60 years of brilliance

Every big milestone deserves a celebration, birthdays, anniversaries, friendships and need we think of any other excuses? On March 10th 2014 my incredible Mum turned 60. I am the youngest of four siblings to I feel privileged to have had so much of her attention, love and advice.

As a family we always start with breakfast and presents, enjoying a cup of tea and a croissant whilst unwrapping gifts, what could be better? I bought an LK Bennett tote and filled it with goodies..Some L'Occitaine hand cream, Fortnum and Mason ginger biscuits, almond soap from Cologne and Cotton and Kate Atkinson's latest book.

Every birthday cake has to be special, I headed to Gail's to pick up their scrumptious Carrot Cake topped with Cream Cheese icing. ( If you haven't tried a slice you are seriously missing out!)

To end a day of celebration we headed out to Kaspar's Seafood Bar and Grill which is based in The Savoy. 1920's chic styled interior and delicious cocktails in the Beaufort Bar. Several Champagne's later we were seated at our table and read and re read the vast menu. I opted for a typical French styled starter of Onion Soup with Gruyere cheese and croutons. For main I had seafood linguini followed by 3 scoops of Mango and Passion Fruit Sorbet.

Sufficiently full we finished the wine, a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand called Brook Ridge (fresh and crisp with notes of passion fruit). To end the evening we were presented with chocolate pops, like a cake pop but pure milk chocolate.

London is truly full of treasures!