Farewell Cornwall

Our last night in St Ives we shared a farewell meal with Karen and Dave.  They were flying solo, thanks to Grandma Maggie for looking after Jack, Lola & Noodle. 

It was a rainy day and evening but the walk down to the restaurant ‘Porthminster Café ‘ on Porthminster beach was timed just right in between showers. 

http://porthminstercafe.co.uk

Our table was on the deck but we were cozy with the plastic curtains drawn, nana rugs on our knees and heaters overhead.  Watching the black threatening sky in the distance from our comfortable seats feeling very spoilt was the ideal way to say good-bye to Cornwall and our friends.  We found out later the black threatening sky produced a white cover of hail not so far away.

The food was a taste sensation – which we have been deprived of (on that level) since our other dinner highlight with Kenny & Lisa at Desert Palm in Dubai.  You know you are somewhere posh when you are served dust eg. Bacon dust, chocolate dust.  

To accompany the superb food the boys had a couple of local Cornish ‘Boiler’ Ales while Karen and I shared a bottle of Sancerre from France (similar to a NZ sauvignon if one had to make a comparison – just to give you an idea).  Dinner was a days budget was worth every penny.  

PS.  Can't believe we forgot to take a photo of the four of us at dinner but we were all so excited about dinner we didn't stop talking.

Saturday morning we said our final good-byes and hoped it wouldn’t be another 9 years before we saw each other again.  They headed back to Saltash and we kept heading north (4.5 hr drive) for London to this week’s accommodation at Sheephouse manor cottages in Maidenhead, outside of London. 

Looking down on Porthminster Beach

The hidden Sancerre & the Boilers ale

Can you see the bacon dust? - it is sitting next to the cauliflower puree

Crab fritters with seabass & Asian salad - it was mouth watering