Yes, folks, we had a date night on Saturday, and it was stupdendous! Our 16 year old neighbor babysat for us and we went and had a wonderful time together. What did we do on such a momentous evening?
1. Go see Iron Man 2 at a REAL movie theatreWe sat in a movie theatre, ate popcorn, held hands and snuggled. Just like the good ol' days..not to say that these aren't great days either, mind you! Just different.
It was fun to see a grown up movie in a movie theatre and I didn't have to share the TV with Keira or wait until after she was asleep to watch a movie. We caught the 6pm show and it left more than enough time to get over to the restaurant afterwards.
2. Eat dinner at a REAL restaurant
What do I mean by REAL restaurant? Well, it had nice white tablecoths. We hate "small, fancy" food and didn't have to hear a bunch of noise and kids running around all the time.
We went to eat a restaurant called Haga Restaurant relatively close to where we live. It was a very expensive restaurant and I chose it because I wanted the whole fantastic service experience....from the decor, to the food, to the wine, to the waiters. The whole shebang.
It was a shame that we didn't get any of that. The restaurant was just mediocre at best. The food was ok. The service was blah. People weren't dressed up fancy at all. Some were even walking around without shoes, if you can believe that. The restrooms. Oh, don't even get me started there. Paper was flowing out of the trash bins. It was messy and not at all the 4 star experience that I had imagined for myself.
I mean, really. I had made reservations for 8:30pm. They knew we were coming. But, when we got there, the table was harldy set for us. It had a white tablecloth, two white napkins and two white plates on it. No flowers. No candles. I had to ask her to put something on our table so it could look more cozy.
The waitress brings over the menu, after we had been sitting there for some time and just says, "we serve a 7 course menu. That's what we have. If you want to reduce it to 3 or 5, you can do that." Um, ok....
The menu was printed on a cheapie piece of white copy paper, for God's sake. There was no description of the food. Just a one liner. "Salmon Asia". What the hell is that? How's it cooked? What comes with it? Turns out that it's poached salmon with soy sauce or something like that. Ugh. Gross.
It was like that for whole menu.
The waitress comes back. She takes our order and leaves. During the whole eating process, I don't think she came back more than one time to ask if everything was ok. Was the food to our liking?
When I left to go to the restroom, I expected someone to come and fold my napkin. Pull out my chair when I come back to the table, etc.
Yes, you may think that I am snotty for wanting all of that, but let me tell you, it was supposed to be one of those snotty restaurants where you get treated like a king or queen. I wasn't eating at Steak and Ale or Outback Steakhouse. And, for the prices they charged, they pretty much should have been kissing my ass. I WANTED someone to kiss my ass.
And the bill? Hehem. I could have bought myself something VERY nice for that price. Let's just say we will NEVER go back there again. Such a shame though. We were there three years ago and thought that it was a pretty classy joint. Too bad that it's gone so downhill.
However, let's not let the restaurant experience cloud the evening. Despite that, we still had a great time being together sans child. We will definitely do that again. I'm expecting a monthly date night is in order. :)
woo hoo !!!!!! kissy kissy....
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