, but from what I could tell, it was woody and not as distinct as I thought it would be.

To be honest, the food was pretty average, except when it came to desert! Now the desert was in a different league altogether. I shared the desert tasting place (for $29!) and it came with coffee tiramisu, apple crumble with mascarpone, strawberry and rhubarb with meringue and gingerbeer sorbet, chocolate torte with brown sugar ice cream.

It was divine!